Missions

Jane and Rowland Van Es Jr.

RCA missionaries Jane and Rowland Van Es Jr. teach students who are either preparing for ministry in the bachelor of divinity program or preparing for a business career through the bachelor of business administration program at the St. Paul's University in Limuru, Kenya. Rowland has masters' degrees in economics and divinity and teaches in both of these disciplines. Jane has a master's degree in sociology and experience working with primary health care programs. She coordinates a certificate program in Christian ministry for spouses of theological students, teaches sociology and psychology to students pursuing a bachelor's degree, and assists with the master of arts program in pastoral care and HIV/AIDS.

Rowland grew up in Taiwan and the Philippines, where his parents were RCA missionaries. He and Jane have spent many years in Africa, serving in Sierra Leone, Malawi, and the Gambia before moving to Kenya. They have two daughters, Jennifer (born in 1993) and Michelle (1996), who were both born in Malawi.