
Bob and Ruth graduated from Holland Christian High School in Holland, Mi in 1958. Bob graduated from Calvin College in 1962 and Calvin Theological Seminary in 1966. He has had senior pastorates in Lamont Christian Reformed Church in Lamont, MI; Faith Christian Reformed Church in Kalamazoo, MI; Wyckoff Christian Reformed Church in Wyckoff, NJ, and Rochester Assembly of God in Rochester, MI. He was an associate pastor at First Assembly of God in Grand Rapids, MI with Senior Pastor M. Wayne Benson for 12 years.
Bob and Ruth also conducted guest lectureships at Continental Theological Seminary in Brussels, Belgium and evangelistic crusades in Jamaica, Aruba, Curacao, Germany, Netherlands, England, Slovenia and across America. Bob is a retired pastor/evangelist in the Assemblies of God.