LOCATION
Western Theological Seminary
101 East 13th Street
Mulder Chapel
Holland, MI 49423
Presenters
CONTACT INFORMATION
Founders’ Day Lecture 2025
Description
Join us on Thursday, April 1, for the Founders' Day Lecture, featuring Rev. Dr. Carol Bechtel as she delivers her final lecture as Professor of Old Testament at Western Theological Seminary.
The lecture will be available both in person in the Mulder Chapel at Western Theological Seminary and via livestream. This event is open to the public.
Registration is not required.
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About the Speaker
Before joining Western’s faculty in 1994, Rev. Dr. Carol Bechtel taught at the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. She has also served as a teaching fellow at Yale Divinity School and as interim pastor of Turn of River Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Connecticut. Dr. Bechtel preaches and teaches widely and is a General Synod Professor of Theology in the Reformed Church in America. She served as President of the RCA’s General Synod from 2009 to 2010. She also serves as the Executive Director of the American Waldensian Society.
Dr. Bechtel grew up on a farm in Fulton, Illinois. She attended Hope College and Western Theological Seminary and received her Ph.D. in Old Testament from Yale University in 1992. She now lives with her husband, Tom Mullens, in Holland, Michigan. They have four children and ten grandchildren. Her hobbies include singing, cooking, gardening, and playing the Celtic harp.
