Articles from the Faculty

Dr. J. Mark Beach warns that a generation of pastors is being stripped of their biblical calling and shoved to the sidelines—turned into hired servants who must stay in their lane while elders (or dominant families) seize control of Christ's church.

Dr. Alan Strange confronts a dangerous trend in American Christianity: the fusion of gospel truth with political ideology—and why Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals how desperately the church needs to distinguish between biblical faith and partisan agendas.

What makes a seminary worth the investment of your calling, your time, and your formative years, and why do students at Mid-America say they found the answer to that question here?

This article examines Peter's leadership in Acts 5 to argue that pastors must be servant-leaders who courageously shepherd their flocks toward Christlike maturity, rather than hired hands focused on meeting congregational expectations.

In a recent chapel meditation, Rev. Paul Ipema challenged students and pastors alike to guard against treating God’s truth as mere academic material. Drawing on Psalm 145 and B.B. Warfield’s timeless wisdom, he calls us to rediscover the wonder of studying theology as an act of worship, where learning leads to loving, and theology culminates in doxology.

What makes Mid-America Reformed Seminary stand out in today’s crowded seminary landscape? Dr. Cornelis Venema argues it is “an academy with a vocational aim," a place where rigorous theological study is wedded to the singular goal of training faithful preachers of the Word. Discover why Mid-America’s biblical, confessional, and pastoral focus makes it a rare and vital blessing to the church today.