John Muether
Mr. John R. Muether (MAR, MSLS) is a native of Long Island, NY, and has served since 1989 as Library Director of Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, where he also holds appointment as Associate Professor of Church History. Previously, he served on the Harvard Divinity School library staff and has directed the libraries at Western Theological Seminary (Holland, MI) and Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. He is the coauthor of several books including Reference Works for Theological Research (1992), Fighting the Good Fight: A Brief History of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (1995), With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship (2001), and Seeking a Better Country: 300 Years of American Presbyterianism (2007). Most recently he has authored The First Forty Years: Reformed Theological Seminary and Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman (2007). Mr. Muether serves as a ruling elder at Reformation Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Oviedo, FL. He and his wife Kathy (librarian at the Geneva School in Winter Park) have four children, three of whom are attending Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He also serves on the Christian Education Committee of the OPC and as the denominational historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.