SPRING2015 UPDATE | SPRING2015 PRESIDENT W. Robert Godfrey EDITOR Nick Davis DESIGNER Megan York
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MISSION: The purpose of UPDATE is to showcase Westminster Seminary California’s distinctively Christ-centered, graduate education through the work of its faculty, students and alumni who are serving as pastors, teachers, missionaries, and leaders worldwide in light of our overarching mission “to glorify God through graduate theological study. . . for those who will serve in the Christian community and the larger society.” Since 1979, Westminster Seminary California has offered a distinctly Reformed and rigorous education in order to glorify Christ, promote His Gospel, and serve His Church. The strength of our degree programs lies in our faculty’s unified commitment to the inerrant Scriptures and the Reformed confessions. Westminster Seminary California is the only accredited seminary in the Western United States serving confessionally Reformed churches. 2014-2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Rev. Andrew A. Cammenga Rev. LeRoy Christoffels Mr. Lyle Faber Rev. Dr. David W. Hall Rev. Sung Yun Han Mr. Milton D. Hodges Rev. Terry L. Johnson Mr. Craig A. Knot Mr. James W. Onnink Dr. James D. Paauw Mr. Ronald W. Prins Mr. Pete Sara Dr. Scott A. Swanson Mr. Roger A. Swets Rev. Dale A. Van Dyke Rev. Derrick J. Vander Meulen Rev. Brian D. Vos ©2015 Westminster Seminary California All rights reserved.
INFOCUS 4. Authentic, Strategic, and Confessional Church Planting 8. Reflections of a Church Planter
ONMISSION 18. Did You Know? 19. Prepared to Plant: WSC’s Impact on Alumnus Adriel Sanchez 20. Alumni News & Class Notes 22. Anatomy of a Complex Estate Gift
ONCAMPUS 10. Getting the Gospel to Romanians 13. Alumni Winter Refresher 2015 Recap 14. Annual Conference 2015 Recap 16. 2015 Spring Enrollment Update
INPERSON & INPRINT 23. Ben Sasse Becomes Senator in Nebraska 24. Faculty Speaking & Writing 26. Up Close with Derrick Vander Meulen
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