September 2025, The Messenger

September 2025, Volume 44 Number 1

In this issue of The Messenger, Mid-America Reformed Seminary opens the 2025–2026 academic year with much to celebrate and reflect on. President Dr. Alan Strange shares a moving and theologically rich presidential message on grief, finding comfort in Reformed theology following the death of his wife. The development report gives thanks for a strong fiscal year, with contributions finishing slightly ahead of budget and the Foundation for the Future building campaign receiving over $800,000 in gifts. The seminary also welcomes its largest incoming class ever, with profiles of 17 new students arriving from across North America, New Zealand, India, Malaysia, and beyond. The Center for Missions and Evangelism highlights three students who spent the summer in CME-sponsored internships alongside active church planters in Missouri, Indiana, and Florida. The feature article by Dr. J. Mark Beach launches a new series on pastoral leadership, examining what it truly means for a pastor to lead as a shepherd rather than a hired hand, with Peter's courageous example in Acts 5 as a touchstone. Rounding out the issue is an alumni profile of Nathaniel Rademaker (Class of 2016), who reflects on pastoral ministry in Whanganui, New Zealand, and the enduring impact of his formation at Mid-America.

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