A.B., Calvin College; B.D., Calvin Seminary; M.A., Northwestern University; Drs., Free University of Amsterdam; Rel.D., Chicago Theological Seminary.

Dr. Bergsma has taught at Calvin College and pastored in South Dakota, Illinois, and Michigan. He has served in the U.S. Navy and as a chaplain in the USN Reserve, finally retiring with the rank of captain. After many years of service as professor of theology at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL, during which time he also served as the college’s acting president, he joined the Westminster Seminary California faculty in 1982.

A minister emeritus of the United Reformed Churches, Dr. Bergsma is a sought-after preacher and Bible conference speaker. Among his writings are The Idea of Predestination in Sunni Islam and Classical Calvinism Compared, Biblical Theological Reader, Redemption: The Triumph of God’s Great Plan, Voices, Intermission, Practical Theology and the Ministry of the Church, 1952-1984 (contributor), and The Compromised Church (contributor). He has also contributed to professional journals including Calvin Theological Journal, The Christian Scholar's Review, Antithesis, and Insight.

He and his wife Doris live in the Chicago area but also spend time each year in southern California, near WSC and their many Christian friends. Dr. Bergsma has continued to teach part-time at Westminster Seminary California during the spring semester.

Resident Faculty
  Steven M. Baugh
  R. Scott Clark
  Bryan D. Estelle
  W. Robert Godfrey
  Michael S. Horton
  Dennis E. Johnson
  Hywel R. Jones
  Joel E. Kim
  Julius J. Kim
  Elizabeth E. Park
  David M. VanDrunen
  Joshua J. Van Ee

Professors Emeriti
  Derke P. Bergsma
  Robert B. Strimple

Scholar in Residence
  Peter R. Jones

Visiting Faculty
  Iain M. Duguid
  Darryl G. Hart
  Samuel D. S. Ling
  Richard Lints
  Alfred J. Poirier
  Kimball Riddlebarger
  Philip G. Ryken
  R. C. Sproul