Ren Vandesteeg has a BA in religion and theology, an MDiv, and an MA in Christian education and is ordained with the Christian Reformed Church in North America. In his fifty-five years in ministry, which includes pastoral and prison ministry, he spent twenty-five years as a US Air Force military chaplain in the US, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, British Indian Ocean territory, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. Serving as chief of personnel assignments for the US Air Force Chaplain Corps, he enabled 665 chaplains ministering around the world. He and his wife, Carol, of 54 years, have two sons and two daughters-in-law and live in San Antonio, Texas.
Ren served as Chief Assignments Officer for the U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps. He led his team of 665 chaplains to enable people to know God. This is an example of worldwide exposure in helping people to know God.