Knox College, Canada

Rev. Marty Molengraaf graduated from Ewart College in 1979 and from Knox College in 1983. He was ordained in May 1983 and has served congregations in Calgary Alberta, North Bay, Puslinch, Markham and Kitchener all in Ontario.

Marty’s leadership shines in his visionary approach to the missionary responsibility of the church.. As evident from his pastoral and prophetic sermons and his contributions at Presbytery, Marty has creativity and a deep passion for the church believing it can be a driving force for love, care, compassion, and inclusion in the community creating a tangible impact on local communities.

It was his innovative and courageous vision that led to the re-imagining of the campus surrounding St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Kitchener which resulted in the establishment of an intentional community offering housing, programs and services for people with differing abilities. Also noteworthy are his efforts and commitment to reconciliation with First Nations.

Marty has served the National Church as the Convenor of one of the last Presbyterian Congress gatherings, a member of the Emmaus Project and the Convenor of the Justice Advisory committee. Currently he serves on the Rainbow Community Ad Hoc Team of the Presbytery of Waterloo Wellington.

Marty has served the larger community in a variety of ways – most notably as a founding Board Member of North South Partnership for Children (Mamow Sha-way-gi-kay-win) and as the Ecumenical Campus Chaplain for the University of Guelph.

John Terpstra has demonstrated creative leadership within the life of the church as well as faith-based contributions to public life. He is an elder and serves as the, worship and property chair at St. Cuthbert’s Presbyterian Church. The congregation has been blessed by his creativity as a writer and worship leader. He (in collaboration with Bart Nameth) has written a communion liturgy, Embody Me, which combines text from Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” with music by Mr. Nameth.

He is well-known for his prayers and poetry skillfully composed and resonating with rich sound, reformed theology, and contemporary relevance, captivating congregations, and individuals alike. . He has published 11 books of poetry, 5 of prose and 2 books of prayer. His works have been included in 23 anthologies, and he has received 15 awards for his literary works.

Through his works, Mr. Terpstra has raised awareness about environmental issues to a broader audience. More specifically, his nonfiction writings and poems illuminate the misuse of God’s creation. His eloquence allows him to engage with various audiences, whether they share his Christian beliefs or stand outside traditional church circles.

Mr. Terpstra is a long-standing participant in Imago, a Christian arts funding organization which has welcomed Mr. Terpstra’s work several times. One event took place at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio, with Mr. Terpstra performing selections from “Nod Me In, Shake me Out” in dialogue with Mr. Nameth’s improved piano.

Peter Bush graduated from Knox College in 1989 with a Master of Divinity degree. He was minister at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Flin Flon (Man.), Westwood Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg (Man.), and Knox Presbyterian Church in Mitchell (Ont.); he is currently the lead minister at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Fergus (Ont.).

Rev. Bush has served the national church as a member of the Committee on History, the Committee on Church Doctrine, and the Pension and Benefits Board. He has been a long-time member and contributor to the Canadian Society of Presbyterian History. He was also the Moderator of the 143rd General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada.

His writings include three books: Western Challenge: The Presbyterian Church in Canadian Mission on the Prairies and the North, 1885-1935 (2000); Where 20 or 30 are Gathered: Leading Worship in the Small Church with Christine O’Reilly (2006); and In Dying we are Born: the Challenge and the Hope for Congregations (2008).

Rev. Bush has clearly demonstrated extraordinary commitment to his calling to God’s ministry – within congregational settings, in affairs of public life and the academic world, and through his pastoral ministry, writings, creative leadership, and meaningful and healing personal connections in broader society.

The Rev. Dr. Ronald Wallace

Ron Wallace is Minister Emeritus at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Lindsay, Ontario, and has served the Presbyterian Church as a missionary, pastor, scholar, and most recently as Associate Secretary for International Ministries, Life and Mission Agency, The Presbyterian Church in Canada. Ron is a graduate of Knox College (1976 MDiv and 1987 ThM).

The Rev. Iona MacLean

Iona MacLean is Interim Minister at The Presbyterian Church of Saint David, Halifax, Nova Scotia. In addition to being a faithful and effective pastor in congregations in Ontario and Nova Scotia over many years, Iona served on the Task Force that produced the 1997 Book of Praise and served as Convenor of the International Affairs Committee of the General Assembly. Iona is a graduate of Knox College (1977 MDiv).

The Rev. George Malcolm

George Malcolm has served for 37 years as the minister of Forbes Presbyterian Church in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and for 42 years within the Presbytery of Peace River. In addition to his longstanding work as a faithful and caring pastor, George has been a leader in developing models of shared ecumenical ministries for rural and remote congregations. George is a graduate of Knox College (1980 MDiv).

The Rev. Dr. Paul McLean

Paul and his wife Mary Beth moved to Taiwan in 1983, living in a Hakka community and started their family there. Returning to Canada in 1995, Paul pursued doctoral studies through Knox College and the University of Toronto, hoping that God would open the door someday to apply his knowledge of ancient and modern Bible translation in Taiwan. His prayers were answered.

Rev. Dr. John Crosbie Carr

Rev. Karen Horst

Rev. Dr. Harold George Wells

Margaret J. Taylor

The Right Rev. Dr. Mark MacDonald

John de Gruchy is Emeritus Professor of Christian Studies at the University of Cape Town. He studied at the University of Cape Town, Rhodes University, Chicago Theological Seminary, the University of Chicago, and at the University of South Africa. An ordained minister in the United Congregational Church, he served two congregations before joining the staff of the South African Council of Churches in 1968, where he was director of Communications and Studies. In 1973 he was appointed to the faculty of the University of Cape Town where he eventually became the Robert Selby Taylor Professor of Christian Studies and during the last few years of his tenure, the Director of the Graduate School in Humanities. He retired in 2003 and was appointed a Senior Research Scholar at UCT and an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Stellenbosch, and remains active in both institutions engaged in research, publishing and mentoring. John has authored or edited more than thirty books on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the church in South Africa, contextual, public and Reformed theology, social history, Christianity and the arts, reconciliation and justice, and Christian humanism.

J. Mark Lewis is the minister at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Kitchener. Mark is a graduate of McMaster University and Knox College. He has served as a prison chaplain and a pastoral minister. During his ministry at Knox Presbyterian Church, Dunnville, he was elected “Citizen of the Year” in recognition of his volunteer service to the Fire Department, the Royal Canadian Legion, the Canadian Cancer Society and several other community organizations. Mark was elected Moderator of The Presbyterian Church in Canada in 2002 and has served as Vice-Convener and Convener of the General Assembly Council, Convener of the Assembly’s Long Range Planning Committee and Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Committee. He continues to serve the Church as a member of the Canadian Christian-Jewish Consultation and the Joint Anglican-Lutheran Commission of […]

Rev. Dr. Sang Chang

Silas is the former General Secretary of Blantyre Synod, Moderator of General Assembly for The Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian (C.C.A.P.), Youth Director for the Synod of Blantyre (C.C.A.P.) and travelling General Secretary of the Student Christian Organization of Malawi. He was a member of the Central Executive of All Africa Conference of Churches, World Alliance of Reformed Churches and World Council of Churches. He has taught at Fort Hare University in South Africa, served as interim Principal of Zomba Theological College and is the current Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Church History, Executive Administrator and Chief Academic Officer and Sindima Memorial Institute. In addition to his work in ministry and education, Silas was appointed High Commissioner to Tanzania and later Ambassador to Germany, Austria, Poland, Denmark, Russia, the Vatican, and World Trade Organization in Switzerland. He has also been involved in community projects focused on safe water, orphans and green energy. Silas has diplomas in theology from The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Theological College and The University of Central Africa, Zimbabwe, a diploma in administration from Kabete College in Kenya, a diploma in Community and Youth development from The University of Birmingham, a master’s degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from The University of Aberdeen.

President of the Seminario Evangelico de Teologia (SET) at Matanzas, Cuba, Dr. Reinerio Arce-Valentin is an international Presbyterian leader with an established relationship with The Presbyterian Church in Canada. He has been instrumental in the organization of the Inter-Cultural exchange between the Seminary and Knox College, providing logistical support, fundraising assistance and leadership in lectures. In addition to his work at the Seminary in Matanzas, Reinerio has served as President of the Cuban Council of Churches, giving significant leadership to the ecumenical and interfaith community in Cuba. In that role and continuing in his present one, he has strengthened the relationship between the Cuban government and the church, enabling people of different faiths to practice freely. Reinerio holds a Th.D. from The University of Tubingen and a Ph.D. from The University of Havana. He teaches both at SET and at The University of Havana.

The University of Toronto’s first Ecumenical Chaplain, The Rev. Karen Bach is a second career minister who has made urban ministry her calling. While studying at Knox College, Karen saw a need for a ministry presence on campus and worked to develop the Ecumenical Chaplaincy serving both the United and Presbyterian churches. She was also integrally involved in the building and design of the University’s Multi-Faith Centre. In 2002, Karen was appointed Director of the Evergreen Centre of the Yonge Street Mission in Toronto. Identifying a need for greater pastoral support of youth on the streets, she developed programs including special care and support, addiction services and art therapy, as well as employment and mentoring services. Karen became the Mission Program/Ministry Officer in 2009 and she now works with the CEO to expand the Mission beyond the downtown core and shift its focus to community development and transformation.

Moderator of the 134th General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, The Rev. Cheol Soon Park has the distinction of being the first Moderator of Korean descent in the history of the denomination. Born in Korea and the second son of a Presbyterian minister, Cheol Soon moved to Canada in 1983 to study theology at Knox College. He was called to Toronto Korean Presbyterian Church and served as minister there for 18 years before accepting a position at Vancouver Korean Presbyterian Church. In addition to congregational duties, Cheol Soon has been a member of the national committee on Church Doctrine and Evangelism, worked with the Council of the Centre for Asian-Canadian Theology and Ministry at Knox College, and was the Clerk of the Presbytery for Eastern Han-Ca. He served on the Board of Governors of Knox College for two years before moving to Vancouver. Cheol Soon was instrumental in encouraging the translation of Living Faith and the Book of Forms into Korean.

Mary Wilma Welsh

Marg has worked at the National Office of The Presbyterian Church in Canada for 33 years. She helped to shape the candidacy process of preparation and discernment for ministry within the Presbyterian denomination, supported by the Order of Diaconal Ministries and was a strong Proponent of the need for a Women in Ministry Committee. Marg also helped found “From a Woman’s Perspective” – a publication that encourages biblical and theological reflection on the ministry of women in both church and society.

David is the first Presbyterian minister to hold the Canadian Armed Forces top Chaplaincy post as Brigadier-General. Joining the Forces in 1981, he ministered to troops in Oka, Bosnia, Crotia and Rwanda. He was instrumental in the Chaplaincy’s movement towards an ecumenical and multi-faith ministry within the Forces believing that soldiers, sailors and air crew have the right to be ministed to in the tradition in which they are most comfortable.

Lynda is a graduate of Ewart College, a member of the Order of Diaconal Ministers, an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament, and currently serves as an Educational Consultant. She is being recognized for her creativity and love of teaching, and her pastoral presence to members of the Order of Diaconal Ministers.

Geoff is a graduate of Knox College who has served both overseas and in a culturally and ethnically diverse congregation in Toronto. He taught on the Faculty of The Presbyterian College, both in the classroom and on exposure visits overseas. He has served on the International Affairs Commitee of The Presbyterian Chruch in Canada and, in his retirement, continues to write on mission.

Andrew Donaldson, composer, musician and worship leader, was a member of the task force on The Book of Psalms, and with Donald Anderson, co-editor of The Book of Praise. Andrew is a pastoral and teaching musician with a passion for justice and inclusiveness. He has offered leadership for over 25 years, formerly at Beaches Presbyterian Church and more recently at Trafalgar Presbyterian Church in Oakville. Internationally he is a recognized leader in congregational and global song and has given many workshops and published numerous articles in his field. His hymns and songs appear in the Book of Praise and The Book of Psalms, and many other hymn collections.

Giollo Kelly, an M.Div. graduate of Knox College, worked at the national Church offices for 38 years. She has been associated with the WMS for many years most recently as its treasurer, has been Moderator of East Toronto Presbytery, and an elder and Church School teacher at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Toronto. She continues to serve Knox through the Centre for Asian-Canadian Theology and Ministry.

David Kilgour was a Member of Parliament for 26 years until his retirement at the end of the last session, representing the riding of Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont. As a committed Presbyterian, he has been active in efforts to improve human rights in Burma, Zimbabwe, and Darfur. He believes that it is important to promote awareness and understanding among different faiths and has worked towards that goal.

Dr. Alison Elliott

Rick Fee, a graduate of Knox College, served in Nigeria for 16 years. On his return to Canada he began his work as Director of Presbyterian World Service and Development, helping to provide support and assistance to a needy world. He is presently serving as Moderator of the 130th General Assembly.

Gordon Fish, a graduate of Knox College, served the PCC for 41 years in various congregational ministries. He was committed to evangelism, outreach to the marginalized and to pastoral care. He is considered a visionary for his work on media ministries including several television series for both adults and children.

Lois Klempa is an outstanding example of creative leadership in our church. A graduate of Ewart College (1958), she has served the church in many ways, from membership on National Boards, a leader at the local and presbyterial levels of the WMS, and a writer of both curriculum resources and her latest book “Certain Women Amazed Us: The Women’s Missionary Society, Their Story, 1864-2002” Lois, like the women she wrote about, has worked quietly to bring about social change and strengthen the lives of those with whom she has come in contact. She has been a strong advocate for recognizing the role played by women in the church as well as the use of contemporary language which was inclusive of women and children.

The Rev. John Congram has given outstanding creative leadership at various levels of the Church’s life and mission. He has been an inspiring preacher, a sensitive and caring pastor and a faithful and diligent Presbyter. He graduated from Knox College in 1962 and went on to many years of congregational ministry before he was appointed Editor of The Presbyterian Record where he served for 14 years. During his tenure, the magazine “inspired individual faith and church life to find a voice” and it received many Canadian Press awards. In 1997, he was Moderator of the 123rd General Assembly. Since his retirement in 2002, he has continued to give leadership as an Interim Minister.

The Rev. Dr. Art Van Seters obtained his B.A. from the University of Toronto, his B.D. from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, his Th.M. and Th.D. from Union Seminary. He was ordained in 1965 and served as a pastor for 10 years. He has acted as head of all three colleges of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, and served on many committees of the church. He is a scholar who has written widely on subjects from preaching to social justice. In 1999 he acted as Moderator of the General Assembly and will be remembered for his work in the Sudan on behalf of the PCC.

The Rev. Walter McLean is a life-long servant of the church having provided leadership at all levels of the church’s life from serving as a pastor in Canada and Nigeria to participating as a member and convener of various committees and Boards of the General Assembly. He has had a lifelong commitment to international issues. A cofounder of CUSO and pioneer of the “Miles for Millions” program, he was a Member of Parliament for 15 years, serving in the Federal Cabinet as Secretary of State. For eight years he acted as the Prime Minister’s representative to the United Nations General Assembly and the Commonwealth.

The Rev. Charlotte Stuart is committed to urban ministry. After serving as a deaconess in Nigeria, she came to Canada in 1970 to work with The Rev. John Robson at Queen St. E. Church. Since then, she has been involved with numerous community groups from the South Riverdale Community Health Centre, to the founding and building of the Jimmy Simpson Community Centre. In 1980 she was called to St. John’s Church. Under her leadership it is recognized as a signifiant presence in the multi-cultural community within which it is located. She has been active in her Presbytery as well as having served on many national committees and boards, including the Board of Governors of Knox College, (1994-2000), serving for two years as its Convener.

The Rev. Ian G. MacLeod has had a long ministry and has made a lasting contribution to the congregations he has served for the past 38 years in the Presbytery of Cape Breton as well as giving faithful service as Clerk of the Presbytery for many of those years.

The Rev. Fred H. Rennie has been a faithful and diligent pastor at St. John’s, Cornwall, for the past 25 years and has served his community well through his work with the disadvantaged.

The Rev. Christopher James Vais has had his congregational ministry at Knox, Waterdown, ended too soon after his diagnosis of ALS, but since then, despite numerous physical challenges, Chris has carried on a special ministry through the publication of his newsletter “For Words”.

Tam Corbett was brought up in a Buddhist family in Vancouver, British Columbia. During World War II she and her family were evacuated to relocation centres in the Kootenays. After the war Tam qualified as an elementary teacher, and, after her conversion to Christianity, pursued studies at Ewart College. Upon graduation she was appointed as Christian Educator in Westminster Presbytery, B.C. Over the years, Tam has served the Presbyterian Church in Canada and the Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) in various ways. She has worked with the Korean Christian Church in Japan; served on the WMS Council Executive and on the Board of World Missions. In 1993 she joined the staff at 50 Wynford Drive as Executive Secretary of the WMS, and in 1996 served as Moderator of the General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada. As a teacher, a deaconess, and an elder; as Executive Secretary and Moderator, Tam has ministered to many people in extraordinary ways.

Ofelia Ortega was ordained a Presbyterian minister in Cuba in 1967 and between then and 1985 ministered in a number of congregations in both city and rural settings. At the same time she served as Professor at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Matanzas. The list of her accomplishments is endless. The following are merely representative of a life lived to the full in service to God: General Secretary of the program Agency of the Presbyterian Church in Cuba, Camp Director for children and young people, teacher in lay training centres, advisor in four World Council of Churches (WCC) assemblies and a member of various commissions of the WCC. From 1985 to 1997 she was Associate Director of Ecumenical Learning and Lecturer at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland and then Executive Secretary of the WCC Program on Theological Education for Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1997 she and her husband, Daniel, returned home to Cuba where she now serves as Principal of the Evangelical Theological Seminary.

Harry Waite was born in Sarnia, and received his early education there. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto following which he enrolled in Knox College, graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. His pastorates were First Presbyterian Church, Whitehorse; Atwood Presbyterian Church; Hopedale Presbyterian Church, Oakville; St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Barrie; and St. Andrew’s-Chalmers in Uxbridge. He was General Secretary of the Board of Congregational Life from 1983 to 1988 and Campaign Director for Live the Vision from 1991 to 1994. Now he serves as the Superintendent of Missions for the Synod of Toronto and Kingston. During his ministry, Harry has been active on many of the Boards and Committes of The Presbyterian Church in Canada. These include the former Board of Christian Education, Communications Services Committee, and the Church Doctrine Committee. He served as Chairman of the MacLean Estate Committee for some years and of the Congress ’83 Committee. Harry and Wilma’s family includes a son, Howard, of Pickering and a daughter, Donna Ann, and son-in-law, Shane, of Barrie.

Rev. G. Cameron Brett

Pauline Phyllis Brown

Rev. Timothy Murere Njoya

The Reverend Joseph (Joe) Reed received his high school education in Westmount, P.Q. and in Washington, D.C. He graduated A.B. from Duke University in 1967 and M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary, New Year City, in 1970. Thereafter, he worked in various contexts as an educator and counselor. As a member of the Presbytery of Montreal, he has held pastoral positions in The Presbyterian Church in Canada including those of Minister of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Pierrefonds, and Co-Director of Tyndale-St. George’s Community Centre in Montreal. Since 1985, under the auspices of the church’s division of International Ministries, he has been area missionary for Central America and the Caribbean and is presently based in Managua, Nicaragua. He has traveled widely and continues to be a keen student of Hispanic culture and civilization.

The Reverend Tom Gemmell is a graduate of McGill University and Presbyterian College. His mission appointment following graduation took him to Whitehorse, Yukon. Other ministerial charges have been St. Luke’s, Oshawa and St. Laurent, Quebec. From 1975 to 1983 he was Director of Studies at Presbyterian College. In 1983 he was appointed Associated Secretary of the Board of Ministry. Since 1993 he has been Principal Clerk of the General Assembly. Tom and his wife, Mary, have three children, Peter, Lori and Margaret. Mr. Gemmell is an avid golfer who also enjoys music.

The Reverend Sandy McDonald was born and educated in Stratford, Ontario. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario in 1965 he entered Knox College to study for the ministry. After graduating in 1968 Mr. McDonald was called to congregations in the Maritimes where he has remained since that time. He has been very actively involved in community work including membership on several pastoral care committees and Chaplain to the Dartmouth Police Service from 1985 to 1996. He has also served on several ecumenical committees. Mr. McDonald was a member of the Church’s Administrative Council for several years and a member of the Board of Management of Knox College for six years. For the past several years he has supervised students from Knox College and the Atlantic School of Theology. Mr. McDonald has been minister of St. Andrew’s and Musquodoboit Harbur Presbyterian Churches since 1980. Mr. McDonald and his wife, Christine, have three children, Ian, Heather, and Laura. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening, music (organ and choir) and raquetball.

Chairman of Jannock Ltd., Gordon MacNeill has had a long history with Knox College. In the l980’s he chaired the College’s Restoration and Expansion Cam­paign, was Chair of the Board of Management into the early I990’s, and has cur­rently been the Chair of Knox’s 150th Anniversary Committee. Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Mr. MacNeill was educated at Sydney Academy and Acadia University from which he also received an Honorary D.C.L. degree. Mr. MacNeill is married to Barbara Mclellan and they have two sons (Glenn and Scott) and two daughters (Janice and Jesslyn).

The Reverend Alan McPherson has been minister of Central Presbyterian Church, Hamilton since 1980 and is Moderator-designate of the 121st General Assembly which will meet in June. Born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland (Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity), he earned World Presbyterian Alliance and Fulbright Travel Scholarships to Princeton Seminary for his Master of Theology in 1964. After ministry in Aberdeenshire and Cumbernauld in his native country, Mr. McPherson and his wife Maureen moved to Hamilton. They have a son (Murray) and a daughter (Melanie). He has served on many boards and committees within teh church and in the community, often serving as convener.

Dr. Hay came to Canada from Ireland at age nine. He attended the University of Toronto where he obtained his Bachelor and Masters degrees. Dr. Hay is a graduate of Knox College. He was the first minister at Leaside Presbyterian Church, Toronto from 1945-55 during which time the sanctuary was built. In 1955 he became minister of MacVicar Memorial Church in Montreal. While there he did part-time teaching at Presbyterian College from 1958-62. In 1962 he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh and in 1963 Dr. Hay began 27 years of teaching at Knox College. He held three different professorial positions in succession: Homiletics and Biblical Interpretation, New Testament, and Preaching and Worship. From 1978-85 Dr. Hay was Principal of Knox College. From 1970-74 he was Chairman of the Faith and Order Commission for the Canadian Council of Churches. Dr. Hay was a member of the Committee on Cooperation in Theological Education which was responsible for constituting the Toronto School of Theology. Dr. Hay was Moderator of the 112th General Assembly in 1986-87. Since 1988 he has been a member, and sometime Chair, of The Inter-Church Committee for Refugees. He and wife Marjorie had a daughter, Merren and son, Sean and two grandchildren.

Dr. Klempa was born in the Pas, Manitoba. Are attending university in Manitoba and Toronto, he began studies at Knox College from which he obtained his degree in 1959. Dr. Klempa pursued postgraduate studies at Harvard, Basel, Gottingen and in 1962 he completed his Ph.D. degree at the University of Edinburgh. His parish ministry from 1962-78 included Trinity Church, Victoria, B.C., Knox Church – Burlington and Rosedale Church, Toronto. In 1978 Dr. Klempa became Principal of Presbyterian College and a Faculty Lecturer and Graduate Studies Professor in the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University. He has served on numerous committees and has represented the Presbyterian Chruch within the Canadian Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. Dr. Klempa has written numerous articles, especially on Reformed Theology, and lectured extensively across Canada. He and his wife Lois had two daughters and one son.

Vera M. Chirwa

Rev. John Pace

Rev. Dr. Simao Chamango

Rev. Kingsley E. King

Rev. E. Margaret MacNaughton

Rev. Nora A. Gorham

Rev. Stephen Andrew Hayes

Marjorie Ross

Rev. Thomas Melville Bailey

Rev. Zander Dunn

Helena Gertrude Tetley

Rev. William I. McElwain

Rev. Bruce A. Miles

The Very Reverend Akana A. Otu is a native of Unwana, a town in eastern Nigeria. He attended the Hope Waddell Training Institute (a famous Presbyterian residential secondary school for boys). Later, having become an elder and having trained as an evangelist, Mr. Otu studied at Trinity College, an ecumenical theological college in Umuahia. In 1977 Mr. Otu began a three year position as Moderator of the Synod of Nigeria. After serving the Church faithfully in thsi role, he became the Clerk of the Synod for another three year period. Mr. Otu was appointed to St. Stephen’s Church in Aba, the largest congregation in the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (with 4,000 parishioners). In 1987 Mr. Otu was the Charles Johnson Visiting Scholar in Knox College. His wife Nnekwu accompanied him to Toronto for this period, Mr. and Mrs. Otu have four sons.

The Reverend Tony Plomp was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 1951, with his parents, he came to Canada, settling in Haney, British Columbia. Mr. Plomp is a graduate of the University of British Columbia.

Rev. Donald V. Wade

Clarabeth Mahaffey was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario. She attended Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute and graduated from Queen’s University with an honours B.A. in English and Latin. Beth then attended the Ontario College of Education and taught until 1961 at Bloor Collegiate Institute. In August 1959 Beth married Jack McIntosh. Beth and her husband began their service in Japan in November 1961. Beth has been much involved in the ministry in Japan. She has found increasing opportunities to teach English to children, mothers, and working young people. She teached in the English programme at the Korean Christian Centre and in the Y.M.C.A., both in Osaka. She has also given leadership in group study of contemporary Japanese social issues. The McIntosh’s have four children, David, Janette, Mira and Gwyneth.

The Reverend John Henderson McIntosh. Jack McIntosh is a native of Guelph, Ontario and attended Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute. A member of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Guelph he is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. He graduated from Knox College with the degree, Bachelor of Divinity, in 1961. That same year Jack and Beth McIntosh began their service with the Korean Christian Chuch in Japan. He shared responsibility with Korean pastors and especially concentrated on programme and leadership development. During the 1970’s his central ministry was in the Korean Christian Centre in Osaka. Since 1980 the McIntosh’s have been involed in the development of a new outreach ministry in the Tatsumi area of Osaka. During the last two years Jack has given special leadership and encouragement to the Korean community in their protest against the demeaning Japanese alien registration law. At the risk of deportation, he stands in solidarity with the community he serves, by refusing to confirm to the fingerprinting requirements of the law.

The Reverend James Thomson received his B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1954 and graduated from Knox College in 1957. Pursuing graduate study, he received the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Knox in 1960 and the Master of Theology degree in 1967. Mr. Thomson has had an extensive pastoral ministry. He served seven years in St. Mark’s Church, Orillia, before becoming the first minister of the University Church, Downsview. In 1968 he became minister of Knox Presbyterian Church, Bracebridge and Knox Presbyterian Church, Gravenhurst. Mr. Thomson has given exemplary service to the parish, the wider church and the comunity. He has been active in the courts and boards of the Church. Among other community endeavours, he has been President of the Muskoka Children’s Aid Society and Chairman of a Citizens’ Advisory Board for a Federal Correction facility. With all this he is a caring and effective pastor and maintains a high standard of Biblical preaching. From 1976 to 1986 he served as a Sessional Lecturer in Knox College teaching the course on Reformed Worship.

Mr. Collier was born in North Toronto and obtained his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Toronto prior to attending Knox College from which he graduated in 1952 with a B.D. Following graduation from Knox he attended New College in Edinburgh for 2 years doing Old Testament studies. While in Scotland, Mr. Collier served as assistant to the Minister of Larbert Old and Dunipace Old Kirks. Upon returning to Canada he was the founding minister of St. Marks Presbyterian Church in Don Mills and served that congregation from 1954 to 1966. In 1966 he became Programme Director of Bon Accord, an experimental programme of the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario. In 1977 he left Bon Accord to become minister of St. Paul’s Church, Hamilton where he served until January 1986 when he became minister of Knox Church, Ottawa. Mr. Collier and his wife Jean have three sons and one daughter, and a grandson.

The Reverend Professor Francis Wright Beare graduated from Knox College in 1929 and was ordained by the Presbytery of Toronto in that year. Born in this city he was Assistant Minister of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Toronto from 1929-31. From 1935-46 he was Professor of Theology and Registrar of Presbyterian College, Montreal. Professor Beare received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1945. From 1946-68 he was Professor of New Testament Studies at Trinity College, Toronto. In 1948, he was ordained to the Priesthood by the Bishop of Toronto. Prof. Beare is Professor Emeritus, New Testament Studies, Trinity College, a member of numerous learned and scholarly societies. In 1980 he received a Doctor of Divinity degree (honoris causa) from Trinity College.

Rev. Gerald Evans Graham

Rev. Grant Ross MacDonald

Rev. Dr. Eric A. Beggs

Heather Johnston

Rev. Dr. Chung-Ming Kao

Rev. Dr. J. Stanley Glen

Rev. David W. Hay

Alex Calder was born in Beaverton, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1941 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, then from Knox College with the Diploma in 1944 and the Bachelor of Divinity in 1950 (now M.Div.) Following graduation he served pastorates in Geraldton, Norwich and Bookton, Georgetown and Limehouse. He has been minister at St. Paul’s Church, Peterborough since 1961. Alex has been very active on committees that have served both the Church and the community: Board of Stewardship and Budget, Board of Trustees, Organization and Planning Committee, Chairman of Boards of Family Counselling and the Arthritis Society in Peterborough.

Cal Doka is a native of Saskatchewan. In 1937 he graduated from Normal School in Regina. Breaking a teaching career he served as an Inspector for the Department of National Defense in Regina. Following the war he obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree from McMaster University in 1947. He gained the Diploma of Knox College in 1950. Following graduation Cal served as a Reserve Militia Chaplain at Abbotsford from 1952-61, and in pastorates at Abbotsford and Calgary. He was Superintendent of Missions in the Synod of Alberta and Presbytery of Northern Saskatchewan from 1967-75, and since 1975 has been the Superintendent of Missions for the Synod of British Columbia. He and his wife Molly live in White Rock, B.C. and they have five children.

Rev. Wayne Ashley Smith

Rev. Dr. William O. Fennell

Rev. George Alexander Malcolm

Rev. James Duncan Marnoch

Rev. J.J. Harold Morris

Jack Cooper is a native of Manitoba, and after some business experience and service as a Flying Officer in the R.C.A.F., he obtained his B.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1951, and his B.D. from Knox College in 1954. His first pastorate was at Elmvale, Ontario, from graduation to 1960. For the past two decades he has been on the staff of the Presbyterian Church in Canada as Assistant Secretary for Home Missions, as National Secretary for Church Extension, as Director of Personnel Services, and since 1975 as the first and only General Secretary for the Board of Ministry. He has been instrumental in organizing Student Guidance Conferences for our three Colleges. He is married to Helen Glen, and has one daughter Rachel and two sons, David and Glenn, both ministers in the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

Stephen How is a native of Taiwan, with a B.Sc. In Engineering from Taiwan, together with three years as an architect in government service in that country. He was exiled from Taiwan for political reasons. He graduated from Knox College with a Diploma in 1957, and earned the B.D. at a later time. In 1959 he was ordained to the ministry in the Presbyterian Church in Canada, and with the exception of two years at Park Royal Presbyterian Church in Toronto, he has served as a minister among our native Indians. He has been a spokesman and negotiator for Indian Rights in the pipeline issue and in kindred concerns. He is married to Leone Su and has three children: Helen – 20, Jonathan – 18, and Peter – 12.

Dr. Sheldon MacKenzie is a native of Nova Scotia, a graduate of Acadia University in 1955, and a graduate with the B.D. from Presbyterian College in Montreal. He did postgraduate work at St. Andrew’s University in New Testament Studies under Matthew Black, receiving his Ph.D. in 1962. He has as well done graduate work at the University of Munster. After ordination in 1958 he began his ministry in First Church, Montreal and later in St. Andrwe’s, St. John’s, Newfoundland. He has lectured in New Testament in the Docesan College in Montreal from 1964 to 1966, in Continuing Education at the Presbyterian College in 1970 and 1973, and has been Professor of Religious Studies at Memorial University for the past seven years. He was the theme speaker at the Presbyterian Congress in 1979. He is married to Jenipher Isobel Ross Butcher and has two children, Mark Sheldon – 16 and Claire Isobel – 14.

Rev. Dr. William O. Fennell

The Reverend David Haxton Carswell Read. Dr. David Read was born and raised in Cupar, Fifeshire, and received his secondary education at Daniel Stuart’s College, Edinburgh. In 1932 he graduated M.a., with First Class Honours at the University of Edinburgh. He received his theological education at various European universities including Montpellier, Strasbourgh and Marburg. In 1936 he received the B.D. degree of New College, Edinburgh, with distinction in Dogmatics, and was subsequently ordained minister of Colstream West Church, Berwickshire. His second charge was Greenbank Paris Church, Edinburgh. From 1949-55 he served as Chaplain to the University of Edinburgh and as Chaplain to the Queen in Scotland from 1952-55. In 1956 he took up his present position as minister of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City. Dr. Read is a member of the Board of Directors of Union Theological Seminary, NYC, and of the Board of Preachers, Harvard University Institute for Religious and Social Studies. He has been guest lecturer at theological institutions in the U.S.A. and Canada (including Presbyterian College, Montreal), and in Australia and the United Kingdom. It is as a preacher and writer that Dr. Read is best known. In addition to his contributions to various theological journals and to The Atlantic Monthly, he has published twenty books including The Communication of the Gospel (the Warrack Lectures on Preaching, 1952). Christian Ethics, 1968, and most recently, Unfinished Easter, 1978. Dr. Read is married to the former Dorothy Florence Patricia Gilbert, and they have one son.

The Reverend James Walwyn Evans. Mr. Evans has been minister of First Presbyterian Church in Regina since 1977, but is well known in the Toronto area for his service as minister of St. Mark’s, Don Mills, from 1967 to 1977. Born in Calgary, the son of the manse, he was graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1948 and from Knox College (diploma) in 1954. Following his ordination in 1954 he studied in New College, Edinburgh, and then served charges in Prince George and Nanaimo, B.C., before coming to Sault Ste. Marie in 1960. He has also been a secondary school teacher of English. On the local level he has served in every capacity in Presbytery. On the national level, he has been a member of the Senate of Knox College, the Church Doctrine Committee, and the Pension Board of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Mr. Evans married the former Annabelle Stewart and they have two children, James and Elizabeth, both at University.

Mr. Sinclair, a son of the Manse, was born in Cochrane, Ontario. He was graduated with the B.A. (Hons) degree from the University of Toronto in 1935 and with the Diploma of Knox College in 1938. Ordained to the ministry in the Presbyterian Church in Canada in that year, he began his pastoral ministry at Sylvan Lake, Alberta. This was followed by pastorates in Innisfail and Bassano in that province. He returned to Ontario in 1954 and has ministered successively at Embro and Harrington, Madoc and Tweed, Smiths Falls, and since 1974 at North Pelham and Rockway in the Presbytery of Niagara. Mr. Sinclair’s service in the wider work of the Church has been constant, including a total of thirty years as clerk of the presbyteries of Red Deer, Paris, Kingston, Lanark and Renfrew, and currently Niagara. He has been a member of various synodal boards supporting the work of church camps. His membership on national boards and committees of the Church has included the Board of Knox College. From 1956 to 1976 he was a member and secretary of the General Assembly Committee on Articles of Faith. Mr. Sinclair is married to the former Josephine Gamble and they have four children, all of whom are married.

Rev. William J. Adamson

Rev. Robert H. Armstrong

Rev. R. Forbes Thomson

Rev. D.T. Evans

Received his early education in Ottawa. After graduating B.A. from McMaster University in 1948 he enrolled in Knox College, receiving his Diploma in 1951 and his B.D. degree in 1961. He has held charges at Knox Church, Brantford, and Renfrew Presbyterian Church, Renfrew, Ontario. Since 1958 he has been minister of Knox Church, Dundas, where he has led his congregation through an extensive building and restructuring program and encouraged them to establish and operate the Knox Day Care Centre. He has served as Moderator of the Presbytery of Lanark and Renfrew; the Presbytery of Hamilton; and the Synod of Hamilton and London; Clerk of Presbytery of Lanark and Renfrew; Convenor of the Synod of Hamilton and London Budget and Stewardship Committee and Congregational Life Committee, and been active on many other Presbytery and Assembly committees. Three young men have entered the ministry under his influence and four others have received counsel and encouragement during their college courses.

President Howard G. Hageman. Dr. Hageman, President of New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, N.J., is one of America’s outstanding preachers. He was minister for 28 years at North Reformed Church, Newark, N.J. before accepting the Presidency of New Brunswick Seminary in 1973. He has published six books, including such titles as Pulpit and Table, and Predestination, and is a regular contributor to The Church Herald, the denominational periodical of the Reformed Church in America. He has been Stone Lecturer at Princeton Seminary, and Visiting Lecturer in Liturgy and Sacraments at Union Seminary, New York. Twice he has been a guest preacher for the British Council of Churches. President Hageman is both a scholar and a preacher, combining these disciplines in a most exciting way.

Son of Rev. Charles H. MacDonald, D.D., Moderator of the 72nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, he received his early education in Lucknow. Graduating B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1938, he entered Knox College, receiving the Diploma in 1940. His first charge was Alma Street, St. Thomas and Tempo. At the beginning of World War II he joined the regular forces and took the Officers’ Training course. Soon after he was appointed to the Chaplaincy Corps and served with the occupation forces in Germany. He returned to the pastoral charge of St. Andrew’s, Tillsonburg and Windham Centre. Here he became interested in public education and spent twenty years as a member of the Tillsonburg Public School Board and the Oxford County Board of Education. He was elected president of the Public School Trustees’ Association of Ontario, 1962-63, and Chairman of the Ontario School Trustees’ Council, 1967. He worked as Assistant Executive Director of the Ontario Trustees’ Council from September 1969 until January 1972, when he accepted a call to Tolmie Memorial Church, Port Elgin, and Knox, Burgoyne. He has served Assembly’s Committees on Church Doctrine, Church Worship, and the Presbyterian Record. He presently serves on the Board of Ministry, the Pension Committee, and the Board of Knox College, and as Secretary of the Knox College Alumni Association. He was honoured in 1960 with the Canadian Forces Decoration; and the Centennial Medal in 1967.

Born in Baysville, Ontario, he received his public school education in Barrie and high school education in Toronto. He enrolled in the University of Toronto in 1939, graduating B.A. in 1943, and M.A. in Philosophy in 1945. He received the Diploma of Knox College in 1946, and the B.D. degree in 1965. While a student he was active in the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and the Ontario Presbyterian Young People’s Society. He ministered at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Huntsville, until 1954 when he accepted a call to Queen Street East Presbyterian Church where he still serves with distinction. He has served on the General Assembly’s Board of Christian Education, Board of Evangelism and Social Action, the Articles of Faith Committee, the LAMP Committee concerned with administrative restructuring, and was Convener of the Joint Committee on the Laity, 1962-64, from which evolved the Caledon Contemporaries. He has been active in the Social Planning Committee, Riverdale District; the Riverdale Community Organization; and the Riverdale Intercultural Committe, of which he is presently the Chairman.

Born Preston, Ontario, 1930. After receiving his early education there he entered Waterloo College, then associated with the University of Western Ontario. After completing studies for the B.A. degree in 1952 he entered Knox College, receiving the diploma and B.D. degree in 1955. He has served charges at Medicine Hat, Alta., St. Andrew’s, Edmonton, Knox Church, Listowel and latterly at St. Giles, Calgary. While ministering at Listowel he completed studies for the M.Th. degree at Knox College. He has served on the Board of Knox College, the Board of Evangelism and Social Action, and as Moderator of the Synod of Alberta. He has published articles in the Presbyterian Record, the Calgary Albertan, as well as two books of sermons and a recent history of Presbyterianism in Calgary entitled Blue Flame in the Foothills. He has taught at courses at Mount Royal College, Calgary in the field of Comparative Religions and Biblical History. He has also had a special in senior citizens and gave leadership in the creation of the Senior Citizens’ Lodge and Recreational Centre. This project is intimately related to St. Giles Church. He also serves as Chaplain of Scarborough Centre, a rehabilitation centre for prisoners. Apart from all this he has continued to carry a heavy share of presbyterial responsibilities.

Alex took part of his High School education by correspondence while his father served the charge at Barvis, Sask., completing his studies in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He attended normal school for a year, but since no teaching positions were open in depression times he went to work as a lumberjack for several months. Entering the University of Saskatchewan he graduated with an honours B.A. in 1935. He received the diploma of Knox College in 1938, and thereafter served pastoral charges at Wanham, Alta., Prince Rupert, B.C., Melfort, Sask., and Kamloops, B.C. He was appointed Superintendent of Missions for Manitoba and N.W. Ontario in 1962, and served in that capacity until he came to Toronto in 1967 to serve first as Assistant Secretary, and latterly as Associate Secretary of the Board of World Mission, a position he now occupies.

Dean Joseph C. McLelland. Born Hamilton, Ontario 1925. Educated in Hamilton public and high schools. Graduated McMaster University. Entering Knox College he graduated in 1949 with highest honours. Two years later he received his B.D. degree. After serving a Home Mission charge at Val D’Or and Perron in Northern Quebec, he went to New College, Edinburgh, and completed work for his Ph.D. degree. Returning to Canada he served congregations at Bolton and Nashville, Ont. In 1957 he was appointed to the Robert Chair of Philosophy of Religion at Presbyterian College, and two years later he was appointed Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Religion in Mcgill University. His gifts as teacher, scholar, author and administrator were recognized when he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University in 1975. He has published numerous articles in learned jorunals, represented our Church in several ecumenical colloquia, and been theme speaker twice at The North American Area World Alliance of Reformed Churches (Presbyterian and Congregational). His major publications include The Visible Word of God, The Other Six Days, Living for Christ, Towards a Radical Church, The Clown and the Crocodile, as well as contributing to several symposia of a scholarly and ecumenical nature. Diocesan College, McGill University, conferred on him the Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, in 1974.

Presently minister of Knox Presbyterian Church, New Westminster, B.A. B.A. (Brandon College 1936); Diploma (Knox 1945 First Class Honours); M.A. U. of T. 1945 in Philosophy); B.D. (St. Stephens, Edmonton). His pastoral charges have included Knox Church, Red Deer, Alta.; Cooks Church, Chilliwack, B.C.; Westminster Church, Ottawa; Knox Church, New Westminster, B.C.

Presently minister of Mimico Presbyterian Church. B.A. (U. of T. 1928, Honor English and History); Diploma (Knox 1931, head of class); B.D. Knox 1948). He has served in his present congregation for thirty years. Prior to this he served at Fenelon Falls and King City. He has been Clerk of the Presbytery of West Toronto for nineteen years. He has served on many Boards and Committees of the General Assembly, and is presently on the Pension Board. In 1972 he was Moderator of the Synod of Toronto and Kingston.

B.A. (McMaster 1937, Honor Philosophy); Diploma (Knox 1940); B.D. (Waterloo Lutheran 1965). His first congregation was St. Andrew’s Beamsville, Ontario). Following this he was minister of St. Andrew’s Church Barrie, for eighteen years. He was awarded the Wright Trophy by the citizens of Barrie. He served as Chairman of the Board of Royal Victoria Hospital. 1960 he went to St. Andrew’s, Stratford. He has been Moderator of the Presbytery of Barrie twice, Moderator of the Presbytery of Stratford. He has also served on the Budget and Stewardship Committee of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Broadcast Committee, the Senate of Knox College, and is presently Chairman of the Board of Stratford General Hospital. Canada Centennial Medal, 1967.

Rev. Edward Bragg

L.J. Shein

Rev. J.R. Waldie

Rev. A.M. Zeidman

Russell T. Hall

Dr. John W. Weavers

Rev. Frederick G. St. Dennis

Rev. Douglas G.M. Herron

Rev. H. Keith Markell

Rev. James E. Sutherland

Rev. Alan A. Brash

Rev. A.J. Gowland

Rev. Max. V. Putnam

Rev. J.K.R. Thomson

Rev. William Weir

Ordained in 1939 after graduating from Knox College, he began “official” ministry in Geraldton, ON, leaving for Georgetown in 1941. In 1948 he moved to Westmount (Montreal), where he remained for 28 years, until 1976. His last active posting was in the Tri-congregations in eastern Toronto, until he retired to Waterloo in 1979.

Early Influences

His brother Arthur preceded Charles into the ministry via Knox by four years. The two maintained an ongoing close relationship, both professionally and personally through out their lives, contributing to each other’s work.

Through Arthur, he was exposed to the writings of Karl Barth, which he found almost electric, and deepened his commitment.

A philosophy professor at Queen’s University, Gregory Vlastos, contributed to his ability to think critically.

Community Involvement

While in Geraldton, he spoke out against the gambling, bootlegging and prostitution in the mining community, as detrimental to the population, which resulted in several closures.

During his stay in Georgetown, he spoke out against a proposal to introduce religious education in the public school system of Ontario, contributing to the proposal being withdrawn.

Subsequently, when he arrived in Westmount, religion was already being taught in the high school, and he adapted to that program, significantly because instruction was available to different religions (Jewish and Roman Catholic). His approach was to teach what the church believes, not to proselytize.

His community involvement put him at loggerheads with the provincial government:

When the film “Martin Luther” was banned in Quebec in 1954 (at the time, significantly Roman Catholic), his and one other Presbyterian church screened the film free of charge to overflowing attendance.

He was a trustee of the Fund to contest Quebec’s Padlock Law, passed in 1937, which allowed Quebec’s Attorney General to close any building used for propagating “communism or Bolshevism)”. It was declared unconstitutional in 1957.

He was also active in Roncarelli vs. Duplessis, where Roncarelli sued Duplessis for suspending his restaurant’s liquor license, to penalize Roncarelli for his actions supporting Jehovah Witnesses. The Canadian Supreme Court found in Roncarelli’s favour, a significant civil liberties decision in the pre-Charter era

He was very active in the Protestant Hungarian Service Association, assisting refugees after the 1976 uprising in their country.

He personally “adopted” a family in a poorer area of Montreal, providing what assistance he could. This expanded to a “Mission to Community” in which the congregation participated. From this experience he concluded that poor people need support from people as well as money and that the tendency of society to look down on poor people eroded their self confidence, and hence their ability to succeed in life.

Church Leadership

He served as Moderator of the Presbytery of Montreal twice (1955 & 1965) and as Clerk (1957-58).

Charles was the Convener of the Life And Mission Project, (LAMP), established in 1968 by the General Assembly to make recommendations to better position the church “Into the 70’s in life and mission”.

In 1951, he was appointed a member of the Canadian delegation to the North American Council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and participated for 15 years. He served on the Administrative Committee for many years, and was Vice Chairman in 1960 and Chairman in 1965.

Publications

He was Quebec correspondent for The Christian Century 1958-66, as well as contributing multiple pieces to the Presbyterian Record

He wrote several short pieces for the United Presbyterian Church in the USA for their use in church schools. A series of 21 studies on the life of Jesus Christ for Young adults was published in book form as Jesus of Nazareth in Word and Deed in 1979.

This was followed by the Gospel According to Genesis (1984) derived from the material he had developed for teaching in the school system, and Contending with God (1990). The first two are available in the Knox College library.

Rev. Dr. U.S. Leupold

Rev. Erin S. Mackay

Rev. D.T. Evans

Rev. Joseph K Lattimore

In Ha Lee

Rev. Allan Reoch

Rev. Ronald A. Davidson

Rev. Harold M. Lowry

Rev. David McCullough

Rev. DeCourcy H. Rayner

Rev. S.W. Vance

Rev. Arthur W. Currie

Rev. T.H.B. Somers

Rev. Dr. James Barr

Rev. Crawford Smith

Rev. Richard Stewart

Dr. Arthur Cochrane – 1963 HDD Recipient

Biography Born in Orillia, Ontario, Cochrane received the B.A. at University of Toronto in 1932; the divinity degree from Knox Theological College of the University of Toronto in 1935; and the Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1937. In 1963, he received an honorary D.D. degree from Knox College. 

 He pastored St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Tillsonburg, Ontario (1938-1942) and at Port Credit, Ontario (1942-1948) before coming to University of Dubuque Theological Seminary (UDTS) in 1948, where he was Professor of Systematic Theology until 1971. During this time, Cochrane spent one year as Visiting Professor of Theology at Yale University (1963/1964). While at UDTS, Cochrane was Dean of Post-graduate Studies (1967-1971) and Acting Dean (1970/71). Cochrane then taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (1971-1975). 

 He became professor emeritus at UDTS in 1976, and was also appointed as Visiting Professor of Ecumenical Theology at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque. 

 Cochrane spent two years in Germany (1935-1937), studying the Reformation Confessions, and became acquainted with the underground Church during the Nazi regime. His study and experience during these years would prove to be pivotal to his theological work. He is the author of The Church and the War (1940) and translated Otto Weber, Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics (1953). He also wrote The Existentialists and God, published separately by University of Dubuque Press (1956) and Westminster Press (1956). A grant from the American Association of Theological Schools in 1957 enabled Cochrane to return to Germany to continue his research on the Barmen Declaration. He wrote The Church’s Confession Under Hitler (1962). He also edited Reformed Confessions of the Sixteenth Century (1966). He also worked on the Presbyterian Confession of 1967 and Confession of 1982. In addition to the later works entitled Eating and Drinking With Jesus (1974) and The Mystery of Peace (1986), he has written numerous journal articles, particularly on John Calvin and Karl Barth. The 1950s and 1960s were an international period of the “Cold War.” In 1960, Cochrane drafted “A Statement on Mass Extermination As a Means Of Waging War,” which was then known as the “Dubuque Statement,” having been signed by seven members of the Faculty of UDTS. It is a confession that proclaims the divine purpose of government, biblical limits on the state’s authority, and the responsibility of the church in time of war. America’s use of mass extermination weapons is censured because their use defeats the very purpose for which war may be waged (See below, Healey, p. 471). Cochrane was ahead of his time in the ecumenical movement. He was at Vatican II as one of the first Protestants to be invited to a Vatican Council. He participated in interdenominational dialogue with pastors and scholars, addressing the issues of war, pacifism, church-state relationships, and church unity. 

Rev. Morris Zeidman

Wing Commander Rev. Jarvis Dunn

Rev. Hugh A. MacMillan

Rev. W.A. Young

Rev. Whitman Hamilton Fuller

Rev. R.L. Taylor

Rev. N.D. MacDonald

Rev. Kenneth G. McMillan

Rev. Dr. Robert John Wilson

Rev. Ross K. Cameron

Rev. Hugh F. Davidson

Rev. Louis H. Fowler

Rev. James Ira Dickson

Rev. Chang Hui Hwang

Rev. S. Moore – 1959 HDD Recipient  Gordon

Rev. Mark Nicholson

Rev. David K. Perrie

The Rev. Dr. Harry Lennox

Rev. James Stanley Clarke

Rev. Dr. Kenneth H. Cousland

Rev. Dr. Joseph Haroutunian

Daniel T. Jenkins

Rev. James I. McCord

Rev. Agnew H. Johnston

The Rev. Dr. James D. Smart

Rev. William J. Walker

Rev. David P. Rowland

Rev. John A. McMahon

Rev. D.C. Hill

Rev. G. Deane Johnston

Finlay G. Stewart

The Rev. Dr. Anders Nygrenen

Rev. Benjamin D. Armstrong

Rev. Robert Lennox

Rev. S.M. Scott

William J. Platt

Rev. John Brent

Rev. A. Neil Miller

Rev. C.K. Nicoll

Rev. Clifton James MacKay

Rev. J.L.W. McLean

Rev. James A. Munro

Rev. Charles Samuel John Oke

Rev. W.I. McLean

Rev. Alexander King

Rev. Arthur A. Lowther

Rev. Edgar Foreman

Rev. William W. Moore

Karl Friedrich Otto Dibelius

Rev. Rajah B. Manikam

Right Rev. Ray Drummond Whitehorn

Rev. H.R. Horne

Rev. R.G. McKay

Rev. W. Harold Reid

Rev. E.A. Thomson

Rev. George Mackay

Rev. Charles H. MacDonald

Rev. C. Younger-Lewis

Rev. A.G. Maclean

Rev. J.A. MacInnis

Rev. Angus MacIver

Rev. D.H. Marshall

Rev. R.C. McDermid

The Rev. Dr. Walter Turnbull McCree

J.B. Skene

Rev. A.C. Stewart

Rev. W.M. Mackay

Rev. John Mustard

Rev. C.L. Cowan

Rev. Peter A. Dunn

Rev. W.T. McCree

Rev. Joseph Wasson

Rev. F.W. Dillistone

Rev. Peter Reith

Rev. J.M. Macgillivray

Rev. N.R.D. Sinclair

Austin L. Bridge

Rev. W.A. Cameron

A.F. MacGregor

Rev. John McNicol

Rev. H.M. Paulin

Rev. F. Wardlaw Taylor

Rev. H.E. Abraham

Rev. W.H. Andrews

Rev. W.G. Smith

Rev. H.E. Abraham

Rev. W.H. Andrews

Rev. W.G. Smith

Rev. George P. Duncan

Rev. A.L. Burch

Rev. Neil Campbell

Rev. F. Scott Mackenzie

Rev. Hugh Cameron

Rev. Duncan Campbell

Rev. Stuart C. Parker

Rev. J.B. Paulin

Rev. F.D. Roxburgh

Rev. William Gauld

Rev. Dr. James R. Menzies – 1918

Dr. Cheng Jinyi – 1917

Rev. William Beattie

Born on the island of Jura, off the northeast coast of Scotland in 1845, son of John Mcgillivray and Isabella Darroch. Queens University, M.A., 1874. Rev. Dr. Malcolm Macgillivray was inducted as the 5th minister of Chalmers Presbyterian Church (now United) in Kingston, ON, September 13, 1887- 1919. He “made the church the favourite of professors and students of Queen’s and has been one of the most progressive spirits in the Church.” Moderator,1915. Died 1928 [Quote taken from Internet Archive: “The Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1875-1925” by John Thomas McNeill]

Rev. William D. MacKenzie

Rev. Dr. George Livingston Robinson

Andrew Browning Baird, 1855-1940. Born at Motherwell, ON October 6, 1855, the son of Charles and Agnes (Browning) Baird. Educted at U.C. College, UofT, BA, 877, MA 1880; BD, Edinburgh, 1881, post-graduate course at Leipzig (Germany), and Knox College (DD). Married Penelope Campbell Cook of Galt, ON, in 1877. Ordained in 1881 and moved to Western Canada, stopping briefly in Winnipeg on his way to Edmonton, AB. where he founded the congregation of which he was pastor from 1881-87. Thereafter he was a lecturer of Church History at Manitoba College, and first pastor of Augustine Church, Winnipeg, 1887-92. He became Professor of Logic and Political Economy and Classics, as well as Prof. of Apologetics, Church History and the Hebrew Language in Manitoba College, 1892. He was President of the Historical Society from 1893 to 1895, the Manitoba Horticultural Society from 1896 to 1899, and in 1916 to 1917 was Moderator of the Presbyterian Church. Died in 1940 in Winnipeg.

James Chalmers Herdman, born 1855 in Pictou, Nova Scotia to Rev. Andrew W. Herdman and Elizabeth Walker. B.A., Dalhousie University; M.A. and B. Divinity, Edinburgh University, Scotland. Ordained, 1878, Campbellton, N.B. Married Wilmina Louden of Bathurst. While in N.B., Rev. herdman was known to regularly visit back woods lumber camps “in order to preach and administer ordinances to those out of the way.” 1885, moved to Calgary, AB and became minister of the newly formed Presbytery and helped organize the fledgling Knox Presbyterian Church. He remained as mininster for 30 years.
Because of his well-like disposition and hard work ethic, Rev. James Herdman would have great influence on Western Canada. He helped found and organize the Western Canada Historical Society. In 1901″under the leadership of Rev. Herdman, lay men and women turned their attention to the under-privileged and often misunderstoon members of the Chinese Presbyterian Church (later the Chinese United Church). He also helped create and establish Western Canada College, Calgary. His efforts did not go unnoticed and in 1902 “he was appointed to the position of superintendent of Home Missions for Alberta and British Columbia. Having the opportunity to travel the Rocky Mountains afforded Rev. herdman to hone his passion of mountain climbing. He was “one of the most enthusiasitc mountain climbers in Canada” and was instrumental in forming one of the first amateur mountaineering organizations in Canada, the Alpine Club of Canada. Rev. Herdman is mentioned in the Canadian Alpine Journal many times, as well as several books published on the topic of the Canadian Rockies and mountain climbing. In 1909 Rev. Herdman would have to curtail his mountain climbing as well as his religious duties due to sickenss and passed away on June 7, 1910 at 55 years of age. Tributes poured in all across Canada and James Short of Knox Church wrote: “Unfaling courtesy was one of Rev. Dr. Herdman’s outstanding qualities. His ripe scholarship, well-balanced judgement, his wisdom and knowledge of peope and affairs and his modesty all combined to make him an ideal counsellor of people. His was a life that did much to mould the West.”
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Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Pastor, Free Church, Charlottetown, PEI, 1856-1866. “..being a man of public spirit who took a lively interest in everything that pertained to the public welfare, civile, social and religious, he became an active worker in every good cause, so that his influence for good extended far beyond his own congregation. This was especially the case in reference to the temperance cause, and in the conflict which took place at the time between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants on the free non-sectarian school system. …During nearly the whole period of his ministry in Charlottetown, Mr. Sutherland was the efficient clerk of the Free Presbytery, before the union, and of the United Presbytery after the union, which took place in …1860.” [from A History of Presbyterianism on Prince Edward Island, p. 139]; After Charlottetown, Sutherland went to New Zealand in 1867 as a missionary for several years, then to New South Wales to “an important church” until his sudden death in 1894. Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia, 1877-78. [photo found
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pceaweb/Media/R.S.Ward+-+PCEA+History+corr++Oct+14.pdf p.137]

Born at Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, 1823. Married Mary Menzies, 1855. Studied a full arts course in Edinburgh University, studied theology at New College, Edinburgh. He was also trained as a teacher in the Normal Scool, Edinburgh. He was licensesd as a preacher in 1849, and came to Canada in 1855. He served as minister of Chalmers Church, Elora, ON. In 1858 he was appointed clerk of the Presbytery of Hamilton; and when the Presbytery of Guelph was formed, on the occasion of the union of the Free and United Presbyterian churches in 1861, he was appointed clerk until 1869, when he resigned. Received the degree of D.D. from Knox College in 1886. (Photo and fuller bio available from The Canadian Album Men of Canada)

Rev. James Middlemiss

Rev. Dr. Robert Torrance (D.D., LL. D.) was born in Ireland in 1822 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Royal Academy College in Belfast, plus a degree in theology from Edinburgh University. He was licensed to preach at age 22, gaining the nickname of the ‘Boy Preacher.’ In answer to a call from a church in Toronto, he came to Canada in 1845, and went out to do missionary work through western Upper Canada, riding as a circuit preacher on horseback from Toronto to Goderich. The rural population was scattered; he stayed at settlers’ cabins and conducted divine services there. After a year of travel, he was invited to a new Guelph church – the United Presbyterian Congregation, and remained as its first and only minister from 1846 to 1882. The Church building – no longer standing – was on Dublin Street near Central School. During his years as a Presbyterian Minister, he delivered lectures and served on the Board of the Mechanics Institute (a predecessor to the public library); was elected to the Guelph branch of the Upper Canada Bible Society; and in 1898, served as a moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. (For more information see https://www.guelphhistoricalsociety.ca/archives/historic-guelph/volume-41/the-days-that-are-no-more-a-history-of-torrance-school-1910-1998. Use Control-F to search for Robert Torrance.)

Born at Pittenseir, Scotland, Sept 1, 1824, son of Captain Arthur Gray. Married Rebecca H. Fraser, 1850; second wife Barbara Ogden 1853. King’s College, Aberdeen; Knox College, 1846-50; Queen’s Univ. B.A., 1873; M.A., 1874. Ordained, PCC, Toronto Presbytery, May 21, 1851. Pastor, Orillia, ON, 1851-81; formation of congregation of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Orilia with Rev. John Gray. M.A. as first minister; Oro, 1851-61; East Oro, 1861-68; Esson Church, Oro, 1868-71; Medonte, 1851-52; pastor emeritus, Orillia, 1882-1913. D.D. Knox College, 1885. Died 1913.