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John Gerstner
American theologian and academic
John Henry Gerstner (November 22, 1914 – March 24, 1996) was an American Reformed and Presbyterian theologian and professor of Church History at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary.
He was an expert on the life and theology of Jonathan Edwards.[1][2]
Career
Gerstner earned both a Master of Divinity degree and a Master of Theology degree from Westminster Theological Seminary.
He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Church History from Harvard University in 1945.[3] He was originally ordained in the United Presbyterian Church of North America, then (due to church unions) with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and the Presbyterian Church (USA).[1] In 1990, he left the PCUSA for the Presbyterian Church in America.
Gerstner counted among his students noted author and preacher R. C. Sproul, founder of Ligonier Ministries;[1]
