21 Notable alumni of
Westminster Theological Seminary
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Westminster Theological Seminary is 1409th in the world, 491st in North America, and 460th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from Westminster Theological Seminary sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Timothy J. Keller
- Enrolled in Westminster Theological Seminary
- Graduated with Doctor of Ministry
- Occupations
- university teachertheologianwriternon-fiction writerpriest
- Biography
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Timothy James Keller was an American Presbyterian pastor, Reformed theologian, and Christian apologist. He was the chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, which trains pastors for service around the world. Keller was also the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and the author of The New York Times bestselling books The Prodigal God (2008), Prayer (2014), and The Reason for God (2008). The prequel for the latter is Making Sense of God (2016).
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Francis Schaeffer
- Occupations
- writerphilosophertheologianpastor
- Biography
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Francis August Schaeffer was an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He co-founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland with his wife Edith Schaeffer, a prolific author in her own right. Opposed to theological modernism, Schaeffer promoted what he claimed was a more historic Protestant faith and a presuppositional approach to Christian apologetics, which he believed would answer the questions of the age.
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Wayne Grudem
- Occupations
- missionarypastorwriterpreachertheologian
- Biography
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Wayne A. Grudem is an American Reformed Baptist theologian and New Testament scholar. Known for his widely used Systematic Theology, he was a research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Bob Fu
- Enrolled in Westminster Theological Seminary
- 1997-2004 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- pastorhuman rights defender
- Biography
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Bob Fu is a Chinese-American pastor. In 2002, he founded ChinaAid, which provides legal aid to Christians in China, and has been its president since then. Bob Fu was born in Shandong in 1968 and studied English literature at Liaocheng University in the 1980s. He converted to Christianity after an American teacher gave him a biography of a Chinese Christian convert. After his studies, Fu taught English at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing while participating in the house church movement. In 1996, Bob Fu and his family emigrated to Hong Kong and then the United States, after his wife became pregnant without government permission to have a child. Fu founded the China Aid Association in Philadelphia in 2002, but moved its headquarters to Midland, Texas, in 2004. Fu is also known for his role in helping negotiate barefoot lawyer Chen Guangcheng's immigration to the United States. In this sense, he has been described as a "liaison" between oppressed groups in China and foreign governments or media that can help them.
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John Frame
- Occupations
- Christian theologianProtestant theologianphilosopheruniversity teacher
- Biography
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John McElphatrick Frame is a retired American Christian philosopher and Calvinist theologian especially noted for his work in epistemology and presuppositional apologetics, systematic theology, and ethics. He is one of the foremost interpreters and critics of the thought of Cornelius Van Til.
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Joel R. Beeke
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- university teachertheologian
- Biography
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Joel Robert Beeke is an American Reformed theologian who serves as a pastor in the Heritage Reformed Congregations and as chancellor of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He helped found Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in 1995 under the oversight of the Heritage Reformed Congregations, serving as its president until assuming the chancellorship in 2023. He teaches homiletics, systematic theology, and practical theology at the seminary.
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John Gerstner
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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John Henry Gerstner was an American Reformed and Presbyterian theologian and professor of Church History at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He was an expert on the life and theology of Jonathan Edwards.
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Carl McIntire
- Occupations
- pastor
- Biography
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Charles Curtis McIntire Jr., known as Carl McIntire, was a founder and minister in the Bible Presbyterian Church, founder and long-time president of the International Council of Christian Churches and the American Council of Christian Churches, and a popular religious radio broadcaster, who proudly identified himself as a fundamentalist.
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Philip Ryken
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 60)
- Enrolled in Westminster Theological Seminary
- Graduated with Master of Divinity
- Occupations
- religious figure
- Biography
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Philip Graham Ryken is an American theologian, Presbyterian minister, and academic administrator. He is the eighth president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
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James B. Jordan
- Occupations
- historiantheologian
- Biography
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James Burrell Jordan is an American Protestant theologian and author. He is the director of Biblical Horizons ministries, an organisation in Niceville, Florida that publishes books, essays and other media dealing with Bible commentary, Biblical theology, and liturgy. It adheres to biblical absolutism including Young Earth Creationism and is committed to the concept of biblical theocracy.
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Bong-Ho Son
- Occupations
- philosopher
- Biography
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Bong-Ho Son is a South Korean Christian ethics scholar and social activist. Son was born in Korea, and graduated from Gyeongju High School and Seoul National University. He then studied theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in the United States, and received his PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He has taught at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and Seoul National University, and has served as president of Hansung University and of Dongduk Women's University. In 2011, he established the Sharing National Movement Headquarters, where he is in charge of representation. He is working in the field of the Christian Ethics Movement of Korea.
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William L. Lane
- Years
- 1931-1999 (aged 68)
- Occupations
- Judaic scholarBible translatortranslatoruniversity teachertheologian
- Biography
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William L. Lane was an American New Testament theologian and professor of biblical studies.
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Peter Lillback
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Enrolled in Westminster Theological Seminary
- In 1985 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Peter A. Lillback is an American theologian and church historian, the president and professor of historical theology and church history at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He has held the presidency since 2005.
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Richard Gaffin
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 90)
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. is a Calvinist theologian, Presbyterian minister, and was the Charles Krahe Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1999 to 2008. He became the Professor Emeritus, Biblical and Systematic Theology in 2008.
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Richard L. Pratt, Jr
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Richard Linwood Pratt Jr. is an American theologian, author, and founder and President of Third Millennium Ministries. Pratt claims that Third Millennium was launched in response to the lack of training of Christian leaders around the world, and that "where the church is growing the fastest, those Christian leaders have the least amount of training". The stated aim of Third Millennium is that any person that has the desire to learn more about the Bible should be given that opportunity in their own land, in their own language, and at no cost.
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William Edgar
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 82)
- Enrolled in Westminster Theological Seminary
- In 1969 graduated with Master of Divinity
- Occupations
- theologianpianistjazz musician
- Biography
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William "Bill" Edgar is an American apologist and was professor of apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has been called by Charles Colson "one of evangelicalism's most valued scholars and apologists".
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Willem A. Vangemeren
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- biblical scholar
- Biography
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Willem A. VanGemeren is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, where he was the doctoral program director for ten years. Since 2016, he has been Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Theology at Chongshin University and Seminary in Seoul, Korea. He has been involved in education since 1974 and has taught and preached in a number of countries.
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J. Ramsey Michaels
- Years
- 1931-2020 (aged 89)
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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J. Ramsey Michaels, Th.D., Harvard was an American theologian who was for many years a professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Southwest Missouri State University. He continued to teach occasionally as an adjunct professor at Bangor Theological Seminary in Portland, Maine, and as a visiting professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. He is perhaps best known for his commentary on John which is a replacement volume in the New International Commentary on the New Testament series.
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Allan Harman
- Occupations
- translatorBible translator
- Biography
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Allan Macdonald Harman, OAM, RFD is an Australian Presbyterian theologian and Old Testament scholar. He has been described as a "well-known and highly regarded figure in Christian and especially evangelical circles within Australia and overseas."
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Deok-Kyo Oh
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Deok-Kyo Oh is a South Korean theologian. He served as the president of Hapdong Theological Seminary in South Korea and President of the International University of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. He became a member of South Korea's National Unification Advisory Council in 2014. He is the president of Torch Trinity Graduate University in 2024.
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Brian D. Miller
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Brian David Miller is an American attorney who served as the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery. In this role, Miller oversees the United States Department of the Treasury's implementation of the Coronavirus Economic Stablization Act of 2020, part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In September 2025, President Donald Trump nominated Miller to become the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Miller began serving as interim U.S. Attorney in October 2025 after being appointed by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
