PRESS RELEASE: Dr. David H. Kranendonk Appointed at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary as Assistant Dean of Students and Professor of Theology

CONTACT: Dr. Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

For immediate release: August 9, 2021

Grand Rapids, MI—Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (“PRTS”) today announced the appointment of Dr. David H. Kranendonk as Assistant Dean of Students and Professor of Theology.

Joel R. Beeke, President of PRTS comments, “I am pleased to announce that Dr. David Kranendonk has accepted the appointment to the position of Assistant Dean of Students and Professor of Theology. Dr. Kranendonk will assume his new role effective immediately. He is the author of Paul Bayne’s Pastoral Teaching of Predestination (2021), Teaching Predestination: Elnathan Parr and Pastoral Ministry in Early Stuart England (2011), and Vital Balance. The Pursuit of Professors J.J. van der Schuit, G. Wisse, and L.H. van der Meiden (2006). He has served various congregations of the Free Reformed Churches of North America and is involved in various mission boards supporting theological education. David holds degrees from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (MDiv, 2003), Calvin Theological Seminary (ThM, 2008), and the Theological University Apeldoorn, The Netherlands (PhD, 2021). He is married to Elly, and they have seven children. I am truly grateful to the Free Reformed Churches supporting his appointment, which is greatly valued at PRTS. I trust that, by God’s grace, this appointment of Dr. Kranendonk solidifies the position of PRTS for biblical, Reformed, experiential, and practical theological education.”

Begun in 1994, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary is now an accredited educational institution for MA, MDiv, ThM, DMin, and PhD degrees. Its mission is to prepare students worldwide to serve Christ and His church through biblical, experiential, and practical ministry.  With campuses in Grand Rapids, Europe (London), Middle East (Alexandria), Asia (Taiwan), Africa (Pretoria), and Latin America (Saō Paulo), the seminary numbers more than 200 students, has twelve full-time professors, twenty globally renowned scholars as adjunct faculty, and a support staff of fourteen.