Dear fellow OPC officers:

I apologize for not having followed the proper editorial process with Mr. Mize’s article “In Defense of Union, Not Patriarchy.” I should have consulted the Subcommittee on Serial Publications, and I also should have had Mize interact with Mr. Van Doodewaard.

I also apologize for neglecting to have Mr. Mize delete the offensive sentence in his article, that reads, “Van Doodewaard’s logic is not the logic of the gospel, but of the bestial kingdoms of this world.” Pastor Mize has assured me that he meant no offense and did not intend to impugn Pastor Van Doodewaard’s ministry or personal integrity. As the editor I should have caught this and had Mr. Mize eliminate this and any other possibly offensive references to Mr. Van Doodewaard.

I privately apologized to Mr. Van Doodewaard after he contacted me shortly after the article’s publication, assuring him that I had no intent to impugn the integrity of his person or ministry. He assured me of his forgiveness as soon as the article was removed from the website.

I also inadvertently added quotes to a sentence that Mize intended as a summary of a page from Geerhardus Vos’s Dogmatic Theology. I do not believe that AI played any part in the composition of Mize’s article.

I will work more closely with the Subcommittee on Serial Publications on future publications. As servants of the General Assembly and the entire church, the Committee on Christian Education oversees the work of its two periodicals through the Subcommittee on Serial Publications.

The sheer volume of emails I have received will be impossible to answer individually with a few exceptions. I hope that this apology will suffice.

Last fall I determined to step down from my membership on the Committee on Christian Education after twenty-five years of service. This included my retirement as editor of Ordained Servant at the end of this year. This had nothing to do with the controversy over the March issue since it was decided six months earlier. At age seventy-seven it is time to move on. I am grateful for the privilege of membership on this committee.

Blessings in the Lamb,
Greg Reynolds

Ordained Servant Online, April, 2026