Chad B. Van Dixhoorn (born 1971), a Canadian-born theologian and historian, is the editor of the five-volume ''The Minutes and Papers of the

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: 1643-1652'' published by

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in 2012. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of his work on the Westminster assembly. In 2014 Banner of Truth Trust published Van Dixhoorn's second work, ''Confessing the Faith: a reader's guide to the Westminster Confession of Faith''. Van Dixhoorn received his Ph.D. from the

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, and was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the British Academy. He received theological training at

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(M.Div., Th.M.) and is a graduate of Huron College,

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(BA). He was a member of the Faculty of History of the University of Cambridge from 2004-2008, he held three fellowships at Wolfson College, Cambridge, from 2004-2013, and he has taught history and theology at universities and seminaries in the UK and United States. Since 2013 Van Dixhoorn has served as an honorary research fellow in the School of History at the

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, UK, advising Dr. Polly Ha as she produces a significant edition of early presbyterian texts to be published by Oxford University Press. Van Dixhoorn formerly served as a pastor at Cambridge Presbyterian Church (UK) and then at Grace Presbyterian Church (Vienna, VA) for nine years, and is an ordained minister in the

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. In 2023, Van Dixhoorn was appointed Professor of Church History and Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, N.C. He has previously served as Professor of Church History and the Director of the Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards at

in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He has also lectured at

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, Washington from 2008–2018; in 2013 he was appointed Associate Professor of Church History (RTS Washington), and in 2015 Chancellor's Professor of Historical Theology (RTS all campuses). He also served as an adjunct professor of Systematic Theology at

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in Grand Rapids, Michigan and presently serves as an adjunct professor at the Reformed House of Studies at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. He and his wife Emily have five children.

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Interview

The Westminster Confession of Faith Today

Orthodox Presbyterian ChurchThe Westminster Assembly Project
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