Cornelius Van Til (1895-1987) served as Professor of Apologetics at Westminster Seminary until 1975. His work in presuppositional apologetics remains a hallmark of our institution.

Rev. Dr. K. Scott Oliphint (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary.

Succeeded Cornelius Van Til as Professor of Apologetics at Westminster (1955-1995)

Professor of apologetics at Westminster as well as professeur associé at the Faculté Jean Calvin in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Served as Professor of Church History and the Director of the Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards at Westminster.

Taught church history at Westminster for many years after completing his Doctorate under Otto Weber at the University of Göttingen in Germany.

Served as Provost, Executive Vice President, and Professor of Church History at Westminster.

Founding faculty member, served as Professor of Church History until his retirement in 1977. Served in both the PCA ad the OPC.

Served as the third president of Westminster Seminary California and is currently the Executive Director of Ligonier Ministries. Former professor of Church History at Westminster.

Former Professor of Systematic Theology and Church History at Westminster. Current Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at the Union School of Theology in Wales.

Former president and Church History professor at Westminster from 1991 to 2005.

Former editor of Presbyterian Journal and professor of Church History at Westminster.

Former President of the Evangelical Theological Society. Served as J. Gresham Machen chair of New Testament at Westminster.

Founder of Westminster Theological Seminary where he taught New Testament.

Professor of New Testament at WTS from 1939-1973. Though he formally retired in 1973 he continued to teach part-time until 1997, a total of 58 years with the seminary. He also served as assistant academic dean, dean of students, and editor of the Westminster Journal.

Professor of New Testament from 1981-1996. Former President of the Evangelical Theological Society.

Founding professor of WTS where he served for over thirty years as Professor of New Testament.

Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Emeritus

Professor of Old Testament from 1986-1990.

Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster from 1992-2015.

Professor of Old Testament from 1936 until his death in 1968. He served as the moderator of the OPC general assembly in 1956 and was also a member of the American Oriental Society, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis.

Served in a number of capacities at Westminster from 1982 until his death in 2007, including full professor of Old Testament, Academic Dean, and Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Was the technical administrator of the Groves Center from 1992-2016 and taught Old Testament at the Seminary from 1999 to 2016.

Taught in the Department of Semitic Philology at Princeton Theological Seminary (1910–1929). Founded Westminster Theological Seminary with J. Gresham Machen, where he taught for six years.

Professor of Old Testament language and literature from 1971 until his death in 1993.

Founding Professor of Old Testament at Westminster.

Served as professor of Old Testament at Westminster for 18 years.

David Powlison (1949–2019) served as CCEF’s Executive Director (2014–2019), a faculty member, and Senior Editor of the Journal of Biblical Counseling. He held a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary. David wrote extensively on biblical counseling and on the relationship between faith and psychology. His books Seeing with New Eyes and Speaking Truth in Love probe the implications of Scripture for how to understand people and how to counsel. The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context explores the background and development of CCEF’s mission. David is survived by his wife Nan, their three children and spouses, and seven grandchildren.

Edmund P. Clowney was President of Westminster Theological Seminary from 1966-1984.

Professor of Practical Theology and a president of the Westminster Theological Seminary. He served as president from 1984 to 1991.

Harry L. Reeder III was senior pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a member of the Board of Trustees at Westminster, and an adjunct faculty member in the pastoral theology department.

Harvie M. Conn (1933–1999) was professor of missions at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. He served as a missionary to Korea for many years and the editor of Urban Mission before teaching missions and apologetics at Westminster.

Served as pastor of New Life Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, taught practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, and was the founder of World Harvest Mission, now Serge.

Best known as the founder of the modern Biblical counseling movement, he taught homiletics at Westminster and was the founder of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF).

Former senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois and former professor of Pastoral Theology at Westminster.

Pastor, professor, and writer, best known for teaching at Westminster Theological Seminary and for founding Spirit and Truth Fellowship, a multiethnic church in Philadelphia.

Former faculty member at CCEF for many years, lecturer in Biblical Counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary, Visiting Professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and pastor at Tenth Presbyterian Church.

R.B. Kuiper was one of the founding faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia (1929-30), as Professor of Systematic Theology. He returned to Westminster in 1933 as Professor of Practical Theology and retired from the seminary in 1952.

Timothy Keller (September 23, 1950–May 19, 2023) was a preacher, theologian, and Christian apologist. He was the chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, which trains pastors for service around the world. He was also the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and the author of The New York Times bestselling books The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (2008), Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (2014), and The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (2008). Keller earned his D.Min. from Westminster Theological Seminary and served on the faculty while doing urban ministry.

Beginning in 2001, he served as a counselor and faculty at CCEF (2007-2013 as Executive Director) in Philadelphia.

A former professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, he works with churches to establish or fine tune their shepherding ministry.

John Murray studied at University of Glasgow and Princeton Seminary. He later taught Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary for 36 years.

Rev. Dr. K. Scott Oliphint (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary.

R.B. Kuiper was one of the founding faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia (1929-30), as Professor of Systematic Theology. He returned to Westminster in 1933 as Professor of Practical Theology and retired from the seminary in 1952.

Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Emeritus

Former Professor of Systematic Theology and Church History at Westminster. Current Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at the Union School of Theology in Wales.

Commenced teaching at Westminster in 1969 until 1979 when he and several colleagues were sent to establish Westminster Seminary California.