Reformed Church in America - Notable Members

Notable Members

  • Edward Wilmot Blyden, educator, writer, diplomat and politician
  • Vern Den Herder, professional football player in the NFL (1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins)
  • Everett Dirksen, senator
  • B.D. Dykstra, writer and educator
  • Geronimo
  • Jack Hanna, American zoologist
  • Peter Hoekstra, Congressman
  • Evel Knievel, motorcycle stuntman and daredevil
  • Kyle Korver, professional basketball player in the NBA
  • Francis D. "Hap" Moran, professional football player New York Giants, Deacon and Elder in the Reformed Church in America
  • A. J. Muste, writer, professor, pacifist
  • Jim Nantz, TV sportscaster
  • Norman Vincent Peale, preacher
  • Theodore Roosevelt, American President
  • Marge Roukema, Congresswoman, a convert from Roman Catholicism
  • Albert Janse Ryckman, Mayor of Albany, New York (1702–1703), Captain of the Albany Militia, prominent Albany brewmaster of the late seventeenth century; deacon in the Dutch Reformed Church
  • John Scudder, Sr., missionary
  • Philip Schuyler, a leader of the American Revolution
  • Robert H. Schuller, televangelist
  • Martin Van Buren, American President
  • Fez Whatley, radio personality
  • The Reverend Clark V. Poling, one of the Four Chaplains

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