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Professor of Church History
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Gordon College, B.A.
Westminster Theological Seminary, M.A.R.
Simmons College, M.S.L.S.
A native of Long Island, New York, John R. Muether (MAR, MSLS) has served since 1989 as Library Director of Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, where he also holds appointment as Associate Professor of Church History. Previously he served on the Harvard Divinity School library staff and has directed the libraries at Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Mich.) and Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. He is the coauthor of several books including Reference Works for Theological Research (1992), Fighting the Good Fight: A Brief History of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (1995), With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship (2001), and Seeking a Better Country: 300 Years of American Presbyterianism (2007). Most recently he has authored The First Forty Years: Reformed Theological Seminary and Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman (2007).
Mr. Muether serves as a ruling elder at Reformation Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Oviedo, FL. He and his wife Kathy (librarian at the Geneva School in Winter Park) have four children, three of whom are attending Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He also serves on the Christian Education Committee of the OPC and as the denominational historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
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Selected Publications
Books
Index to the minutes of the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1936-1996. Philadelphia: Committee for the Historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1998.
Fighting the Good Fight: a brief history of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (co-author). Philadelphia: Committee for the Historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1995.
Reference works for theological research (co-author). Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1992.
Articles/essays
"Keeping faith with the old library," pp. 263-66 in Summary of Proceedings, 51st Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association. Evanston, IL: ATLA, 1997.
"Review of Christianity Today's book reviews," Modern Regeneration 6:5 (Sept.-Oct. 1997), pp. 35-37.
"The Sabbath and Orthodox Presbyterian Identity," pp. 55-77 in Perspectives: a pre-Assembly conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the OPC. Coraopolis, PA: Committee for the Historian of the OPC, 1997.
"Recovering the Sabbath," Regeneration Quarterly 2:1 (Winter 1996, p. 32.
"Confidence in our Brethren: Credal Subscription in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church," pp. 301-310 in David W. Hall, ed., The Practice of Confessional Subscription. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
"The Story of an Encounter," pp. 111-156 in Richard John Neuhaus, ed., Augustine Today, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.
"The Theonomic Attraction," pp. 245-259 in William S. Barker and W. Robert Godfrey, eds., Theonomy: a Reformed Critique. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990.
"Evangelicals and the Bible: a Bibliographic Postscript," pp. 253-264 in Harvie M. Conn, ed. Inerrancy and Hermeneutic. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988.
"Contemporary Evangelicalism and the Triumph of the New School," Westminster Theological Journal 50 (1988), pp. 339-347.
Several articles in Tabletalk (Ligonier Ministries), Ordained Servant, New Horizons in the Orhtodox Presbyterian Church, and the RTS Reformed Quarterly magazine.
Professional & Ecclesiastical Activities
Mars Hill Audio: Member, Board of Directors, 1992-
Regeneration Quarterly, Editorial Board Member, 1994-
Nicotine Theological Journal, co-editor, 1997-
Westminster Theological Journal: Book Review Editor, 1985-1989
Lake Sherwood Orthodox Presbyterian Church (Orlando, FL), Ruling Elder, 1991-
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Email:
Have a question for Mr. Muether? Email him / her at jmuether@rts.edu.
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Phone:
407-366-9493 EXT - 234
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Campus Address:
Dr. John Muether
Reformed Theological Seminary
1231 Reformation Dr.
Oviedo, FL 32765
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