Rev. Foppe VanderZwaag, graduated in 2001 from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Before that he was a Christian school teacher for 23 years, the last 12 of those years as a principal of a small church school in Ontario, Canada. He and his wife Elina have 9 children from 27 to 43 years of age, and 25 grandchildren. From September 14, 2001 till September 1, 2013 he was a pastor in the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids. From September 19, 2013 till August 2020 he was the pastor of Grace Reformed Christian Church in Harrison, Arkansas. After being granted emeritus status returned to live in Michigan.