Gerard Berghoef

Gerard ‘Gerry’ Berghoef (1926-2007) was the President of Widdicomb Furniture Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a long time elder in the Christian Reformed Church. The son of Jacob and Heiltje Berghoef, he was married to his wife Audrey for almost 60 years. In 1979 he founded, with Lester DeKoster, Christian’s Library Press, committed to publishing influential texts on church leadership, the vocation of work, and stewardship. With DeKoster he wrote a number of books, including The Great Divide, published by the Trust.