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This month's i'd like to introduce you to an alumnus who has taken on a major role at Westminster. Steven Carter (M.Div. '78) now serves as Chief Administrative Officer for the seminary. Here is a word of introduction from Steve. Westminster alumni love to share memories. Here are a few of mine from the 70’s. I had the last class Dr. Van Til ever taught – an elective on the theology of Barth in the fall of 1975. I hold my plunking with chalk he threw from his podium as a badge of honor. After being taunted by students as he cruised by in his shiny red Camaro convertible, Jay Adams fully answered them by peeling rubber in front of the Machen porch. I love to remember the colorful characters who became good friends: A fundamentalist college graduate who was a rebel for the cause of Calvin; a Harvard graduate who lived to tell the story in a book called From Harvard to Hell and Back; an honor student who read at the slowest pace but with the most thorough retention I ever saw and who helped me understand the new world that opens up at Westminster because of the insights of Geerhardus Vos. Professors Gaffin and Dillard changed my faith in Christ forever. I began to understand that because of our Lord’s resurrection from the dead, we, like the first century believers, are those “upon whom the end of the ages has come.” It meant an experience with the Scriptures so powerful you could taste it; that taste was “sweeter than honey from the honeycomb,” and was indeed a taste of “the powers of the age to come.” Last summer, after some years in pastoral ministry and many more in business, I returned to campus to interview for a job. The memories came flooding back as I once again walked around on what is for me hallowed ground. After several months on the job, the sheer pleasure of working here is tempered by the reality of another sort of new world for Westminster: A new world of scarcity. Leadership in such a time as this has to look for new ways we can be a viable institution into the future. We’ve done a lot already to address a difficult financial situation, but more needs to be done. When you visit the campus, please stop in to my office to share a memory or two. I’d love to pray with you that Westminster continues its strategic role in the kingdom of Jesus by teaching the whole counsel of God. -Steve Carter (M.Div. '78), CAO. Partnering with you for kingdom purposes,  Rev. John Currie, MAR, director of student development and alumni relations
P.S. Sign-up and login for access to all our rich, historic audio archives. The Media Center is easily accessible for your ongoing equipping. At www.wts.edu, go to popular links on the lower right hand corner of the page. Noah Huss with the Lord
Noah Huss (M.Div. '09) went home to the Lord on Tuesday, March 6th. He was 34. Please join us in lifting up in prayer the Huss family, World Team and the Westminster community as we mourn the loss of our brother in Christ. Noah is survived by his wife, Rachel, and their three sons. During his time at Westminster, Noah was well known for his ministry to other students. He was the very first student to work in the Seminary’s Center for Theological Writing. After graduation Noah worked for World Team for the past 3 and a half years as a mobilizer. |
Westminster's Reaccreditation
Post-Graduate Study
An update from Westminster alumnus, Dr. Ben Dunson (M.A.R. '07, Th.M. '08) "Among other important things, I learned how to appreciate the insights of modern biblical scholarship, but also how to engage such scholarship critically from a distinctively Christian vantage point. Cornelius Van Til may not have been a biblical scholar by vocation, but his approach to apologetics helped me see the multitude of ways in which philosophical commitments (both stated and unstated) affect the practice of biblical scholarship." Serving the Servicemen
An update from alumnus, Lt. Col. Pete Sniffin (M.Div. '88, right with Gen. Petraeus), a US Army Chaplain stationed in Afghanistan. I have spent the last 11+ months here in Kabul, Afghanistan at Headquarters, US Forces, Afghanistan overseeing the Religious Support Operations for all our Service Members spread across this combat theater. That entails providing all the Religious Support planning to meet the ecclesiastical, logistical and spiritual requirements of 100,000+ military personnel spread across 450 bases in Afghanistan; some in very remote locations and none easy to get to as travel in Afghanistan is very complex and not safe. Did Adam and Eve Exist?
Science, the Bible, and Adam and Eve: Two Views Join us for a FREE Pre-Conference to the Conference on Science and Faith on Friday April 13th at 7:00pm. The Pre-Conference will be a forum between C. John Collins, author of Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? and Denis Lamoureux, author of I Love Jesus and I Accept Evolution. Admission to the Pre-Conference is free, but registration is required. Click here for more information and to register! Together for the Gospel
The Underestimated Gospel Rev. Dr. Carl Trueman, Provost and professor of historical theology and church history, will be speaking at a breakout session at this year's Together for the Gospel conference. He will be speaking on "Why the Reformation isn't Over." The conference is April 10-12 in Louisville, KY. Also speaking at breakout sessions will be alumni Rev. Dave Harvey and Rev. Mike McKinley. For more information, visit www.t4g.org
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