Twenty years to the week after he decided to become a minister in the Christian Reformed Church, the Rev. Gerard Dykstra was named its top administrator.Delegates to the CRC Synod unanimously elected Dykstra executive director Tuesday, filling an unexpected church vacancy and beginning a new chapter in Dykstra's unlikely ministry.
The former dairy equipment and construction company owner was visibly moved as delegates gave him a standing ovation, then laid hands on him in prayer.
