About Us
ThereforeGo Ministries is a non-profit Christian ministry organization that focuses on assisting local congregations of various denominations in their youth ministry through short-term mission trips and training.
We strongly believe that the local church is the tool God created to use to reveal himself to the world. We know that taking the call of ministering to today’s youth is not for the faint of heart. Therefore, we are blessed by encouraging, supporting, equipping, and partnering with congregations across North America to reach this generation for Jesus Christ!
ThereforeGo Ministries helps churches challenge youth and emerging adults to commit their lives to Jesus Christ and transform this world for him.
Our Team
Amanda Roozeboom
SERVE Director
amanda@thereforego.com
616.241.5616 x3046
Amanda loves all things tropical – palm trees, coconuts, beaches, and reggae music! In her spare time she enjoys baking sweet treats, reading fiction novels, and exploring hiking trails with her retired racing greyhound. Did you know she has an extra rib-bone?
Kalee Beecher
SERVE Coordinator
kalee@thereforego.com
616-241-5616 x3038
Kalee loves board games, a good book, and cross stitching in her downtime. She’s a big fan of Disney World and can often be found at Farmhaus Cider Co. in Hudsonville on the weekends. Did you know she can lick her elbow?
MacKenzie Knoll
Communication and Events Coordinator
mackenzie@thereforego.com
Off the clock, MacKenzie enjoys pretending to be a film critic, losing her voice at concerts, and embracing defeat on the pickleball court. Some of her favorite authors are C.S. Lewis, Ray Bradbury, and Agatha Christie. Did you know that she runs an Academy Awards bracket each year?
Join Our Team
Looking to be a part of something bigger than yourself? We’re looking for team members who are passionate about our ministry and have a heart for today’s youth.
Our Values
1. Christ-Centered
2. Life-Changing/Transforming
3. Community: Within the context of the Church
4. Missional: Proclaiming the Gospel to youth in relevant ways
5. Reformed: In perspective, while being inclusive to whom we serve
6. Relational: Building and valuing personal relationships and relationships with God
7. Intentionally inclusive and diverse: Ethnically, culturally, denominationally, and geographically
Our Beliefs
1. The Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God, and it serves as our rule for faith and life.
2. God has revealed himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and that in Jesus Christ all the fullness of the godhead dwells bodily.
3. God created the heavens and the earth, and humankind was created in the image and likeness of God. Because of Adam’s sin humankind is separated from God and unable on its own to be reconciled to God.
4. The sacrificial death and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ has provided the only way of reconciliation with God, which is why we call him Savior.
5. Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless life and now reigns at God’s right hand, which is why we call him Lord.
6. Through Jesus’ redemption, all of creation can be claimed and restored through the Spirit. Therefore, we are ambassadors of Christ’s Kingdom in all of society.
7. Salvation is God’s free gift based upon the atoning work of Christ, and this gift is affected by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of people and received by faith in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
8. Jesus Christ will come again to judge the living and the dead. The righteous-those who are justified by faith in Christ-will inherit eternal life, and the wicked-those who remain in their wickedness because they reject Christ-will be condemned eternally.
9. We believe that the local church plays the central role in the fulfillment of the Great Commission and that the spiritual unity of believers comprises the one body of our Lord Jesus Christ.
10. People who are apart from God matter to God, and therefore matter to the church. For this reason, it is the individual Christian’s and the church’s responsibility to proclaim the gospel in word and deed, by every means possible, through a life of holiness, service and love.
Our Ministry Partners
ThereforeGo is one of two ministries incorporated in an organization called Dynamic Youth Ministries:
Calvinist Cadet Corps is a ministry for young boys.
Our Board
Luke VanderLeest, President — Sioux Falls, SD
Dan Hermen, Vice President — Grand Rapids, MI
Josh VanHulzen, Treasurer — Sioux Falls, SD
Lauren Abrell, Secretary — Grand Rapids, MI
Amy Van Guilder-Dik — Fort Collins, CO
Ashley Patton — Edmonton, AB
Deone Quist — Boulder, CO
Hannah Brouwer — Prinsburg, MN
Mario Perez — Redlands, CA
”SERVE continues to be the best week of my summer. SERVE touches leaders as much as students and I appreciate the opportunity to serve my church and participating students each year.
- Adult Leader
ThereforeGo Ministries is a Member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) in the United States, an Associate Member of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC) in Canada, and an Associate Member of Mission Excellence.
