GRS Faculty
Reginald Kimbro, B.A., M.A., M.Div., M.Th. (Bob Jones University; Whitefield College of the Bible; Wales Evangelical School of Theology)
Reverend Reggie Kimbro was appointed president of the Geneva Reformed Seminary (GRS) in Greenville, South Carolina, at the October meeting of the presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church of North America (FPCNA). While in this new role, Mr. Kimbro will continue serving as pastor of Grace Free Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He succeeds Dr. Mark Allison, who passed away in April.
A native of Winston-Salem, Mr. Kimbro received the Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible and Master of Arts degree in Theology from Bob Jones University. In 1987, he earned the Master of Divinity degree from the Whitefield College of the Bible through its satellite campus in Greenville. He also holds the Master of Theology degree from Wales Evangelical School of Theology.
Mr. Kimbro grew up in a Christian home and under the teaching ministry of a good Bible-believing church. Of his conversion he writes, “I believe I was converted at a very young age, but I was particularly challenged about the direction of my life and drawn closer to the Lord at the age of sixteen. After graduation from high school, I enrolled in BJU and majored in Bible. It was during my freshman year that I became more burdened about the condition of the church (both theologically and practically) and also sensed the Lord's call to the ministry. During that same season, I was invited to attend Faith Free Presbyterian Church in Greenville. I found there in the Christ-centered preaching of the Reformed faith the answers to my questions. I have often commented that I thank the Lord for bringing me into the doctrines of grace when He did and where He did.”
Mr. Kimbro met his wife, Jan, while in college, and they married in August of 1983. Mrs. Kimbro grew up in a faithful minister’s home and has provided much grace and experience in ministry-related life.
Our new president planted Grace Free Presbyterian Church in 1987 and says, “The Lord has blessed us with a faithful and happy congregation where we continue to serve, now to some second-generation members and their families.” The Kimbros have three daughters who love the Lord; they are all now married and have given the Kimbros six grandchildren with one more due this winter.
Mr. Kimbro is no stranger to GRS having served as adjunct professor for almost twenty years. He has taught courses in Theology, English Bible, and Practical Theology. GRS continues to serve students both from within and without our denomination with adjunct and visiting professors. Mr. Kimbro plans to be on site each week and will maintain his teaching position on the adjunct faculty. He writes, “It is my strong desire that GRS continue its tradition of seeking to provide a full seminary offering built upon the Westminster Confessional Standards with strong emphases in Systematic Theology, Homiletics, and the practical outworkings of the gospel, all provided in a conservative and faithful scriptural environment. It is our desire not only to equip men academically, and thus engage the mind, but also to equip and challenge them spiritually so that they may become faithful shepherds of the flock of God by not only preaching Christ but reflecting Christ in word and deed.”
In addition to his duties as a minister and faculty member, Mr. Kimbro has held the offices of moderator, deputy moderator, and committee chairman in the FPCNA. He has authored two small theological books entitled The Gospel According to Dispensationalism, and Not as a Thief: A Historic Premillennial Perspective on the Rapture.
The Whitefield College of the Bible (Greenville, SC) was established in 1982 and was renamed Geneva Reformed Seminary in 2002. For further information, contact info@grsonline.org.
President, Geneva Reformed Seminary
Minister of Grace Free Presbyterian Church
David Mook, B.A., M.A., M.Div. (Bob Jones University; Whitefield College of the Bible)
Rev. David Mook is an adjunct professor of practical theology at GRS. Rev. Mook did undergraduate and graduate work at Bob Jones University, graduating in 1976 with a Master of Arts degree in Dramatic Production. He served as a faculty member in the speech department at BJU until 1983 when he entered what is now called Geneva Reformed Seminary. He received his master of divinity degree, was licensed to preach, and moved with his family to Phoenix, Arizona, to begin establishing a new congregation for the Free Presbyterian Church. Services began early in 1986 and the presbytery formally constituted the congregation in 1995. Mr. Mook has served in several capacities in the denomination both as a member of the standing commission of the presbytery for North America and in the presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church of North America. In 2006 he was elected moderator of the presbytery. In 2008, the presbytery elected him as its clerk, a position he held through succeeding elections until 2021 when he chose not to seek another term. In 2016, the American Council of Christian Churches, in which the FPCNA is a member body, elected Mr. Mook as its president, a position in which he continues to serve. Mr. Mook retired from the pastorate of Phoenix Free Presbyterian Church at the end of June 2021 after thirty-five years and four months of service. He and his wife, Mary, have a daughter and four grandchildren.
Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology
Mark Sidwell, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.(Bob Jones University, American Military University)
Dr. Mark Sidwell is adjunct professor of Church History. He was born and reared in New Castle, Indiana, and was converted as a child. He earned a B.A. in history from Bob Jones University and then an M.A. and Ph.D. in church history from the same school. He also completed additional graduate hours in history from American Military University. His dissertation was on the history of the Winona Lake Bible Conference in Indiana. He serves as Professor, Division of Social Science, at Bob Jones University. He has been a member of Faith Free Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC, for twenty-five years. He is a member of the American Society of Church History and the Conference on Faith and History. Among his writings are The Dividing Line: Understanding and Applying Biblical Separation and Free Indeed: Heroes of Black Christian History.
Dr. Sidwell and his wife, Mary, have three children—John, Anne, and Stephen.
Adjunct Professor of Church History
Professor, Division of Social Science, at Bob Jones University
John Wagner, B.A., M.Div. (Bob Jones University; Westminster Theological Seminary; Whitefield College of the Bible)
Rev. John Wagner has served as adjunct professor of Practical Theology at GRS since the fall of 2002. He has been a minister of the Free Presbyterian Church for over thirty years and has served the denomination in a number of capacities including moderator of the presbytery for North America. Mr. Wagner, who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech from Bob Jones University and a Master of Divinity degree from Whitefield College of the Bible, has also studied at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.
Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology