Contributors
Camden Bucey
Camden graduated from Bradley University and then worked at Caterpillar, Inc. in Peoria, IL for several years before moving to Philadelphia to attend Westminster Theological Seminary. He graduated with an MDiv in 2011 and is currently a PhD student at Westminster. Camden is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a licentiate of the presbytery of Philadelphia. He is married to Erica, and they have a son named Derek. You can follow Camden on Twitter at @camdenbucey.
Jeffrey C. Waddington
Jeff came to faith in Christ in 1983 having been raised in a Christian home. When he came to faith in Christ, he also sensed a call to ministry and in his context, that involved service as a minister in a Wesleyan-Arminian denomination. Jeff served as a pastor for eight years from 1986 to 1994 and after that time became Reformed. Shortly thereafter Jeff was exposed to the writings of Cornelius Van Til and saw his apologetic method as the natural outgrowth of Reformed theology. In 1997 Jeff and his family moved to Philadelphia, PA so that he could commence his MDiv studies at Westminster Theological Seminary. Jeff graduated from that program in 2000 and then began the PhD program in apologetics/historical and theological studies with which he is still involved. Jeff’s interests are legion, but he is especially interested in epistemology, systematics, biblical and historical theology. Jeff’s special area of focus is the philosophical theology of Jonathan Edwards. In addition to his academic pursuits Jeff served as an intern in the Presbyterian Church in America before moving over to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in which he is currently ordained and installed as Teacher of the Congregation at Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Ringoes, NJ. Jeff has been married since 1990 and has two wonderful daughters. You can follow Jeff on Twitter at @RevJW.
Jim Cassidy
Jim was installed in January of 2007 into the pastoral ministry of Calvary Presbyterian Church. Jim and his family have returned “home” to NJ to serve the Lord.
Jim was raised in a Roman Catholic home in Edison, NJ. He was later led to the Lord by a friend in his sophomore year of college. He has since then come to understand the wonderful Doctrines of Grace by God’s kindness.
His wife was raised in Madison, NJ and was led to the Lord through the ministry of Grace OPC in Westfield, NJ. She is a busy and active mother who is involved in the teaching ministry of the church as well as various events in our community.
Jim is thrilled to be back in his home state and desires to preach the everlasting Gospel of Grace to a lost and dying world. He believes that the doctrines of the Reformation are the clearest expression of biblical truth and provide answers for a world lost in sin and suffering. He is committed to proclaiming Christ and him crucified from all the Scriptures. You can follow Jim on Twitter at @jjcassidy.
Nick Batzig
Nicholas T. Batzig has recently accepted a call to be a church planter, with the Savannah River Presbytery (PCA), in order to plant a church in Richmond Hill, Ga. Richmond Hill is a small community just outside Savannah, Ga. Prior to this call Nick served as an intern at Tenth Presbyterian Church, in Philadelphia. After his internship he ministered as the interim pastor of Christ the King (PCA) in Conshohocken, Pa. Nick graduated from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and is enrolled in the Th.M program at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He is married to his beautiful wife, Anna, and has two wonderful boys, Micah and Elijah. You can follow Nick on Twitter at @nick_batzig.
Jared Oliphint
Jared has been working for Westminster Theological Seminary since 2008. Raised in Texas, he moved to Glenside, PA in 1991 so his dad could work for Westminster. While attending Gordon College from 1998-2002, he was involved in a theology discussion group on campus and, coupled with a voracious appetite for Van Til, it lit his fire for apologetics and he was off to attend Westminster in 2002. After graduating with an MAR in 2005, he worked in the life insurance business for three years, then put his WTS degree to use in 2008 by serving in the Admissions role and currently as Regional Coordinator living in Charlotte, NC. He and his wife, Jenny, are expecting their first child in late April 2012. You can follow Jared on Twitter at @jaredoliphint.
James Dolezal
Prior to moving with his family to Philadelphia James Dolezal served as the interim pastor of Grace Community Reformed Baptist Church in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He is a graduate of The Master’s College, The Master’s Seminary, and Westminster Theological Seminary (ThM, PhD), writing his dissertation on the doctrine of simplicity. James is ordained as a Reformed Baptist (subscribing to the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1677/89). He is happily married to Courtney and they have two children, a son, Judah, and daughter, Havah. Their family has been attending Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Glenside, PA since October 2006.
