Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Encyclopedia
Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS) is an evangelical
theological seminary
whose main campus is based in South Hamilton, Massachusetts
, with three other campuses in Boston
, Charlotte, North Carolina
and Jacksonville. The current president of Gordon-Conwell is Dennis Hollinger
. According to the Association of Theological Schools, Gordon-Conwell ranks 5th in terms of total number of students for seminaries in North America
.
in Wenham, Massachusetts
, and the Conwell School of Theology, formerly of Temple University
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. Both schools were founded in the Baptist
theological heritage. Both Adoniram Judson Gordon
and Russell Conwell
were Baptist ministers; Gordon's divinity school was first established as Gordon Bible Institute in 1889, while Conwell's theological school was originally chartered as Temple College
in 1888.
In 1969, both Gordon Divinity School and Conwell School of Theology experienced a downturn. The reorganization of both schools into Gordon-Conwell was the result of the financial backing of J. Howard Pew
and the unifying influence of evangelist
Billy Graham
. Boston pastor and theologian Harold Ockenga
was selected as its first president.
Ockenga had wanted a strong evangelical
voice in New England
to contend with more liberal
schools like Harvard and Boston University
. Other former presidents include Robert Cooley (1981–1997), Walter Kaiser, Jr.
(1997–2006), and James Emery White
(2006–2007), and Haddon Robinson
(2007–2008). Currently the Board of Trustees for Gordon-Conwell includes influential evangelicals such as Charles Colson
and Billy Graham
.
. There are secondary campuses in Boston
, in Charlotte, North Carolina
, and in Jacksonville, Florida
. The campus in Boston is known as the Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME), and it is a program offered exclusively through part-time night and weekend classes. The CUME campus also focuses primarily on urban and cross-cultural ministry in an urban setting. The Charlotte program was founded in 1992, and it offers courses on weekends, evenings and through week-long intensive courses, and generally attracts an older student body. The Jacksonville campus opened in February 2006 and was originally an extension of the Charlotte campus, though it now is the fourth campus for Gordon-Conwell. The Jacksonville campus is located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida.
heritage. When Gordon-Conwell was refounded in 1969, however, the seminary was purposefully founded with no specific Christian denomination
al affiliation. Today, Gordon-Conwell has students from 90 different denominations, as well as students from around the world. Theologically, the Statement of Faith and the Mission and Purpose of the seminary are based on Protestant and evangelical doctrine
s, such as biblical inerrancy
and penal substitution
.
Gordon-Conwell is part of the Boston Theological Institute
(BTI), a consortium of nine theological schools in the Greater Boston
area.
Gordon-Conwell is overseen by the main administration at the Hamilton campus. Each of the other three campuses is overseen by a campus dean, who reports directly to the Provost
and main campus administration.
(M.Div.), Master of Theology
(Th.M.), Doctor of Ministry
(D.Min.), and a wide range of specialized master's degrees.
Gordon-Conwell has been accredited
by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
since 1964 and by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
since 1985. It is also certified by the United States Government for the training of veterans and the education of chaplains for military service.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
theological seminary
Seminary
A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...
whose main campus is based in South Hamilton, Massachusetts
South Hamilton, Massachusetts
South Hamilton is that part of Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States that the Postal Service has assigned the zip code 01982; otherwise it is indistinguishable from Hamilton...
, with three other campuses in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
and Jacksonville. The current president of Gordon-Conwell is Dennis Hollinger
Dennis Hollinger
Dennis Hollinger is President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a position he has held since 2008. He is also the Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Christian Ethics. He is also Distinguished Fellow with the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity....
. According to the Association of Theological Schools, Gordon-Conwell ranks 5th in terms of total number of students for seminaries in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
History
The history of Gordon-Conwell goes back to the late 1800s. In its current form, Gordon-Conwell arose from the re-refounding of two separate schools in 1969. This re-founding is the product of a merger between Gordon Divinity School, formerly of Gordon CollegeGordon College (Massachusetts)
Gordon College is a liberal arts college located on the former Princemere estate in Wenham, Massachusetts, northeast of Beverly. Founded by Baptist minister A. J...
in Wenham, Massachusetts
Wenham, Massachusetts
Wenham is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,875 at the 2010 census.The Town of Wenham was originally settled in 1635 and has retained much of its unique historic character and tranquil rural scenery...
, and the Conwell School of Theology, formerly of Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
. Both schools were founded in the Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
theological heritage. Both Adoniram Judson Gordon
Adoniram Judson Gordon
Adoniram Judson Gordon was an American Baptist preacher, writer, composer, and founder of Gordon College and Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary.-Life:...
and Russell Conwell
Russell Conwell
Russell Herman Conwell was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture Acres of Diamonds...
were Baptist ministers; Gordon's divinity school was first established as Gordon Bible Institute in 1889, while Conwell's theological school was originally chartered as Temple College
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
in 1888.
In 1969, both Gordon Divinity School and Conwell School of Theology experienced a downturn. The reorganization of both schools into Gordon-Conwell was the result of the financial backing of J. Howard Pew
J. Howard Pew
J. Howard Pew was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Sunoco .Joseph Howard Pew was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1882 and raised as a devout Presbyterian. In 1886 Pew’s father, Joseph Newton Pew, Sr. started an oil business in Pennsylvania, expanding to Texas when oil was discovered...
and the unifying influence of evangelist
Evangelism
Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity....
Billy Graham
Billy Graham
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist. As of April 25, 2010, when he met with Barack Obama, Graham has spent personal time with twelve United States Presidents dating back to Harry S. Truman, and is number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for...
. Boston pastor and theologian Harold Ockenga
Harold Ockenga
Harold John Ockenga was a leading figure of 20th century American evangelicalism, part of the reform movement known as "Neo-Evangelicalism". A Congregational minister, Ockenga served for many years as pastor of Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also a prolific author on...
was selected as its first president.
Ockenga had wanted a strong evangelical
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
voice in New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
to contend with more liberal
Liberal Christianity
Liberal Christianity, sometimes called liberal theology, is an umbrella term covering diverse, philosophically and biblically informed religious movements and ideas within Christianity from the late 18th century and onward...
schools like Harvard and Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
. Other former presidents include Robert Cooley (1981–1997), Walter Kaiser, Jr.
Walter Kaiser, Jr.
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. is an American evangelical Old Testament scholar, writer, public speaker, and educator. Kaiser is the Colman M. Mockler distinguished Professor of Old Testament and former President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, retired June 30, 2006...
(1997–2006), and James Emery White
James Emery White
James Emery White is the founding and senior pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, North Carolina; President of Serious Times, a ministry which explores the intersection of faith and culture; and from July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007 served as the fourth president of Gordon-Conwell...
(2006–2007), and Haddon Robinson
Haddon Robinson
Haddon W. Robinson is the Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching, senior director of the Doctor of Ministry program, and former interim President at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. A native of New York City, he received a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, a M.A. from...
(2007–2008). Currently the Board of Trustees for Gordon-Conwell includes influential evangelicals such as Charles Colson
Charles Colson
Charles Wendell "Chuck" Colson is a Christian leader, cultural commentator, and former Special Counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973....
and Billy Graham
Billy Graham
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist. As of April 25, 2010, when he met with Barack Obama, Graham has spent personal time with twelve United States Presidents dating back to Harry S. Truman, and is number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for...
.
Campus
The main 118 acre (0.47752948 km²) residential campus is in South Hamilton, MassachusettsSouth Hamilton, Massachusetts
South Hamilton is that part of Hamilton, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States that the Postal Service has assigned the zip code 01982; otherwise it is indistinguishable from Hamilton...
. There are secondary campuses in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
, and in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
. The campus in Boston is known as the Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME), and it is a program offered exclusively through part-time night and weekend classes. The CUME campus also focuses primarily on urban and cross-cultural ministry in an urban setting. The Charlotte program was founded in 1992, and it offers courses on weekends, evenings and through week-long intensive courses, and generally attracts an older student body. The Jacksonville campus opened in February 2006 and was originally an extension of the Charlotte campus, though it now is the fourth campus for Gordon-Conwell. The Jacksonville campus is located in downtown Jacksonville, Florida.
Organization
Gordon Divinity School and Conwell Theological Seminary were both from the BaptistBaptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
heritage. When Gordon-Conwell was refounded in 1969, however, the seminary was purposefully founded with no specific Christian denomination
Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity. In the Orthodox tradition, Churches are divided often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and...
al affiliation. Today, Gordon-Conwell has students from 90 different denominations, as well as students from around the world. Theologically, the Statement of Faith and the Mission and Purpose of the seminary are based on Protestant and evangelical doctrine
Doctrine
Doctrine is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system...
s, such as biblical inerrancy
Biblical inerrancy
Biblical inerrancy is the doctrinal position that the Bible is accurate and totally free of error, that "Scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact." Some equate inerrancy with infallibility; others do not.Conservative Christians generally believe that...
and penal substitution
Penal substitution
Penal substitution is a theory of the atonement within Christian theology, developed with the Reformed tradition. It argues that Christ, by his own sacrificial choice, was punished in the place of sinners , thus satisfying the demands of justice so God can justly forgive the sins...
.
Gordon-Conwell is part of the Boston Theological Institute
Boston Theological Institute
Boston Theological Institute is the largest theological consortium in the world, bringing together the resources of universities and divinity schools throughout the greater Boston area and some of the most prestigious educational institutions...
(BTI), a consortium of nine theological schools in the Greater Boston
Greater Boston
Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston. Due to ambiguity in usage, the size of the area referred to can be anywhere between that of the metropolitan statistical area of Boston and that of the city's combined statistical area which includes...
area.
Gordon-Conwell is overseen by the main administration at the Hamilton campus. Each of the other three campuses is overseen by a campus dean, who reports directly to the Provost
Provost (education)
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
and main campus administration.
Academics
There were 1,900 students enrolled at Gordon-Conwell in 2011. The seminary offers over 19 degrees including the Master of DivinityMaster of Divinity
In the academic study of theology, the Master of Divinity is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America...
(M.Div.), Master of Theology
Master of Theology
A Master of Theology is an advanced theological research degree offered by universities, divinity schools, and seminaries.-North America:In North America, the Master of Theology is considered by the Association of Theological Schools to be the minimum educational credential for teaching...
(Th.M.), Doctor of Ministry
Doctor of Ministry
The Doctor of Ministry degree is, according to The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada , a doctoral level degree oriented toward ministerial leadership often in an area of applied theology, such as missions, evangelism, church leadership, pastoral psychology or the...
(D.Min.), and a wide range of specialized master's degrees.
Gordon-Conwell has been accredited
Educational accreditation
Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met...
by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada is an organization of seminaries and other graduate schools of theology. ATS has its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has more than 250 member institutions...
since 1964 and by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. is the U.S. regional accreditation association providing educational accreditation for all levels of education, from pre-kindergarten to the doctoral level, in the six-state New England region. It also provides accreditation for some...
since 1985. It is also certified by the United States Government for the training of veterans and the education of chaplains for military service.
Current Faculty
- Roy Ciampa Professor of New Testament; Chair of the Division of Biblical Studies
- John Jefferson DavisJohn Jefferson DavisJohn Jefferson Davis is Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he has taught since 1975. He is an ordained Presbyterian pastor.-Thought:...
, Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics - Dennis HollingerDennis HollingerDennis Hollinger is President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a position he has held since 2008. He is also the Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Christian Ethics. He is also Distinguished Fellow with the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity....
, Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Christian Ethics - Frank A. James, IIIFrank A. James, IIIFrank A. James, III is the Provost and Professor of Historical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. His expertise is Reformation history, focusing especially on the life and thought of Peter Martyr Vermigli...
, Provost and Professor of Historical Theology - Richard LintsRichard LintsRichard Lints is the Andrew Munch Professor of Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Lints has been with Gordon-Conwell since 1986. He has also taught at Trinity College in Bristol, England, and from 1999-2000 he was Visiting Professor at Yale University. Lints is ordained in the...
Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Theology - Jeffrey Niehaus, Professor of Old Testament
- Haddon RobinsonHaddon RobinsonHaddon W. Robinson is the Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching, senior director of the Doctor of Ministry program, and former interim President at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. A native of New York City, he received a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, a M.A. from...
, Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching - Douglas StuartDouglas StuartDouglas K. Stuart is Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, an interdenominational Evangelical Seminary . He received his B.A...
, Professor of Old Testament - David F. WellsDavid F. WellsDavid Falconer Wells is Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books in which his evangelical theology engages with the modern world....
, Distinguished Research Professor
Former Faculty
- Barry Corey, former Vice President/Chief Academic Officer and Academic Dean
- Gregory BealeGregory BealeGregory Beale is a Christian scholar, currently a Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has made a number of contributions to conservative Biblical hermeneutics, particularly in the area of the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament...
, former Professor of New Testament - Walter Kaiser, Jr.Walter Kaiser, Jr.Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. is an American evangelical Old Testament scholar, writer, public speaker, and educator. Kaiser is the Colman M. Mockler distinguished Professor of Old Testament and former President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, retired June 30, 2006...
, emeritus Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Old Testament - Meredith Kline, former Professor of Old Testament
- Stephen Charles MottStephen Charles MottStephen Charles Mott is one of the few pioneers among Evangelical Christians in the U.S. in the teaching and academic study of social ethics since the early 1970s.He has a BD degree from Wheaton College, Illinois, and a Ph.D...
, Professor of Christian Social Ethics - Harold OckengaHarold OckengaHarold John Ockenga was a leading figure of 20th century American evangelicalism, part of the reform movement known as "Neo-Evangelicalism". A Congregational minister, Ockenga served for many years as pastor of Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He was also a prolific author on...
, former President of Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary - Timothy TennentTimothy TennentTimothy C. Tennent is the president of Asbury Theological Seminary.-Education:Tennent's education includes a B.A. from Oral Roberts University, an M.Div. from Gordon Conwell , a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary , and a Ph.D...
, former Professor of World Missions and Indian Studies - Gordon FeeGordon FeeGordon Donald Fee is an American-Canadian Christian theologian and an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God . He currently serves as Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada.-Biography:...
, former Professor of New Testament
Notable Alumni
- Mark DeverMark DeverMark E. Dever has been the senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. since 1994, and is the president of 9Marks , a Christian ministry he co-founded "in an effort to build biblically faithful churches in America."...
, Senior Pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist ChurchCapitol Hill Baptist ChurchCapitol Hill Baptist Church is a Baptist church located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., a few blocks from the United States Capitol. Mark Dever serves as the senior pastor of the church. Capitol Hill Baptist is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention....
in Washington, D.C. - Kevin DeYoung, Senior Pastor of University Reformed Church
- Gil Dodds, American distance runner and athlete
- Robert GodfreyRobert GodfreyW. Robert Godfrey is a minister in the United Reformed Church and the third President of Westminster Seminary California, where he is also Professor of Church History. He has taught at Westminster Seminary California since 1981 and has previously taught at Westminster Theological Seminary in...
, President of Westminster Seminary CaliforniaWestminster Seminary CaliforniaWestminster Seminary California is a Reformed Christian graduate educational institution located 25 miles north of San Diego, California in Escondido. It was initially a branch campus of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia until 1982 when it became fully independent... - Kimberly HahnKimberly HahnKimberly Hahn is a Catholic apologist and author. She is the eldest child of Jerry and Patricia Kirk, and is married to apologist and author Scott Hahn....
, Catholic apologist and author - Scott HahnScott HahnScott Hahn is a contemporary author, theologian, and Catholic apologist. His works include Rome Sweet Home and The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth. He currently teaches at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic university in the United States.-Education:Hahn received his...
, Catholic apologist and theologian - Donald J. HarlinDonald J. Harlin-Biography:A native of New York City, Harlin is an ordained Baptist pastor. He is a graduate of Nyack College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.-Career:Harlin joined the United States Air Force in 1965 and was stationed at Minot Air Force Base...
, Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force - Stanley Horton, Theologian and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Bible and Theology at the Assemblies of God Theological SeminaryAssemblies of God Theological SeminaryThe Assemblies of God Theological Seminary is a seminary located in Springfield, Missouri. As of Summer 2009, the seminary offers the Master of Divinity , Master of Arts in Counseling, Christian Ministries, Intercultural Ministries, and Theological Studies, the Doctor of Ministry , the Doctor...
- Timothy Keller, Senior Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian ChurchRedeemer Presbyterian ChurchRedeemer Presbyterian Church , founded in 1989, is a church located in New York City. Its senior pastor is Timothy J. Keller.-Overview:...
- Gary N. Koppers, Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
- Brock KreitzburgBrock KreitzburgBrock Kreitzburg is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2001.- Career bBiography :A graduate from the University of Toledo and a native of Akron, Ohio, Brock has been in the US Bobsled program since 2001.In 2003, Kreitzburg graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary...
, Minister in the United Reformed ChurchUnited Reformed ChurchThe United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:...
and the third President of Westminster Seminary CaliforniaWestminster Seminary CaliforniaWestminster Seminary California is a Reformed Christian graduate educational institution located 25 miles north of San Diego, California in Escondido. It was initially a branch campus of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia until 1982 when it became fully independent... - Woodrow Kroll, President and Bible teacher for the international Back to the BibleBack to the BibleBack to the Bible is an international Christian ministry based in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, using radio, the internet, television, and other media...
radio and television ministry - Gerry Matatics, Catholic apologist
- Roger NicoleRoger NicoleRoger R. Nicole was a native Swiss Reformed theologian and a Baptist, long regarded as one of the preeminent theologians in America. He was a Christian Egalitarian and Biblical Inerrantist. He was an associate editor for the New Geneva Study Bible and assisted in the translation of the New...
, Swiss Reformed theologian - Jeffrey Niehaus, Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell
- Timothy TennentTimothy TennentTimothy C. Tennent is the president of Asbury Theological Seminary.-Education:Tennent's education includes a B.A. from Oral Roberts University, an M.Div. from Gordon Conwell , a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary , and a Ph.D...
, President of Asbury Theological SeminaryAsbury Theological SeminaryAsbury Theological Seminary is a multi-denominational, graduate institution that offers a variety of master degree and postgraduate degree programs through the schools of Biblical Interpretation and Proclamation, Theology and Formation, Practical Theology, World Missions and Evangelism, and... - Ben Witherington IIIBen Witherington IIIBen Witherington III is an American evangelical Biblical scholar, and professor of New Testament Studies.Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.-Education:...
, American evangelical Biblical scholar and professor of New Testament Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary