Resource Authors

Rev. Paul Janssen retired in 2024 as pastor of United Reformed Church in Somerville, NJ.

Rev. Dr. Lynn Japinga is a historian of American religion and longtime professor whose teaching centers on women in the Bible, Christian feminism, and the history of the Reformed Church in America. She earned a B.A. in religion from Hope College, an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D....

For twenty-three years, Rev. Cynthia Jarvis served with distinction as the Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, PA. (Source: chestnuthillpres.org)

Rev. Dr. Mark Andrew Jefferson joined Acadia Divinity College in July 2025 as Associate Professor in the John Gladstone Chair of Preaching and Worship and Dean of the Sarah Daley Nickerson Chapel. He holds a BA from Norfolk State University, an MDiv from Candler School of Theology, and a PhD...

Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson is a George MacDonald scholar who lives on a farm in the Ottawa Valley, Canada. She writes and lectures internationally on MacDonald, the Inklings, the 19th century, and Faith & the Arts. She is on the Advisory Board of Inklings Journal VII, a founding Board Member of the C.S....

Rod Jellema (1927-2018) held a BA from Calvin College and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He joined the University of Maryland, College Park faculty in 1955, where he founded and directed the creative writing program and later became Professor Emeritus. Jellema authored five books of poetry and...