2020 Commencement Ceremony Program

TH E THIRTY-FOURTH ANN U AL COMMEN CEMEN T SERV IC E

AUGUST 30, 2020 SUN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

34th annual commencement service AUGUST 30, 2020 PRESIDENT SAM HORN, PH.D., D.MIN., PRESIDING

PROCESSIONAL (audience please stand) (Recording) WELCOME

THE MASTER’S SEMINARY CHORUS (Video) SCRIPTURE READING

PRAYER OF INVOCATION

THE MASTER’S SEMINARY CHORUS (Video) HYMN

CHARGE TO GRADUATES

Pomp and Circumstance • Elgar Stephen Sturz, Organist Dr. Sam Horn President My Hope Is in the Lord • Clayton/Erb-Rice Dr. Clayton Erb, Director Dr. Carl Hargrove Faculty, Pastoral Ministries Prof. Paul Twiss Faculty, Bible Exposition Tell Out, My Soul • Greatorex/Erb-Rice

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name • Holden Dr. Bill Brandenstein Dr. John MacArthur Chancellor

CONFERRING OF DEGREES Dr. Sam Horn, President Assisted by: Dr. John MacArthur, Chancellor, Dr. Josiah Grauman, Dean of Spanish Education Prof. Lucas Alemán, Director of Spanish Education, Dr. Nathan Busenitz, Provost Dr. Brian Biedebach, Dean of Students, Dr. Austin Duncan, Director of D.Min. Studies PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Dr. John MacArthur

PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS

Dr. Sam Horn

HYMN

Great Is Thy Faithfulness • Runyan Dr. Bill Brandenstein

BENEDICTION

Dr. Mark Zhakevich Faculty, New Testament

RECESSIONAL (Recording)

I Sing the Mighty Power of God • Trad./Sturz Stephen Sturz, Organist

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name All hail the power of Jesus’ Name!

Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all!

Bring forth the royal diadem And crown Him Lord of all.

Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race, Ye ransomed from the fall, Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, And crown Him Lord of all!

Hail Him Who saves you by His grace, And crown Him Lord of all.

Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball, To Him all majesty ascribe, And crown Him Lord of all!

To Him all majesty ascribe, And crown Him Lord of all.

O that with yonder sacred throng We at His feet may fall!

We’ll join the everlasting song, And crown Him Lord of all; We’ll join the everlasting song, And crown Him Lord of all.

Great Is Thy Faithfulness Great is Thy faithfulness, O God, my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be.

Refrain: Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see; All I have needed Thy hand hath provided— Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above, Join with all nature in manifold witness To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Repeat refrain

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Repeat refrain

Diploma of Theology

John Anthony Gonzalez San Antonio, Texas

Bachelor of Theology

Paul Y. Bliznyuk Matthew A. Boettner Sergio Humberto Maykop, Los Angeles, Cifuentes Russia

California

Sylmar, California

Andrey A. Gorban Frederick Gutierrez Vancouver, Washington

Santa Clarita, California

Travis Gunnar Flournoy Colfax, Louisiana

Bret Hastings Greeley, Colorado

Master of Biblical Ministry

Javier Beltrán Tolosa

Juan Carlos Cabreras Palacios

Carlos E. Carrisoza Cruz

Miguel Contreras

Leonel Estrada Mendoza

Óscar Abimael González Castillo

Rubén José González Vargas

Javier Jara Bao

Jesús Gilberto Medrano De La Cruz

Pablo Molina

Marco Peralta

Miguel Ángel

Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Nogales, Sonora, México

Hawthorne, California

Conkal, Yucatán, México

Huancayo, Junín, Perú

Luis Silva

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Tarija, Bolivia

Christian Solano Martinez

Mario Solís Alemán Heredia, Costa Rica

Sarita Colonia, Callao, Peru

Porfirio José Lobo Alonzo

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Petro Feria México Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia

José Carlos Egusquiza

Raleigh, North Carolina

Santiago, Chile

Mérida, Yucatán, México

Santa Tecla , La Libertad, El Salvador

Daniel D’Oleo

Valencia, California

Bogotá, Colombia

Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras

Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de México, México

Héctor Romo García

Felipe Alejandro Sagástegui Juárez

Ciudad de México, México

Fernando Suarez Toluca, Mexico

Luis Martínez Cristóbal

Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Daniel Vera Díaz Puebla, Mexico

Master of Divinity

Kevin Charles Bell Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Ryan J. Bennett Columbus, Nebraska

Josiah Daniel Busenitz

Jose Esteban Caamaño Villaseca

David Capoccia

David Chow

Michael J. Dennis

Michael Joseph Dionne

Jesse Matthew Fenn

Aaron David Filbrun

Newton, Kansas

Curicó, Chile

Somerset, New Jersey

Sacramento, California

Steve Condakchian

Yadid Del Rey

Brendan George Flannagan

John T. Frankman

Herald Gandi

Santiago Garcia

Grant Gates Los Angeles, California

Mission, British Columbia, Canada

Joseph Aaron Grewe

Frank Gutting

Jeremy Hefner

Simon Lijun Hu

Jabez Hwang

Eduardo Izquierdo

Jose Kim

Sunghyun Kim

Sheldon Ko

Jason Matthew Kruis

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Binghamton, New York

Spokane, Washington

Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Palm Desert, California

Burbank, California

San Antonio, Texas

Seoul, South Korea

Little Rock, Arkansas

Tanuku, India

Manassas, Virginia

Spokane, Washington

San Salvador, El Salvador

Harbin, China

Evan Hyunsoo Kim Jonathan Klimek Rockville, Maryland

Johannesburg, South Africa

Novato, California

Fullerton, California

Temecula, California

Modesto, California

Joel Giesbrecht

Monterrey, Mexico

Fort Worth, Texas

Master of Divinity continued

Noah Thomas Lawson

Henry E. Lazo

Taylor Michael Mendoza

Jared Millican

Joshua Kyle Petty

Paul Lawrence Pitts III

Yreka, California

Corona, California

Smithville, Missouri

Luis E. Rodríguez Valencia, Venezuela

Victor Elias Torres Canoga Park, California

Winnetka, California

Spokane, Washington

Rialto, California

Amador Rolon II Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jonathan Tucker Springfield, Illinois

Sam S. Lee

Morgan Michel Maeder

Joseph Abram Martin

Scott Meadows

Isaías Natanael Muñoz

Matthew Nerdahl

Geoshua Raphael Barros Ngan

Jeremy George Peters

Timothy Rahhal

Pleasanton, California

Pennsauken, New Jersey

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Taylor Scott Sinclair

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Charles Peter Vermeulen Orange, California

Newport Beach, California

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Tucson, Arizona

Castaic, California

Laguna, Philippines

Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada

Andrew Philip Ramos

Alexander Scott Rappé

James Basil Revelino III

Jacob H. Spenst

Robert Srisam-ang

Clifton Stewart

Everett, Washington

Grunthal, Manitoba, Canada

David Vroman Highland Park, New Jersey

Spokane, Washington

Norwalk, California

Ryan R. Wethern Reno, Nevada

Norco, California

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Tim Wilson

Australia/Canada

Master of Divinity continued

Christopher Wong Sacramento, California

Mike Yin

San Gabriel, California

Alexander Youngstrom Fairfield, California

Shihong Zu Sacramento, California

Master of Theology

Chazz Anderson Columbus, Ohio

Cherif Arif Egypt

Jamie Bissmeyer Mariposa, California

Mark Reyes Pakingan La Mirada, California

Cyrus Stevee Waters Antioch, California

Jonathan L. Willoughby Montevideo, Uruguay

Doctor of Ministry

Joshua B. Banks Gate City, Virginia

Stephen W. Caldwell

James David Coates

Emanuel Elizondo

Justin Harris

Lake Pleasant, New York

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Caleb Paul Kolstad

Jay Lennington

Meno Kalisher

Brent Alan Osterberg

Nashotah, Wisconsin

Morton, Illinois

Monterrey, Nuevo Leรณn, Mexico

Jerusalem, Israel

Naples, Florida

Mansfield, Texas

Jerry L. Jones II Cache, Oklahoma

Doctor of Ministry continued

Gabriel G. Rogers Concord, New Hampshire

Brian K. Smith

Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Jonathan Wesley Stricklin Porterville, California

Virl Tait

Johannesburg, South Africa

Joshua J. Tompkins Big Stone Gap, Virginia

Doctor of Divinity

Alex Prokopenko Samara, Russia

Desmond Venter Amanzimtoti, South Africa

The Master’s Seminary exists to advance the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ by equipping godly men to be pastors and/or trainers of pastors for excellence in service to Christ in strategic fields of Christian ministry. This is accomplished through an educational program and an environment of spiritual fellowship and relationships that emphasize unreserved commitment to the worship of God, submission to the authority of the Scriptures, a life of personal holiness, the priority of the local church, and the mission of penetrating the world with the Truth. Begun in 1986, The Master’s Seminary offers graduate-level education designed to equip students for effectiveness in Christian ministry. Through emphasis on careful instruction in the Scriptures, a consistent focus upon involvement and accountability within a local church, exposure to past and present movements in church history and Christian missions, and the development of communication, relationship, leadership, and administrative skills for ministry, the seminary seeks to produce graduates who are recognized as men of God and who are equipped to serve effectively as pastors, missionaries, teachers, evangelists, counselors, and leaders in evangelical ministries around the world.

Caps, Gowns, and Hoods in the Academic Procession CAPS: Because each member of the faculty possesses a degree or degrees, the tassel is worn on the left side of the cap. Individuals holding a Doctor’s degree are identified by a gold tassel.

GOWNS: The faculty are wearing two different types of gowns according to the highest degree held: Master or Doctor.

HOODS: There are also two types of hoods: one for each degree. They vary in size with the smallest for Master and the largest for Doctor. The hood is lined with the academic color or colors of the school that conferred the highest degree. The velvet binding of the hood indicates the field of study to which the degree pertains.

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