WRS Graduates

Since its founding in 1983, many have earned degrees from Western Reformed Seminary. Since that time some have gone on to their "graduation" to heaven. Other have been serving the Lord in various ways. Please pray for our graduates, as they labor in the Lord's harvest fields.

Graduates by Year Alphabetical List of Graduates

Graduates by Year

Alphabetical List

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Mark Baldwin (M.Div. 1997)

Mark is a missionary to Cambodia under the Presbyterian Missionary Union. Mark also prepared our Harmony of the Westminster Standards. See report of his work.

Don Bell (M.Div. 1992)

Don is a CPA who lives in Puyallup, Washington, where he owns his own accounting business. He applies Christian principles to his business, and also prepares the annual financial review of WRS. Before coming to WRS he served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. See his website.

Steven E. Brinegar (M.Div. 2006)

Steve is an ordained minister of the Northwest Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church. He is the pastor of the Columbia Bible Presbyterian Church, Scappoose, Oregon.

Mike Campese (Cert.B.S. 1990)

Mike and his family live in Olympia, Washington, where he is vice president of IT for Peninsula Credit Union. He maintains an online ministry web site, and plays guitar in Am~Fm, a family-friendly band. He has many opportunities to preach and to use his music talents in churches in the area.

Larry Carlson (M.Div. 1998)

Larry is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, and is now pastor of the Grace Presbyterian Church of Gig Harbor, Washington.

Judith Collins (M.A.B.S. 1988)

Judith serves as a missionary to Kenya under the Independent Board for Presbyterian Missions. There she teaches at the Bible College of East Africa in Nairobi, and has pioneered an evangelistic and educational work among the Rendile tribe in northern Kenya. Read her WRS Journal articles.

Lynn Doty (M.R.S. 1996)

Lynn was the director of Ministry to Military Personnel, a witness to our military off base. He now is with the Lord.

Eric Duble (M.R.S. 1999)

Eric worked for many years with Youth for Christ in Tacoma, reaching troubled young people in the juvenile detention system. He now is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church of America and is pastor of the Bible Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Walker, Iowa; he also teaches there at Cono Christian School.

John Dyck (M.Div. 1990)

Since his graduation from WRS John was ordained as a minister in the Bible Presbyterian Church and has served as pastor of the Bible Presbyterian Church of Edmonton, Alberta. In addition, he is the assistant stated clerk of the Bible Presbyterian Church, General Synod, and is the Synod's webmaster. Read his articles in the WRS Journal.

Eric Frank (Dipl.Div. 1994)

For several years Eric served as an adjunct instructor at WRS. He currently lives in Tacoma. You can read several articles he wrote on the WRS website.

John Galle (M.A.R.S. 1990)

John for many years taught and worked in the administration of Tacoma Baptist High School. He currently is a police officer in Sumner, Washington. John is active in the Valley Bible Church of Sumner.

Kent Hakola (Cert.R.S. 2004)

Kent works as an estimator and project manager for a construction business in Snohomish, Washington. He is an active member in the Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church. Kent plans to return to WRS to work on his Certificate of Divinity program.

John K. Han (M.Div. 2006)

John is a ordained minster of the Western Presbytery of the Hapdong Presbyterian Church in America, and is assistant pastor for the Philadelphia Korean Presbyterian Church. John currently is seeking the chaplaincy in the U.S. military.

Mike Herdle (M.A.R.S. 1990)

Mike currently is employed by Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Melvin Koski (Cert.R.S. 1998)

Melvin is an active officer of his church in Tacoma.

Eric S. Lasch (M.C.M. 2005)

Eric is an active elder in the Bible Presbyterian Church of Grand Island, NY. He is a Certified Public Accountant, holding a leadership position in a major accounting firm in Amherst, NY. As a Certified Member of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors, Eric assists his church counseling ministry. He also serves as the treasurer of the Presbyterian Missionary Union. See his article in the WRS Journal.

Tito Lyro (M.Div. 1996)

In addition to serving as an adjunct instructor for WRS, Tito is an ordained minister in in the Northwest Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church, and is the pastor of the Bible Presbyterian Church of Olympia, Washington. See articles he has written for the WRS Journal.

John McCurley (Dipl.R.S. 1995)

John now lives in Korea, and is engaged in Christian work there.

Mike McMillan (Cert.Div. 2004)

Mike is under the care of the Northwest Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church, and currently is assisting the staff of the Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church. He is continuing his studies toward his bachelor's degree at the University of Washington in Tacoma, where he is the administrative coordinator and webmaster for the office of continuing education (see the website he created and manages). He currently is working toward his licensure by the Presbytery.

Craig Morse (M.A.R.S. 1990)

Joshua Musyoka (M.Div. 1997)

Joshua is a minister in the Independent Presbyterian Church of Kenya, and now is serving as Principal of the Faith College of the Bible in Nairobi.

Geoffrey Muthangya (M.A.T.S. 1993)

Geoffrey is a minister in the Independent Presbyterian Church of Kenya, is the stated clerk of the IPC denomination, and directs the Mwingi Bible College in Mwingi, Kenya.

Se Woo Park (M.C.M. 2002)

Se Woo is an active duty Chaplain in the U.S. Army.

Leldon Partain (M.R.S. 1996)

Leldon is the pastor of the Rosedale Reformed Bible Church in Gig Harbor, Washington. You can listen to some of his sermons.

Andy Phipps (Cert.R.S. 1997)

Matt Piatt (M.Div. 1988)

Matt has served on the pastoral staff of an independent church in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

Len Pine (M.Div. 1993)

For several years Len was a resident member of the WRS faculty and edited the WRS Journal (see his articles). Len continues to be a adjunct faculty member of WRS. Len is an ordained minister of the Bible Presbyterian Church and now serves as the Field Representative of the Presbyterian Missionary Union, based in Grand Island, New York.

Dennis Piwowarczyk (M.Div. 2001)

Dennis is a deacon in the Armor Bible Presbyterian Church in Orchard Park, New York, where he is engaged in teaching and evangelism work. See his WRS Journal article.

Timothy R. Prussic (M.T.S., M.Div. 2005)

Tim is licensed to preach by the Northwest Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church. He currently is active in the ministry of the Bible Presbyterian Church of Olympia, Washington. See his article in the WRS Journal.

Phil Resnick (M.A.R.S. 1992; M.Div. 1994)

Phil is an elder in the Grace Bible Presbyerian Church of Sharonville, Ohio, and also active in Beth Messiah, a Messianic Jewish congregation near his home in Covington, Kentucky. He teaches part-time at North Kentucky, and full-time at a Christian high school in Cincinnati. In 2004 Phil was elected Moderator of the Bible Presbyterian General Synod for the 2004-2005 year. Phil also is the president of our WRS Alumni Association!

Jim Saxman (M.A.R.S. 1986)

Jim is the director of "Acquainted With Grief," a ministry for bereaved people. See his recently published book, Memorializing the Dead; Preaching to the Living. You can obtain this book directly from Jim. He also provides seminars and symposiums advising Christians and ministers about issues related to death, dying, funerals, and grief counseling. Contact Jim by phone at (253) 964-5939.

Allister Stone (M.Div. 1995)

Allister has completed his medical training and now is an M.D. serving in Akron, Ohio. He is engaged in church ministry, and is a licensed candidate for ordination by the Northwest Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church.

Dave Taylor (M.R.S. 1992)

Dave has an active teaching teaching ministry at his congregation in Buffalo, Minnesota. His account of his trip to Minnesota.

Dave Watzek (M.Div. 2004)

Dave and his wife live in Columbus, Ohio, where Dave is a ground instructor training pilots for NetJets. He is active in his local church there.

Linda Wier (M.Div. [Non-Pastoral Track], 2001)

Linda is a registered nurse, and an active biblical counselor in Tacoma. She also has been active at the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Pierce County.

Larry Wofford (M.Div. 2004)

Larry has served as a chaplain's assistant in the U.S. Army Reserve, and has now received a call to pastor a church in Brooklyn, New York.

Chun S. Won (M.A.B.S. 1986)