James Jonker

Seventy-five years of Beacon Lights history would be incomplete without mention of James (Jim) Jonker. After attending Calvin College in the late 1950s, he was under contract to teach at Hope Protestant Reformed Christian School. However, he believed that he was called to study for the ministry in the Protestant Reformed churches, and he intended to begin his studies in January of 1962. To make this possible, Hope school released him from his contract in the middle of the school year, something...