20 Notable alumni of
Westminster Theological Seminary
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Westminster Theological Seminary is 1402nd in the world, 491st in North America, and 460th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 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, preacher, theologian, and Christian apologist. He was the chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, which trains pastors for service around the world. He 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: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (2008), Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (2014), and The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (2008). The prequel for the latter is Making Sense of GOD: An Invitation to the Skeptical (2016).
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Francis Schaeffer
- Occupations
- theologianpastorwriterphilosopher
- 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, née Seville, a prolific author in her own right. Opposed to theological modernism (which prefers, e.g., rational thought and religious experience over doctrinal pronouncements by leaders or following religious traditions), 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 New Testament scholar, theologian, seminary professor, and author. He is a professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Bob Fu
- Occupations
- human rights activist
- 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
- university teacherChristian theologianProtestant theologianphilosopher
- 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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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 59)
- 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 and current 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 Ph.D 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
- biblical scholarJudaic scholarBible translatortranslatoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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William L. Lane was an American New Testament theologian and professor of biblical studies.
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Richard Gaffin
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 89)
- 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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Peter Lillback
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- 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 who is President and Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian and Reformed Christian graduate educational institution in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He also serves as the president of the Providence Forum and a senior editor at Unio cum Christo: An International Journal of Reformed Theology and Life. Lillback has been ordained in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and holds credentials as teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Lillback holds degrees from Cedarville University (B.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Westminster Theological Seminary (Ph.D.). He is the author of the biography George Washington’s Sacred Fire, based on primary-source research and scholarship on the life of George Washington.
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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. Third Millennium was launched in response to the lack of training of Christian leaders around the world. Third Millennium recognizes where the church is growing the fastest, those Christian leaders have the least amount of training. Pratt personally witnessed this in the 1980s as he traveled for missions. Helping the church worldwide has become his passion. He believes 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 81)
- Enrolled in Westminster Theological Seminary
- In 1969 graduated with Master of Divinity
- Occupations
- jazz musiciantheologianpianist
- 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 77)
- 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. He is the author of a number of books, including Interpreting the Prophetic Word (Zondervan) and a commentary on Psalms in the Expositor's Bible Commentary series (Zondervan). He was a senior editor of the five-volume work The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis in which ten essays have been compiled to thoroughly explain proper hermeneutics and Biblical interpretation. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Institute for Biblical Research.
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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 73)
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Deok-Kyo Oh is a South Korean theologian who served as the president of Hapdong Theological Seminary in South Korea and the president of the International University of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, and is a member of South Korea's National Unification Advisory Council since 2014. He is the president of Torch Trinity Graduate University in 2024.
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Brian D. Miller
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Brian D. Miller is an American attorney who serves 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.
