OPC Congregational & Ministerial Registry

Charles Kelly Telfer

Ordination

Seminary Education

InstitutionDegreeYear
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, S. Hamilton, MAM.Div.1990

Congregations Served

CongregationRoleYears
Catawba Valley Presbyterian Church
Lenoir, NC
Pastor1997–1998
Westminster Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Indian Head Park, IL
Pastor2002–2011

Other Positions

RoleOrganizationYears
LecturerGordon College, Wenham, MA1986–1990
Missionary EvangelistCFM, OPC, Asmara, Eritrea1993–1996
Providence OPC, Lenoir, NC1997–1998
Westminster OPC, Indian Head Park, IL2002–2011
InstructorMid-America Reformed Seminary2003–2011
Adjunct ProfTrinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL2006–2007
Assistant Pastor, Biblical LanguagesWestminster Seminary California2011

Publications

New Horizons in the OPC, “A Sermon by Jean Claude, Minister on Ecclesiastes 7:14” (trans. from French), Mid-America Journal of Theology, 19, 2008, pp. 207–222; “The Turbulent Fortunes of Narrativity in Twentieth-Century Historiography”, Mid-America Journal of Theology, 21, 2010, 7–19; “Toward a Historical Reconstruction of Sennacherib’s Invasion of Judah in 701 B.C., with Special Attention to the Hezekiah Narratives of Isaiah 36–39” Mid-America Journal of Theology 22, 2011, 7–17; “Campegius Vitringa (1659–1722): Biblical Theologian at the Beginning of the 18th Century.” Biblical Theology: A Discipline with a History. Ed. by C. Walsh & M. Elliott (2016, 18–32), Wrestling with Isaiah: The Exegetical Methodology of Campegius Vitringa (1659–1722) (2016)