Richard Phillips has been the Senior Minister of Second Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Greenville, South Carolina, since July 2007. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.

Prior to entering the ministry, he commanded tank units as an officer in the U.S. Army and later served as an assistant professor of leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He came to faith in Jesus Christ at the age of 30 and was soon leading evangelistic Bible studies at the college where he was teaching. A few years later, he received God’s call to enter the gospel ministry and received a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In addition to the Master of Divinity degree, Dr. Phillips holds degrees from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Doctor of Divinity), the University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.) and the University of Michigan (B.A.).

Richard is married to the former Sharon Wilkey, whom he met at church in Philadelphia. Sharon is a homemaker, author, and home-schooling mother. They have an active family of five children: Hannah, Matthew, Jonathan, Ellie and Lydia.

Education:
Baylor University, B.A.
Westminster Seminary California, M.A., D.Min.

James (Jim) Newheiser, Jr. is the Director of the Christian Counseling Program and Professor of Christian Counseling and Pastoral Theology at the Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina.

For 25 years, Dr. Newheiser served as the Preaching Pastor at Grace Bible Church in Escondido, California. He is also the Director of the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship (formerly CCEF West) and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University. Furthermore, Dr. Newheiser serves as a board member at both the Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC) and the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC).

Dr. Newheiser teaches many of the counseling courses as well as some practical theology courses and has written several resources on biblical counseling, ministry, and marriage.

Jim has been married to his wife Caroline since 1979, and they have three adult children.

Jon Eskola is the CEO and President of Eskola Roofing, a Southeastern-based commercial industrial roofing company. Under his leadership, Eskola Roofing has grown from 12 employees to more than 350 employees.

He studied construction management for two years and followed his father’s footsteps into the roofing industry. In 2004, Jon and his brother took over the day-to-day management of the family business and have continued to run it to this day.

Jon was converted in 1991 by the grace of God. He was first introduced to the Reformed faith in New Hampshire under the preaching of Gregory Reynolds and attended the OPC church plant in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. After relocating back to East Tennessee, Jon and his family attended Westminster Presbyterian Church in Kingsport and became members in 2002.

After a decade of sitting under the sound preaching of Brent Bradley, Jon and his family moved to Greene County, Tennessee, and moved their membership to Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church in Greeneville. In 2015, Jon was ordained as a deacon. He was elected and ordained as an Elder at Grace Reformed in 2019 and currently serves in that capacity.

In 1992, Jon married the love of his life, Kim. The Lord has blessed them with 10 children and 9 grandchildren.

Dan was born in Detroit, Michigan. In God’s providence he moved several times; to Chicago, Dallas, Palm Beach, and South Carolina.

He attended Hillsdale College in Michigan and worked as a CPA and controller for several companies before going into international trade and sales.

Eventually the Lord called him to ministry, and after working as a youth and singles pastor in Jupiter, Florida, for five years, he attended seminary at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Taylors, South Carolina.

He has since been ordained as an associate pastor at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Simpsonville, South Carolina, for 24 years where he oversees counseling as an ACBC certified counselor, the men’s ministry and discipleship, assimilation of new members and other duties.

Dan is married to Christy and they have four children; Anna (23), Jenna (20), Will (17), and Wyatt (14).

Del was born in Ohio and raised by the grace of God in Virginia. Educated at the University of Virginia, he then went to medical school at the Medical College of Virginia.

He had postdoctoral residencies and fellowships at the Medical College of Georgia and the University of Virginia. For the last 33 years, Del has been in private practice in Kingsport, Tennessee, in Gastroenterology (diagnosing and treating digestive disorders and diseases).

He is a Ruling Elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Kingsport, Tennessee, serving as Clerk of Session. He has special interests in Apologetics and Ethics. The Baileys were instrumental in starting the Biblical Worldview Student Conference, held annually at Milligan College, and Del has served as BWSC Director since its founding in 2009.

Del is blessed by his godly wife Debby and 4 children as well as 20 grandchildren.