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        3. John H. Gerstner was a fine theologian and pastor.
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          In today’s post I am interviewing Jeff McDonald about his new book, John Gerstner and the Renewal of Presbyterian and Reformed Evangelicalism in Modern America. McDonald is pastor of the Avery Presbyterian Church in Bellevue, Nebraska, and an affiliate professor of church history at Sioux Falls Seminary, Omaha campus.

          He earned his PhD in history at the University of Stirling in Scotland and was recently elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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          [TK] For those who may not be familiar with him, tell us who John Gerstner was and why you decided to write about him.

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          [JM] John Gerstner (1914-1996) was a man of great passion, energy, and evangelical commitment.

          He was an evangelical Presbyterian church historian who taught church history at Pitt-Xenia Seminary (1950-1960) and at Pittsburgh Seminary (1960-1980). Gerstner was a strong advocate for evangelical theology and an early pioneer in the field of Jonathan Edwards studies.

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