Pastor Clarence Van Ens
Pastor Clarence is our Minister of Pastoral Care. His duties include support to the Senior Pastor, liturgist at worship services, counseling, weddings, visitations to hospitals and nursing homes, etc.
Pastor Clarence was born 9/25/1919 in Moline, MI, the middle child of seven children and an identical twin. His parents, Ralph and Hilda (Pasma) Van Ens, both of who were born in the Netherlands worked a dairy farm in Michigan.
As a young boy, Clarence went to Byron Center Christian Day School and then graduated from Byron Center Public High School. He graduated from Calvin College with a B.A. degree and went to seminary at Calvin Theological Seminary and graduated with a Th.B. degree. He then continued his education at the Westminster Theological Seminary with a Th. M. degree.
His past positions in ministry:
- Pastor, Prospect Street Christian Reformed Church, Passaic, NJ, 1947.
- Missionary Pastor, Dutch Reformed Church, Sri Lanka in Asia, 1952, serving
as: Pastor in several Colombo, Sri Lankan Churches
Director of Missions, an Islandwide effort
President of the General Consistory of the DRC
Head of the Church, Presbytery of Sri Lanka
Editor of the Church Magazine, the DRC Herald
Director of Youth Ministries
Chairperson of the DRC Music Guild - Campus Minister, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1956
- Pastor, Orlando Christian Reformed Church, Orlando, Florida, 1974
- Pastor, Reformed Church of Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1982
- Pastor, Grace Church, Christian Reformed, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, 1985
- Parish Assistant, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Satellite Beach, Florida, 1989
- Volunteer Church Planter with the Christian Reformed Church World Missions serving in Dagupan City and Baguio City, the Philippines, 1991
- Minister of Congregational Care, Suntree United Methodist Church, Melbourne, Florida, 1992 to present.
You can reach Pastor Clarence through the church office or by email .