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Rev. W. Brian Murray

Rev. Murray serves as Director and teaches Systematic Theology, Practical Ethics, Academic Strategies and Christianity in the Modern World. Rev. Murray received his B.R.E. from Heritage College, Cambridge, ON. and his M.Div. from Haddington House, Charlottetown, PEI. Rev. Murray was ordained in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in 2003. He is married and he and his wife Melissa have 4 children.

Rev. Tim Collins

Rev. Collins is the Vice Principal of Gillespie Academy and Divinity. Rev. Collins received his BASc. and Msc. from Acadia University in Wolfville, NS, and his M.Div. from Gillespie Divinity in Woodstock, ON. He is an ordained minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and serves  asn an Associate Pastor at Grace ARP in Woodstock, ON. He was ordained in 2021. Rev. Collins is married and he and his wife Carola have two children, Quinn and Grace.

Rev. Jeffrey Kingswood

Rev. Kingswood teaches New Testament Survey as well as Logic and Oral Communication. Rev. Kingswood received his B.A. from the University of Guelph, and his M.Div. from Knox College, University of Toronto. He is an ordained minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and serves Grace ARP in Woodstock, ON. He was ordained in 1988. Rev. Kingswood has authored many articles, edited denominational periodicals, and is the author of From the Lips of Little Ones published by Crown and Covenant Publications. Rev. Kingswood is married and he and his wife Joan have 6 married children and numerous grandchildren.

Mr. Martien Vanderspek

Mr. Vanderspek teaches Church History and Western Civilization. Mr. Vanderspek was trained as a teacher at “De Driestar” in Gouda, Netherlands and immigrated to Norwich, ON in 1976 to teach at Reheboth Christian school. Mr. Vanderspek has a BA in English and History from the University of Western Ontario and has been involved in education for over 45 years; serving as a teacher (elementary and high school), and holding the office of vice-principal, principal and department head. Martien is married to Ada Vanderspek and they have four children.

Rev. Scott Wilkinson

Rev. Wilkinson teaches Old Testament and Biblical Theology, and Apologetics and Evangelism. Rev. Wilkinson received his B.A. from Arizona State University in 1992 and his M.Div. from Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in 1995. He served as pastor of Walton Reformed Presbyterian Church in New York from 1995-2001 and as pastor of New Creation Reformed Presbyterian Church in Kitchener from 2001 to the present. He has also engaged in public debates at Wilfred Laurier University and was host of the radio talk show, “The Measure of All Things”. He is married to Elineke and has six children.

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