wfn.org | Christian Reformed Church Approves New Faculty at Seminary

[Worldwide Faith News <wfn@igc.org>]

Grand Rapids, Mich. - Delegates to the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church
met last night to interview two candidates for professor positions at Calvin
Seminary. They voted to approve Dr. John Witvliet for the half-time position
of Professor of Worship.  They also approved Dr. John Rottman for the
position
of Professor of Preaching.

Witvliet is currently the director of the Calvin Institute of Christian
Worship.  He is also an associate professor of music, adjunct associate
professor of religion, and dean of the chapel at Calvin College and an
adjunct
professor of worship at Calvin Seminary.

"What happens on Sunday is so formative in how people come to understand
God,"
Witvliet said when asked about the important role that worship plays in a
congregation.

Rottman is currently the senior pastor at Grace CRC in Scarborough, Ontario.
He has also had experience teaching at Tyndale Theological Seminary, the
Ontario Theological Seminary, Toronto School of Theology, and Calvin
Seminary.

"Good preaching tells the Word of God, but excellent preaching brings the
Word
of God alive to people.  Excellent preaching uses a variety of resources.
Excellent preaching highlights the grace of God. Excellent preaching does not
ignore the judgment of God," Rottman said.