Dr. Cornelis P. Venema

Cornelis P. Venema is President and Professor of Doctrinal Studies at Mid-America Reformed Seminary, Dyer, Indiana.

He also serves as an Associate Pastor at Redeemer United Reformed Church in Dyer, and is co-editor of the Mid-America Journal of Theology and contributing editor of a column on doctrine for the monthly periodical The Outlook.

Venema, Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary is author of several books including his major work on Biblical view of future things “The Promise of the Future” (2000), and “By His Spirit and Word: How Christ Builds His Church” (2015). Cornelis Venema is married to Nancy, and they have four children. He has repeatedly taught at Baltic Reformed Theological Seminary since 1999.

Rev. Mark Vander Hart

Rev. Mark Vander Hart is Associate Professor of Old Testament Studies, Mid-America Reformed Seminary.

He is a member of the Society for Biblical Literature, the Evangelical Theological Society, the Calvin Studies Society, and the National Association of Professors of Hebrew.

Rev. Vander Hart has taught in Cyprus, Ukraine, Myanmar, Latvia, and India.

Previously taught at BRTS: Pre-Exilic Prophets; Post-Exilic Prophets; Ecclesiology; Pentateuch, Old Testament History; Messianic Message in OT; Biblical Greek; Biblical Hebrew.

Dr. Sacha Walicord

Former professor at Dordt University, Sioux Center, (Iowa, USA), Rev. Dr. Sacha Walicord  is Senior Pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church (Vanguard), Grand Rapids, Michigan USA. He is a visiting professor at the Reformed Theological Seminary, Giessen, Germany. 

Rev. John M. Irwin

Rev. John M. Irwin is a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and graduated from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis in 1999 (M.Div.). He has pastored churches in Kingsport, Tennessee and in Lemmon, South Dakota. Since 2017 he is pastor of Faith Presbyterian in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Rev. Irwin and his wife Jennifer, a teacher at Christian schools with experience in the United States, Belize and Niger, have 3 children.

Dr. Michael Wallace Payne

Dr. Michael Payne is currently Senior Pastor of Lebanon Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Virginia (USA). Previously he served as pastor in Taipei, Taiwan and Mexico City, Mexico. Dr. Payne was Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi from 1997 to 2006. He has numerous publications in the areas of worldview and apologetics as well as ethics. He received his Th.M in Apologetics and Ph.D in Theology from Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, PA).

Dr. Barend Kamphuis

Dr. Barend Kamphuis is professor emeritus in Systematic Theology at the Theological University of the Reformed Churches (liberated) in Kampen, the Netherlands. He is married with Zwanet and has with her 6 children. He loves playing chess and watching birds.

Dr. Fritz Harms

Dr. Frederik Harms is serving as pastor (church-planter) of the Covenant United Reformed Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He holds the Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Seminary in California and the Doctor of Philosophy in Church History from the Theological University of Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.

Dr. Harms is an avid enthusiast of professional soccer (European).

Rev. Dr. Andrew H. Selle (together with Dawna S. Selle)

Rev. Dr. Andrew H. Selle, director of Christian Counseling & Mediation, a ministry based in New England in the USA. Ordained (1984) as a pastor in an evangelical Presbyterian church.  Memberships:  Association of Certified Biblical Counselors, Level II;  certification with The Institute for Christian Conciliation.  D.Min. (1985) & M.Div. (1979) Westminster Theological Seminary, A.B. Oberlin College (1973).
Co-counselor and conciliator: Dawna S. Selle, certification with The Institute for Christian Conciliation.  B.A. Temple University (1977).  Dr. Selle and his wife, Dawna, have a special concern for resolving family and church conflicts in biblical and effective ways that honor Christ.