About Groundwork
Groundwork is a half-hour weekly audio program that digs deeply into scripture as a foundation for our lives. Each week, pastors Dave Bast and Bob Heerspink cultivate our understanding of God’s Word by unpacking the richness of the Bible and applying it with insight for today’s world. Their casual conversation invites us to hear more of what God is doing in our lives. And on this website you can join the conversation, comment on past or future episodes, or exchange prayer requests with our prayer team.
Combining over 130 years of Christian broadcasting, Groundwork is a joint project from Words of Hope and ReFrame Media, the English ministry of Back to God Ministries Int’l. Dave Bast, President of Words of Hope, and Bob Heerspink, Director of Back to God, together share over 50 years of pastoral ministry. Groundwork brings all this experience to you so that your foundation in scripture cultivated each week.
Dave Bast
Dave Bast is a pastor in the Reformed Church in America and the President and Broadcast Minister of Words of Hope. He is the author of several devotional books and is also the editor of the Words of Hope devotional. Before coming to Words of Hope in 1994, he served as a pastor for 18 years in congregations in Michigan and Illinois. He is a graduate of Hope College and Western Theological Seminary, and has also studied at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Calvin Theological Seminary. Dave and his wife Betty Jo have four children and four grandchildren. Dave’s hobbies include reading, growing tomatoes, and avidly following the Detroit Tigers.
Bob Heerspink
Bob Heerspink is a pastor in the Christian Reformed Church of North America, having served four congregations throughout west Michigan over the course of 25 years. Since 2006, he has served as the Director of Back to God Ministries International. Bob is a graduate of Calvin Theological Seminary and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of several resources on financial stewardship, and is a frequent contributor to Today, the daily devotional of ReFrame Media. Bob and hs wife Edie have three adult children. Bob enjoys reading of all kinds, summer days at the lake, and an occasional afternoon working in his flower garden.
ReFrame Media
Groundwork is one of many gospel resources produced by ReFrame Media. Our goal is to invite people, wherever they might be, to see in a new way what God is already doing in their lives. God reveals, revives, and renews, and when you see what God is doing, your whole world is reframed by a new perspective. We want you to see God’s story in your life. For an overview of the media outreach we provide for all ages and walks of life, visit www.reframemedia.com.
ReFrame Media is the English language ministry of Back to God Ministries International. For 70 years, we have covered the world with an ever-growing electronic media ministry. We beam the message of salvation to all corners of the earth in ten major world languages, using radio, television, the Internet, telecommunications, and the printed page. Ministry leaders, natives to their own language cultures, provide leadership in production of culturally relevant programs and follow-up in order to present Jesus Christ and help people to grow in their faith.
Back to God Ministries International® is the electronic media ministry of the Christian Reformed Church in North America.
Words Of Hope
For more than 60 years Words of HOPE has pursued a single, well-defined mission: To proclaim Jesus Christ through broadcasting in the languages of the world’s peoples, seeking with our partners in ministry to build the church by winning the uncommitted to faith in Christ and by encouraging Christians in the life of discipleship.
Today, in more than 30 languages on five continents, Words of Hope proclaims Jesus Christ by radio to a potential audience of staggering size. Together with our broadcast partners, we are closing in on our goal to make the gospel accessible by radio in the “heart language” of all the world’s peoples.
