Dr. Chad Van Dixhoorn received his education at the University of Western Ontario, B.A.; Westminster Theological Seminary, MDiv, Th.M.; Cambridge University, Ph.D. He is now a Professor of Church History and Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte. North Carolina. A leading expert on the work of the Westminster Assembly, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of his five-volume work The Minutes and Papers of the Westminster Assembly, 1643-1653 (Oxford University Press). He is currently working on a major monograph on the Westminster Assembly, having recently completed an edition of John Lightfoot’s journals, published with Oxford University Press.

Ordained in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Dr. Van Dixhoorn has served as a pastor at Cambridge Presbyterian Church in the U.K. and at Grace Presbyterian Church in Vienna, Va. He and his wife Emily have five children.