Prof. Donald J. Bruggink received degrees from Central College, Western Theological Seminary, and the University of Edinburgh. He was pastor of the Fordham Manor Reformed Church in the Bronx and taught historical theology for thirty-seven years at Western Theological Seminary. He has served the church on its Board of Education, and on the Commissions on Theology, Worship, and History, as well as being the general editor of the Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America since its inception in 1967.