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Ben Becksvoort


Ben Becksvoort

Contact:
Office: 616-224-0723 
Email:  bbecksvoort@crcna.org

Role: Great Lakes Regional Leader
Organization: Christian Reformed Home Missions
Congregational Membership: Brookside CRC, Grand Rapids
Coach Training Completed:
  • StrengthsFinder Coaching. Levels 1,2 and 3
  • Healthy Congregations workshop leader and trainer
  • Fresh Start, two day workshop from RCA by various presenters
  • Foundational Coach Training, a two day workshop from RCA by Vicky Menning and Roger Price
  • Empowering Leaders through Coaching- two day workshop with Steve Ogne
  • Empowerment Coach Training-Mike McGervey
  • Natural Church Development Seminar- a one day Seminar with Christian Schwarz 
  • Church Redevelopment Seminar- a one day workshop with Ken Priddy
Number of Years Coaching:
  • Organizational Coaching & Facilitation: have come alongside churches and leaders in my role in the past 13 years
  • Individual Leadership Coaching:as time permitted in the past five years
Specialty:
Pastor/Leaders

 

Family systems approach for pastors and ministry leaders
Fees: Organizational Coaching: TBD

Jeff Boersma


Jeff Boersma

Contact:
Office: 231-638-0615
Email: onthehouse
church@gmail.com

Role: Church Pastor
Organization: On the House Church, Christian Reformed Home Missions
Congregational Membership: Bethany CRC, Muskegon
Coach Training Completed:
  • Trained Coach with Coachnet
  • Evaluated and approved for Advanced Coaching Certification with Coachnet
  • RCA Foundational Coach Training
  • Coach Training for 3 years in Fuller Theological Seminary D. Min. program
  • SCE approved coach
Number of Years Coaching: 7 years
Specialty:
Pastor/Leaders

 

Jeff has coached pastors, church planters, ministry leaders, and church leadership teams. References available upon request
Fees: Agreed upon Coaching Covenant terms

Sam Huizenga

Contact:

  Office: 616-874-2545
  Email: shuizenga@crcna.org
Role: Ministry Developer
Organization: Christian Reformed Home Missions
Congregational Membership:  River Rock Church
Coach Training Completed:
  • Steve Ogne’s Empowering Leaders Through Coaching 2007
  • Received a year of Coaching/Coach training from Judy Turnbull
  • Reformed Church in America Foundational Coach Training 2010
Number of Years Coaching: 3 years
Specialty:
Staff Ministry
Sam has coached individuals and clusters in the area of small groups and discipleship.
Fees: - Individual coaching - begins at $300.00 for six sessions
- Coaching Clusters for ministry leaders - begins at $150.00 for six sessions
 

Carl Kammeraad
Carl Kammeraad
Contact:

  Office: 616-243-5100
Email: carlkammeraad@gmail.com
Role: Retired in 2010 after 38 years as pastor, preacher, outreach coordinator, community leader, classical team leader, Air Force chaplain(Reserves, 25 years, rank of Col.), husband, father, and grandfather
Organization: Christian Reformed Church of North America, served four congregations in Ohio, NJ, and Michigan, one suburban, two core city, and one community in transition.
Congregational Membership:  Seymour Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Coach Training Completed:
  • Steve Ogne’s Empowering Leaders Through Coaching 2007
  • Received a year of Coaching/Coach training from Judy Turnbull
  • Reformed Church in America Foundational Coach Training 2010
  • 3 years member of the Great Lakes Coaches Network (Stan Koster, Ben Becksvoort)
  • Foundational Coach Training, RCA (Vicky Menning, Ken Ericks, 2010)
  • One year in a coaching triad.
Number of Years Coaching:

First coaching assignment was November 2009, various since then.

Specialty:
Congregational Coaching
Carl is a congregational coach, and is interested in coaching pastors and church leaders through a process of assessment, planning, visioning, and thoughtful change.
Fees: Individual Coaching: $300 for six sessions
Congregational Coaching: $45/hour plus mileage
 

Stan Koster

Stan Koster
Contact:
Phone: 616-772-4880
Email: stanleykoster@sbcglobal.net

Role:

Personal and Organizational Coach; Church Ministry Planner

Organization:

CRC Home Missions – Great Lakes Region

Congregational Membership:

Bethany CRC, Holland, Michigan

Coach Training Completed:
  • Natural Church Development Coach Training – 2001, 2005, 2006
  • Empowering Leaders Through Coaching, Steve Ogne, 2007
  • Foundational Coach Training, RCA (Vicky Menning, Ken Ericks), 2006, 2008 
  • Fresh Start, RCA Training, 2011
Number of Years Coaching: 20 years – Educational Organizations, Non-Profits, Pastors and Churches
Specialty:
Congregational Coaching:

Stan has coached school administrators, non-profit boards, pastors, church teams, coaching groups, and congregations.One of the original team in developing the Healthy Church process for CRCNA

Fees:
 Individual coaching: $60 per session, minimum for six months
Organizational Coaching - TBD
Al Mulder


Contact:

  Office: 616.224.0820
  Email: amulder@crcna.org
 

 

 

Role: Church Planting Specialist & Congregational Coach
Organization: CRC Home Missions - Great Lakes Region
Congregational Membership: Madison Square CRC, Grand Rapids
Coach Training Completed:
  • Natural Church Development Training, 1990's
  • Church Re-Development Training, by Ken Priddy, 1990's
  • Empowering Leaders Through Coaching, Steve Ogne, 2007/2008
  • Foundational Coach Training, RCA (Vicky Menning, Ken Ericks), 2010
  • Empowerment Coaching Training, Mike McGervey, 2010
  • Healthy Church apprenticing and training, 2010-2011
Number of Years Coaching: Intermittent over the past 20 years, with renewed focus since 2008
Specialty:
Pastor/Leaders

 

Congregational Coaching

 

As a former pastor and Home Missions executive, Al has coached pastors and leaders of church plants and established congregations, both individually and in clusters. Al also is trained as a Congregational Coach with the CRC Healthy Church survey and process. References are available upon request.
Fees:  Individual coaching: $300 for 6 sessions, negotiable
 Coaching Clusters: $150 per individual for six sessions
 Congregational Coaching - TBD
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