Rev. G. Van Baren was ordained and installed into the ministry in October of 1956 at Doon, Iowa. In 1962 he accepted the call to the Randolph WI Protestant Reformed Church. In 1965 he accepted the call to First Protestant Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, MI. In 1977 he accepted the call to the Hudsonville MI Protestant Reformed Church. He went to the Loveland CO Protestant Reformed Church in 1994. He retired in September of 1999.