Joel Beeke

Joel Robert Beeke (born December 9, 1952) is an American Reformed theologian who serves as a pastor in the Heritage Reformed Congregations and as chancellor of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He helped found Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in 1995 under the oversight of the Heritage Reformed Congregations, serving as its president until assuming the chancellorship in 2023. He teaches homiletics, systematic theology, and practical theology at the seminary.

Beeke has served as adjunct faculty at several institutions, including Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (now Cornerstone Theological Seminary), and Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1993–1998). He lectured in homiletics at Westminster Seminary California in Escondido, California from 1995 to 2001.

In 1994, Beeke founded Reformation Heritage Books, serving as its president and editorial director until 2022, when he became board chairman. He serves as editor of the Puritan Reformed Journal and The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth magazine, the periodical of the Heritage Reformed Congregations. He is also president of Inheritance Publishers and vice president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society.

Beeke has written on systematic and historical theology, focusing on the Puritans, Calvinism, and the doctrines of grace, as well as pastoral ministry and Christian living. In 2018, a Festschrift entitled Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke was published, including contributions from Richard A. Muller, Chad Van Dixhoorn, Michael A. G. Haykin, Sinclair B. Ferguson, and W. Robert Godfrey.