On July 1, 2026, the Rev. Dr. David B. Garner becomes the fifth President of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA, USA, where he also serves as the Charles Krahe Professor of Systematic Theology and has taught since 2007. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina (BS, 1987), Dallas Theological Seminary (ThM, 1992), and Westminster Theological Seminary (PhD, 2002), Dr. Garner has pastored and taught in the USA, Europe, Central America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. From 2003–2007, he directed TE3 (Theological Education for Eastern Europe), a ministerial training ministry based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and extending throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Whileteaching at Westminster, he also served as Pastor of Teaching at Proclamation Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr, PA (2012–2015). His primary theological interests include the doctrine of adoption, Scripture and revelation, Christology, and ecclesiology—with special concern for a biblically faithful interface between the church, theology, and mission.

Author and editor of several books and over 100 essays and articles, Garner also served as the Systematic Theology Book Review Editor for Themelios Journal from 2018–2021. In 2016, Garner with several others founded The Southgate Fellowship, a ministry devoted to advance biblical thinking and practice in world mission. Garner continues as President of The Southgate Fellowship.

Representative books and articles (academic and popular):

• “Abraham Kuyper, the Church and the Seminary: A Call for Strings Attached,” Westminster Theological Journal 87, no. 1 (Fall 2025): 123–48.
• “Gender and Identity,” Tabletalk (June 2025): https://tabletalkmagazine.com/article/2025/06/gender-and-identity/
• “The Gospel and Identity in Christ,” Westminster Magazine, Vol. 3, Issue 1 (2024).
• “The Gospel of God Concerning His Beloved Son: Further Steps on a Well-Traveled Text,” Westminster Theological Journal 84 (Fall 2022): 257–79.
• Sons in the Son: The Riches and Reach of Adoption in Christ. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2016.
• How Can I Know For Sure? Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2014.
• Did God Really Say? Affirming the Truthfulness and Trustworthiness of Scripture. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2012.
• “High Stakes: Insider Movement Hermeneutics and the Gospel,” Themelios 37:2 (2012): 249-74.
• “Is Sandusky Such a Bad Guy After All?” Reformation21 (July 2012).
• • „Библия и традиция” (“The Bible and Tradition”), in Реформацията: История и Съвременни Измерения (Sofia, Bulgaria: New Bulgarian University, 2007).