Ministry

Ministry Experience

Salem Baptist Church (Baptist General Conference), Chicago, IL

• Assistant Pastor (1974-77)

Christian Reformed Church

• Licensed Exhorter (1990-96)

Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

• Ordained Teaching Elder (1999-present)

Teaching Experience

Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI

• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theology (1987-89)

Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA

• Associate Professor of Theology (1990-96)

Northwestern College, Orange City, IA

• Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy (1994)

Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

• Associate Professor of Systematic Theology (1996-2004)
• Professor of Systematic Theology (2004-present)

Academic Qualifications

Moody Bible College, Chicago, IL

• Diploma in Bible and theology (1976)

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

• BA in theology with Greek minor (1980)

Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA

• Master of Theological Studies (MTS) in systematic and historical theology (1982)

St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in systematic and historical theology (1987)
• Thesis Title: “C. I. Scofield and Lewis Sperry Chafer: A Dispensationalist
• Theology of History and Culture”

Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI

• Master of Divinity (MDiv) (1989)

Additional Studies

• Coursework in philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1977-78)
• Coursework in philosophy of history, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Canada (1982-83)
• Completed coursework for ThM in Old Testament under Dr. John Stek, Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI (1989-90)

Presbytery and Denominational Service

• Participant, Reformed Colleges Study Committee on Homosexuality (1991-92)
• Organizer, Colleges of Mid-America Philosophy and Theology Conference on Pluralism and the Christian Tradition (1991)
• Member, Christian Reformed Church Synodical Committee on Ordination and Official Acts of Ministry (1995-96)
• Member, Missouri Presbytery (PCA) Study Committee on Federal Vision Theology (2004-05)
• Member, Candidates and Credentials Committee, Missouri Presbytery (PCA) (2007-present)