WRS Graduates

Alphabetical List

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 his website.

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. 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, and also serves as the General Synod’s assistant stated clerk. He is the pastor of the Columbia Bible Presbyterian Church, Scappoose, Oregon.

Mike Campese (Cert.B.S. 1990)

Mike and his family live in Hamburg, New York. He plays guitar and has many opportunities to use his musical talents in churches in the area. Mike directs a very active and successful website promoting the Christian faith.

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.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.

Laurie A. P. Copeland (M.R.S. 2008)

Laurie lives with her husband in Seattle; they belong to the Emmanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Kent, WA. She maintains an active internet web ministry (see her website). She also teaches and ministers at various missions in the area.

Benjamin M. Dally (M.Div. 2009)

Ben and his wife Shelly live in Wheaton, Ill. He has been accepted for advanced study at Wheaton College Graduate School, where he is pursuing a post-graduate degree in biblical exegesis.

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 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.R.S. 1990)

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

Brad Gist (B.D. 2010)

Brad is ordained to the ministry and serves as Pastor of Christian Education and Local Outreach at the Pleasant Valley Bible Church in Camarillo, CA.

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 an ordained minster of the Western Presbytery of the Hapdong Presbyterian Church in America. He is an active duty chaplain in the U. S. Army.

Mike Herdle (M.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.

Doug Leaman (M.Div. 2010)

Doug is licensed to preach by the Northwest Presbytery of the Bible Presbyterian Church, and presently serves as an elder in the Bible Presbyterian Church of Olympia, WA.

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 is pastor of the Covenant of the Torch Presbyterian Church in Hinesville, Georgia. He also directs the Shiloh International Missions, sponsored by the Pyung Kang Che-il Presbyterian Church and broadcasts weekly services, Bible studies, and lectures over the Internet via Video On Demand, especially throughout Asia.

Mike McMillan (M.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 the administrative coordinator and webmaster for the office of continuing education of the University of Washington, Tacoma branch (see the website he created and manages).

Craig Morse (M.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 Eldoret, Kenya. Joshua currently is preparing a new edition of the Westminster Shorter Catechism in Kikamba (the language of the Akamba people), and is leading a team in producing an entirely new translation of the WSC into Kiswahili (the universal language of Africans).

Geoffrey Muthangya (M.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, based out of Ft. Leonard Wood, NJ.

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 an adjunct faculty member of WRS. Len is an ordained minister of the Bible Presbyterian Church and serves as the North American Field Director of the Presbyterian Missionary Union.  Currently he also is planting a new church as the pastor of the Providence Bible Presbyterian Church in Bonners Ferry, MT.

Dennis Piwowarczyk (M.Div. 2001)

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

Roland L. Porter (Cert.C.M. 2008)

Roland is pastor of visitation in the Historic Vaughn Bay Church in Vaughn, Wahsington.

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 articles in the WRS Journal.

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

Phil is an elder in the Grace Bible Presbyterian Church of Sharonville, Ohio, and also is an elder in Beth Messiah, a Messianic Jewish congregation near his home in Covington, Kentucky. He teaches full-time at North Kentucky University in political science, history, and religion. In 2004 Phil was elected Moderator of the Bible Presbyterian General Synod, and he continues to be the Synod’s endorsing agent for chaplains in the military. Phil also is the president of our WRS Alumni Association!

Jim Saxman (M.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.

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. See his article and featured photo in a recent WRS bulletin insert.

Dave Taylor (M.R.S. 1992)

Dave a Licensed Deacon in the St. James Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) in rural Howard Lake, MN, about 50 miles west of Minneapolis. They have 1200 members and a K-8 school. Their website is www.stjameshl.org.

Dave Watzek (M.Div. 2004)

Dave and his wife live in Puyallup, WA, where he is pastoring the The Church XP in Puyallup.

Linda Wier (M.R.E., 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.B.S. 1986)