Paul Kooistra
byFaith Staff
The Rev. William S. Cain, chairman of the Erskine Board of Trustees, announced today that Dr. Paul Kooistra of Suwannee, Ga., has been appointed president of Erskine College and Theological Seminary.
“I am thrilled to have Dr. Paul Kooistra as president and part of the Erskine family,” Cain said. “He is a time-tested leader who lives out his life with grace and humility before the Lord.”
Kooistra, who has headed Mission to the World (MTW), an agency of the Presbyterian Church in America, since 1994, previously served for nearly a decade as president of Covenant Theological Seminary in Creve Coeur, Mo. He has gained a reputation for transformational leadership in challenging circumstances.
His experience in the field of higher education has included service on the faculties of Belhaven College, Reformed School of Education, and Reformed Theological Seminary. Earlier in his career, he served two pastorates in Florida and was principal of a Christian day school.
Kooistra announced plans to step back from his longtime leadership role at Mission to the World about a year ago.
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May the Lord bless Dr. Kooistra and Erskine. Thank you Layman for reporting good news in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Recognizing the changes taking place, while at Erskine seminary I left the PCUSA for the EPC in 2001, my last year in school. I haven’t pastored a church yet but have ministered or preached in ARP and EPC churches since. I was a deacon and ruling elder in the PCUS and was aware of the problems brewing in the PCUSA. However the congregations were not. Though they appear to be now. My hope and prayer is that the PCUSA gets their mind back on the Savior instead of making recommendations on what they think we need to be saved from.
The Church will survive, because God will allow it. It is not about money it is only by the Grace that only God can bestow! Because discipline is an act of love, many will accept the discipline, rather than change the rules. That is what the PCA, the EPC, the ARP and I believe the ECO haven’t forgotten.
God still hasn’t changed, people do, and the hope is that we change for the better.
Wow! That’s a really neat answer!