ESV Church History Study Bible

Stephen J. Nichols (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) has written over twenty books and is an editor of the Theologians on the Christian Life series. He is the former President of Reformation Bible College and the host of the weekly podcast, 5 Minutes in Church History.

Gerald Bray (DLitt, University of Paris-Sorbonne) is research professor at Beeson Divinity School and director of research for the Latimer Trust. He is a prolific writer and has authored or edited numerous books, including The Doctrine of God; Biblical Interpretation; and God Is Love.

Michael Reeves (PhD, King's College, London) is president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in Bridgend and Oxford, United Kingdom. He is the author of several books, including Delighting in the Trinity; Rejoice and Tremble; and Gospel People.

Michael A. G. Haykin (ThD, University of Toronto) is professor of church history and biblical spirituality at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and director of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. He has authored or edited more than twenty-five books, including Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church.

Gregory A. Wills (PhD, Emory University) is the dean of the school of theology and the David T. Porter Professor of Church History at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Herman Selderhuis is professor of church history at the Theological University Apeldoorn in the Netherlands and director of Refo500, the international platform focused on raising awareness for projects related to the legacy of the Reformation. He also serves as the director of the Reformation Research Consortium, president of the International Calvin Congress, and curator of research at the John a Lasco Library in Emden, Germany. He is the author or editor of several books, including John Calvin: A Pilgrim's Life.

Lee Gatiss (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the director of Church Society and a fellow in church history and Anglicanism at the Greystone Theological Institute. He is also chairman of The Global Anglican and on the editorial board of Studies in Puritanism and Piety. He has written or edited more than fifty books on the Bible, theology, and church history. He and his family serve at Christ Church, Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Jonathan Gibson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is Minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, and an affiliated professor at Westminster Theological Seminary. He is a coeditor of and contributor to From Heaven He Came and Sought Her and author of Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship. Jonny and his wife, Jackie, have four children.

Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. He is a contributing editor at First Things, an esteemed church historian, and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Trueman has authored or edited more than a dozen books, including Strange New World; The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self; and Histories and Fallacies. He is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

Joel R. Beeke (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) has written over one hundred books. He is chancellor and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary; a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan; the editor of Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth; the board chairman of Reformation Heritage Books; the president of Inheritance Publishers; and the vice president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society.

Peter J. Williams (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the principal of Tyndale House, Cambridge, the chair of the International Greek New Testament Project, and a member of the ESV Translation Oversight Committee. He is the author of Can We Trust the Gospels? and Early Syriac Translation Technique and the Textual Criticism of the Greek Gospels.

Sean Michael Lucas (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is the senior minister at the First Presbyterian Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and associate professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He previously taught at Covenant Theological Seminary for five years, serving as the chief academic officer.

John D. Woodbridge (PhD, University of Toulouse, France) is research professor of church history and the history of Christian thought at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Woodbridge has taught history at the University of Toulouse, Northwestern University, and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne. He and his wife, Susan, reside in Lake Forest, Illinois, and they have three children.

John R. Muether (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as dean of libraries and professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. He has authored and coauthored several books, most notably Cornelius Van Til. John and his wife, Kathy, have four children and six grandchildren.

Chad Van Dixhoorn (PhD, Cambridge University) is professor of church history and theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, and a former pastor in the United Kingdom and in Virginia. He is the author of Confessing the Faith and God's Ambassadors.

J. V. Fesko (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is the Harriet Barbour Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He is an ordained minister and has served as a church planter and pastor. He and his family live in the greater Jackson area.

Julius J. Kim (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) serves as an elder at New Life Presbyterian Church and the visiting professor of practical theology at Westminster Seminary California. He is the author of Preaching the Whole Counsel of God and a contributor to the ESV Gospel Transformation Study Bible.

Conrad Mbewe (PhD, University of Pretoria) serves as pastor of Kabwata Baptist Church in Lusaka, Zambia, and founding chancellor of the African Christian University. Conrad has authored over nine books and contributed to many others. God blessed him and his wife, Felistas, with three children and three foster children.

John W. Tweeddale (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is vice president of academics and professor of theology at Reformation Bible College. He is also a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He is the author of John Owen and Hebrews and coeditor of the T&T Clark Handbook of John Owen.



Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Seminary) is the president of Truth Unites, theologian-in-residence at Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee, and visiting professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary. He is the author of several books, including Humility and Finding the Right Hills to Die On.

Daniel J. Brendsel (PhD, Wheaton College) is the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Hinckley, Minnesota. He is the author of Isaiah Saw His Glory and several articles appearing in books and journals.