Pastor John Byl and his wife, Jessica, have been blessed with three children: John, Owen, and Jocelyn. He and his family are originally from Ontario, Canada, where he taught high school mathematics for fourteen years. In 2018 he and his family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan to pursue his Master of Divinity degree at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary before joining the pastoral team at the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids in 2022.