February 24 Today in OPC History

On this day Orthodox Presbyterian minister Christopher Wisdom was born in East Orange, New Jersey. After graduating from Nyack College in 1973, Mr. Wisdom served on the staff of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship until 1976. He then enrolled at Westminster Theological Seminary and joined Trinity OPC, Hatboro with his wife, Virginia. Ordained as a deacon at Trinity Church, he graduated with his M.Div. from WTS in 1980.

The next year he was ordained as a gospel minister by the Presbytery of the Dakotas to labor as an associate pastor and then evangelist in Roswell, New Mexico, in order to plant a new congregation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 1984 Covenant of Grace OPC, Albuquerque, became a particular church of the OPC. In 1986 he started dual service as associate pastor for military ministry for Grace OPC, San Antonio, Texas, working as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. When he retired in 2014 from the Army at the rank of Colonel, Mr. Wisdom held the title of Europe Region Chaplain, Installation Management Command.

Homepage Picture: Chris Wisdom

Picture: From the left, Jack Peterson, John Hilbelink, and Chris Wisdom at the 2010 General Assembly.