Pastor Grant Van Leuven accepted the call to the Puritan Reformed Presbyterian Church (PRPC) in June of 2010, and moved with his family to San Diego at the end of August to begin serving the saints here. He was ordained and installed as pastor by the Session of the PRPC on November 5 of that year.
A bi-vocational minister, Pastor Grant also works in full-time...Pastor Grant Van Leuven accepted the call to the Puritan Reformed Presbyterian Church (PRPC) in June of 2010, and moved with his family to San Diego at the end of August to begin serving the saints here. He was ordained and installed as pastor by the Session of the PRPC on November 5 of that year.
A bi-vocational minister, Pastor Grant also works in full-time "tent making" alongside PRPC as the Site Manager for the San Diego office of World Relief Southern California (a Christian organization empowering the local church to serve the most vulnerable, especially displaced refugees, asylees, and immigrants relocating to our area).
Pastor Van Leuven graduated with a Master of Divinity degree in 2010 from the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA, where he also served for five years as the director of development and communications. Prior to working for the seminary, he served as an account executive for a large Pittsburgh ad agency and for WORD-FM radio (Salem Communications), as well as Director of Communications for several non-profit organizations, including the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium.
Pastor Van Leuven also served as the Alliance of Confessing Evangelical’s community engagement coordinator and assistant editor for MeethePuritans.org. He continues to contribute articles for the ministry’s PlaceforTruth.org, Reformation21.org, and MeetthePuritans.org e-magazines.
Originally from Rochester, NY, Pastor Van Leuven lives in Chula Vista with his wife, Fernanda, and their eight covenant children (their eldest daughter is now married and lives in nearby Santee). He also enjoys songwriting, and his original music reflecting a Reformed Christian worldview can be downloaded for free at www.dumbsheep.org. | more | less
