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Matt Stahl Left IRBSTS & Is Now Full Time Pastor with David Dykstra at Grace Covenant Baptist Church

I edited the following section of the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page because Matt Stahl left IRBSTS and is now a full time pastor with David Dykstra at Grace Covenant Baptist Church in Willis, TX (https://irbsseminary.org/administration/ or https://web.archive.org/web/20210112165858/https://irbsseminary.org/administration/ and http://gcbcwillis.org/?page_id=25 or https://web.archive.org/web/20210112180851/http://gcbcwillis.org/?page_id=25)  To see how David Dykstra was involved in with ARBCA and Tom Chantry going back to 2000, please visit his page: David Dykstra.  Text that was removed is in red.

#1 IRBS’s Home Page

IRBS’s Home Page (here https://irbsseminary.org/) now states that IRBS is independent. 

“Independent

On October 1, 2019, the Trustees of IRBS Theological Seminary unanimously approved amended by-laws affirming the independence of the Seminary.”

Why didn’t IRBS Seminary make a statement regarding their reasons for having left ARBCA?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church…a church whose elder, Pastor Larry Vincent, was involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church that is so much a part of ARBCA that they hosted ARBCA’s 2020 General Assembly? Here: https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103164924/https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom More information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080

Why did one of IRBS Seminary’s Adjunct Faculty (Jason Montgomery, Adjunct Professor of Church History) speak at ARBCA’s 2020 GA (Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-87629503203 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080) and was a member of the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC? [Spring 2019 ARBCA Update]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association that contains contains churches whose elders (Pastor Bob Curley, Pastor David Dykstra, and Pastor Larry Vincent) were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry and contains churches whose elders were members of ARBCA’s 2019/2020 AC (Pastor Matt Vincent – Vice Chairman, Pastor Jason Montgomery, Pastor David Shiflet, and Pastor Bob Curley)? [FBC Resignation page 4, paragraph 3 for Bob Curley; Spring 2019 ARBCA Update for the rest]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association in which 7 of their 10 churches belong to ARBCA? Here: https://taarbc.org/ or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200630173507/https://taarbc.org/ (the page must be viewed on the provided links so you can scroll through the member churches)

“Practical Preparation

Theology must be put to practice in the church. For this reason IRBSTS stresses internship with local churches to provide guided growth and experience in pastoral duties.”

Will IRBS Seminary students be interning at any of the TAARBC churches in ARBCA, and/or pastored by men who were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry, and/or pastored by men on the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC?

Men at IRBS Seminary that are still in ARBCA churches (https://www.arbca.com/churches):

James Renihan (President) possibly attends or is a member of Heritage Baptist Church in Mansfield, TX, but there is no bio for him on the IRBS Seminary Website. Why is there no bio for him? Christ Reformed Baptist Church still lists James as one of their pastors on their website (http://christrbc.com/our-pastors.htm or https://web.archive.org/web/20200406223343/http://christrbc.com/our-pastors.htm) despite his having left CA for TX in summer 2018 and Jason Walter’s picture having been updated in late 2018.  Why has James not been removed?  Is it possible that James could still be a pastor at CRBC Vista?  If so, how could this be so and for what purpose? *Note: Christ Reformed Baptist Church’s website has been down since at least July 26, 2020 (https://web.archive.org/web/20200726171216/http://christrbc.com/ ; https://web.archive.org/web/20200825153141/http://christrbc.com/ ; https://web.archive.org/web/20200817233148/http://christrbc.com/our-pastors.htm).

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry:

  • Jeff Massey (Coordinator of the Doctoral Study Center): On the Membership Committee and AC in 2015/2016, on the Ad Hoc Committee that wrote the ARBCA Reports in 2018, and was the 2019 AC Chairman until his church left ARBCA.

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry but we can’t tell if they are still part of IRBS:

  • Steve Martin (took the Oath of Office as Core Faculty on 9/11/2018 and spoke as Dean of Students of IRBS Seminary on 12/15/2019 but not listed on IRBS’s website) **As noted in section #10 on Steve Martin’s page, he retired as Dean of Students at IRBS Theological Seminary in April 2020.
  • Don Lindblad (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018)
  • Jason Walter (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018, listed as the Secretary of the AC in the Spring 2019 ARBCA Update)
  • Fred Pugh (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018

Why does IRBS Seminary not list their Dean of Students, Board of Trustees, or Board of Regents anywhere on their website?  Why is the public not being allowed to see if the above men remain part of IRBS Seminary?

On 7/6/2018 James Renihan spoke on behalf of IRBS Seminary at Stanmore Baptist Church in Australia.

“Every one of our faculty members must be a man of practical godliness with pursuing holiness.  Not just sliding along and not just an academic, but he needs to be a man who in a church is demonstrating to others holiness of life.  So that every, every week when a student sits in a classroom, he’s able to look up to that man and esteem him.  Not just because he knows a lot about the, the Major Prophets, but because his life backs up and supports what he says.  Pray for us.  Pray for our leadership.  Pray that we will be holy men who walk in the way.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 40:28):

Do all the men of IRBS Seminary meet these requirements…Faculty (including Dean of Students), Administration, Trustees, Regents, Staff, etc.?  How can we know if they aren’t all listed on IRBS Seminary’s website?  What is the reason for no longer listing all of them?

Is IRBS no longer under the authority of any association?

How were they able to break the IRBS Project Charter that was signed by Earl M. Blackburn, James M. Renihan, Fred Pugh, and Brandon F. Smith?

This page can be viewed here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200131212947/https://irbsseminary.org/

James Renihan Still Listed as Pastor on CRBC Vista’s Website

I edited the following section of the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA/CBA, and Tom Chantry Page because Christ Reformed Baptist Church in Vista, CA still lists Jim Renihan as one of their pastors.  Additions are in red.

Note: As of late 2022, CRBC Vista’s website is under construction and does not yet list it’s pastors/elders.  The changes noted below will be removed from the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA/CBA, and Tom Chantry Page for the time being.

#1 IRBS’s Home Page

IRBS’s Home Page (here https://irbsseminary.org/) now states that IRBS is independent. 

“Independent

On October 1, 2019, the Trustees of IRBS Theological Seminary unanimously approved amended by-laws affirming the independence of the Seminary.”

Why didn’t IRBS Seminary make a statement regarding their reasons for having left ARBCA?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church…a church whose elder, Pastor Larry Vincent, was involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church that is so much a part of ARBCA that they hosted ARBCA’s 2020 General Assembly? Here: https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103164924/https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom More information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080

Why did one of IRBS Seminary’s Adjunct Faculty (Jason Montgomery, Adjunct Professor of Church History) speak at ARBCA’s 2020 GA (Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080) and was a member of the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC? [Spring 2019 ARBCA Update]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association that contains contains churches whose elders (Pastor Bob Curley, Pastor David Dykstra, and Pastor Larry Vincent) were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry and contains churches whose elders were members of ARBCA’s 2019/2020 AC (Pastor Matt Vincent – Vice Chairman, Pastor Jason Montgomery, Pastor David Shiflet, and Pastor Bob Curley)? [FBC Resignation page 4, paragraph 3 for Bob Curley; Spring 2019 ARBCA Update for the rest]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association in which 7 of their 10 churches belong to ARBCA? Here: https://taarbc.org/ or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200630173507/https://taarbc.org/ (the page must be viewed on the provided links so you can scroll through the member churches)

“Practical Preparation

Theology must be put to practice in the church. For this reason IRBSTS stresses internship with local churches to provide guided growth and experience in pastoral duties.”

Will IRBS Seminary students be interning at any of the TAARBC churches in ARBCA, and/or pastored by men who were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry, and/or pastored by men on the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC?

Men at IRBS Seminary that are still in ARBCA churches (https://www.arbca.com/churches):

James Renihan (President) possibly attends or is a member of Heritage Baptist Church in Mansfield, TX, but there is no bio for him on the IRBS Seminary Website.  Why is there no bio for him? Christ Reformed Baptist Church still lists James as one of their pastors on their website (http://christrbc.com/our-pastors.htm or https://web.archive.org/web/20200406223343/http://christrbc.com/our-pastors.htm) despite his having left CA for TX in summer 2018 and Jason Walter’s picture having been updated in late 2018.  Why has James not been removed?  Is it possible that James could still be a pastor at CRBC Vista?  If so, how could this be so and for what purpose?  *Note: Christ Reformed Baptist Church’s website has been down since at least July 26, 2020 (https://web.archive.org/web/20200726171216/http://christrbc.com/ ; https://web.archive.org/web/20200825153141/http://christrbc.com/ ; https://web.archive.org/web/20200817233148/http://christrbc.com/our-pastors.htm).

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry:

  • Jeff Massey (Coordinator of the Doctoral Study Center): On the Membership Committee and AC in 2015/2016, on the Ad Hoc Committee that wrote the ARBCA Reports in 2018, and was the 2019 AC Chairman until his church left ARBCA.

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry but we can’t tell if they are still part of IRBS:

  • Steve Martin (took the Oath of Office as Core Faculty on 9/11/2018 and spoke as Dean of Students of IRBS Seminary on 12/15/2019 but not listed on IRBS’s website)
  • Don Lindblad (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018)
  • Jason Walter (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018, listed as the Secretary of the AC in the Spring 2019 ARBCA Update)
  • Fred Pugh (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018

Why does IRBS Seminary not list their Dean of Students, Board of Trustees, or Board of Regents anywhere on their website?  Why is the public not being allowed to see if the above men remain part of IRBS Seminary?

On 7/6/2018 James Renihan spoke on behalf of IRBS Seminary at Stanmore Baptist Church in Australia.

“Every one of our faculty members must be a man of practical godliness with pursuing holiness.  Not just sliding along and not just an academic, but he needs to be a man who in a church is demonstrating to others holiness of life.  So that every, every week when a student sits in a classroom, he’s able to look up to that man and esteem him.  Not just because he knows a lot about the, the Major Prophets, but because his life backs up and supports what he says.  Pray for us.  Pray for our leadership.  Pray that we will be holy men who walk in the way.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 40:28):

Do all the men of IRBS Seminary meet these requirements…Faculty (including Dean of Students), Administration, Trustees, Regents, Staff, etc.?  How can we know if they aren’t all listed on IRBS Seminary’s website?  What is the reason for no longer listing all of them?

Is IRBS no longer under the authority of any association?

How were they able to break the IRBS Project Charter that was signed by Earl M. Blackburn, James M. Renihan, Fred Pugh, and Brandon F. Smith?

This page can be viewed here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200131212947/https://irbsseminary.org/

Richard Barcellos’s Church Left ARBCA

I edited the following section of the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page because Richard Barcellos’s church left ARBCA.  Text that was removed is in red.

#1 IRBS’s Home Page

IRBS’s Home Page (here https://irbsseminary.org/) now states that IRBS is independent. 

“Independent

On October 1, 2019, the Trustees of IRBS Theological Seminary unanimously approved amended by-laws affirming the independence of the Seminary.”

Why didn’t IRBS Seminary make a statement regarding their reasons for having left ARBCA?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church…a church whose elder, Pastor Larry Vincent, was involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church that is so much a part of ARBCA that they hosted ARBCA’s 2020 General Assembly? Here: https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103164924/https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom More information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080

Why did one of IRBS Seminary’s Adjunct Faculty (Jason Montgomery, Adjunct Professor of Church History) speak at ARBCA’s 2020 GA (Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080) and was a member of the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC? [Spring 2019 ARBCA Update]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association that contains contains churches whose elders (Pastor Bob Curley, Pastor David Dykstra, and Pastor Larry Vincent) were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry and contains churches whose elders were members of ARBCA’s 2019/2020 AC (Pastor Matt Vincent – Vice Chairman, Pastor Jason Montgomery, Pastor David Shiflet, and Pastor Bob Curley)? [FBC Resignation page 4, paragraph 3 for Bob Curley; Spring 2019 ARBCA Update for the rest]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association in which 7 of their 10 churches belong to ARBCA? Here: https://taarbc.org/ or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200630173507/https://taarbc.org/ (the page must be viewed on the provided links so you can scroll through the member churches)

“Practical Preparation

Theology must be put to practice in the church. For this reason IRBSTS stresses internship with local churches to provide guided growth and experience in pastoral duties.”

Will IRBS Seminary students be interning at any of the TAARBC churches in ARBCA, and/or pastored by men who were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry, and/or pastored by men on the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC?

Men at IRBS Seminary that are still in ARBCA churches (https://www.arbca.com/churches):

James Renihan (President) possibly attends or is a member of Heritage Baptist Church in Mansfield, TX, but there is no bio for him on the IRBS Seminary Website. Why is there no bio for him?

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry:

  • Jeff Massey (Coordinator of the Doctoral Study Center): On the Membership Committee and AC in 2015/2016, on the Ad Hoc Committee that wrote the ARBCA Reports in 2018, and was the 2019 AC Chairman until his church left ARBCA.

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry but we can’t tell if they are still part of IRBS:

  • Steve Martin (took the Oath of Office as Core Faculty on 9/11/2018 and spoke as Dean of Students of IRBS Seminary on 12/15/2019 but not listed on IRBS’s website)
  • Don Lindblad (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018)
  • Jason Walter (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018, listed as the Secretary of the AC in the Spring 2019 ARBCA Update)
  • Fred Pugh (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018

Why does IRBS Seminary not list their Dean of Students, Board of Trustees, or Board of Regents anywhere on their website?  Why is the public not being allowed to see if the above men remain part of IRBS Seminary?

On 7/6/2018 James Renihan spoke on behalf of IRBS Seminary at Stanmore Baptist Church in Australia.

“Every one of our faculty members must be a man of practical godliness with pursuing holiness.  Not just sliding along and not just an academic, but he needs to be a man who in a church is demonstrating to others holiness of life.  So that every, every week when a student sits in a classroom, he’s able to look up to that man and esteem him.  Not just because he knows a lot about the, the Major Prophets, but because his life backs up and supports what he says.  Pray for us.  Pray for our leadership.  Pray that we will be holy men who walk in the way.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 40:28):

Do all the men of IRBS Seminary meet these requirements…Faculty (including Dean of Students), Administration, Trustees, Regents, Staff, etc.?  How can we know if they aren’t all listed on IRBS Seminary’s website?  What is the reason for no longer listing all of them?

Is IRBS no longer under the authority of any association?

How were they able to break the IRBS Project Charter that was signed by Earl M. Blackburn, James M. Renihan, Fred Pugh, and Brandon F. Smith?

This page can be viewed here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200131212947/https://irbsseminary.org/

IRBS Theological Seminary Inauguration & Convocation Program

I edited the following sections of the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page to add the IRBSTS Inauguration & Convocation Program.  It replaced the Catalog in section #4 because it was a little newer, and it was added to sections #2 and #3 because it lists the Trustees and Regents.  Additions are in red.

#2 IRBS Website: ABOUT/Board of Trustees

In Summer 2019 the Board of Trustees page disappeared from IRBS’s website. It remains missing.  The last capture of the Trustees page is here (https://web.archive.org/web/20181014220711/https://irbsseminary.org/Trustees/). The most current capture showing the page is still missing is here (https://web.archive.org/web/20210409211001/https://irbsseminary.org/trustees/). The link for the Board of Trustees page disappeared from the Administration page sometime between 1/12/2021 (https://web.archive.org/web/20210112165858/https://irbsseminary.org/administration/) and 3/11/2021 (https://web.archive.org/web/20210311221801/https://irbsseminary.org/administration/).

Why did IRBS remove it, and why don’t they list their Board of Trustees anywhere else on their website?

Here are pages for the following Trustees that show how they were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry:

Fred Pugh Pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Olmstead Township, OH; ARBCA Coordinator until 11/2019.

Don Lindblad Pastor of Trinity Reformed Baptist Church in Kirkland, WA.

Rob Cosby Pastor of Tucson Reformed Baptist Church in Tucson, AZ.

Jason Walter Pastor of Christ Reformed Baptist Church, CA, Secretary of the 2019 Administrative Council.

IRBS Board of Trustees

Click here to download a pdf of this image from WordPress.

This is page 6 of the IRBS Theological Seminary Inauguration & Convocation Program.  The full program can be downloaded directly here https://irbsseminary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/program.pdf  It can be downloaded from the bottom of this page https://web.archive.org/web/20190129074447/http://irbsseminary.org/inauguration-convocation-2018/  You may also download it from WordPress at these links:

Program (Staff, Trustees, & Regents)Download
Full ProgramDownload

In December 2017 at the IRBS Update, James Renihan introduced Don Lindblad as a longtime IRBS Trustee.  The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Z3adc1D98&t=1487s

“Pastor Don Lindblad from Trinity Reformed Baptist Church in Kirkland, Washington who is one of the original Trustees of IRBS all the way when we began back in 1998 and has been with us a long time.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 11:12):

#3 IRBS Website: ABOUT/Board of Regents

In Summer 2019 the Board of Regents page disappeared from IRBS’s website. It remains missing.  It can be found here (https://web.archive.org/web/20181014220704/http://irbsseminary.org/regents/). The link for the Board of Regents page disappeared from the Administration page sometime between 1/12/2021 (https://web.archive.org/web/20210112165858/https://irbsseminary.org/administration/) and 3/11/2021 (https://web.archive.org/web/20210311221801/https://irbsseminary.org/administration/).

Why did IRBS remove it, and why don’t they list their Board of Regents anywhere else on their website?

IRBS Board of Regents

Click here to download a pdf of this image from WordPress.

This is page 6 of the IRBS Theological Seminary Inauguration & Convocation Program.  The full program can be downloaded directly here https://irbsseminary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/program.pdf  It can be downloaded from the bottom of this page https://web.archive.org/web/20190129074447/http://irbsseminary.org/inauguration-convocation-2018/  You may also download it from WordPress at these links:

Program (Staff, Trustees, & Regents)Download
Full ProgramDownload

#4 IRBS Website: Faculty (formerly #4 IRBS Website: ACADEMICS/Course Information/Catalog)

On 1/15/2020 IRBS added this page to their website.  It can be found here: https://irbsseminary.org/faculty/ or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200128224704/https://irbsseminary.org/faculty/

Why is there no Dean of Students listed on this or any other page?

On 12/15/2019 Dean of Students Steve Martin spoke on behalf of IRBS Seminary at Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City.  That presentation can be found here: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=121819328261327 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200113204208/https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=121819328261327

“As Dean of Students…What do I do as the Dean of Students?  I don’t teach so much as I shepherd the souls of the students who are enrolled.”

Here is the audio clip of this quote:

“My wife and I purposely bought a house that’s too big so we can host people.  We have three spare bedrooms and two spare baths.  And, we’ve had pastors, elders, deacons, parents of students, students and their wives come stay with us as they’re checking out the school, or taking classes, or whatever.  And, uh, if you can get your body down to Mansfield, then we’ll put you up for free, and then you can take the class.

Here is the audio clip of this quote:

Here is the full audio file (quote 1 begins at about 26:34; quote 2 begins at about 35:25):

On 09/11/2018 at the IRBS Theological Seminary Convocation and Inauguration, Steve Martin took his Oath to Office and was welcomed as a member of the Core Faculty of IRBS Theological Seminary.  The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUBypieC34

“I would now ask the Core Faculty of the Seminary to please come forward. [Steve Martin, Richard Barcellos, Fred Malone, and Stefan Lindblad went forward to take their Oath to Office.]…Then gentlemen, on behalf of the IRBS Trustees of IRBS Theological Seminary, we welcome you as the Core Faculty of this Seminary.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 10:00):

On 7/6/2018 James Renihan spoke on behalf of IRBS Seminary at Stanmore Baptist Church in Australia.

“But we have, we’ve been able to bring together a really excellent Faculty.  We have what’s called a Core Faculty.  It’s made up of Dr. Richard Barcellos, Dr. Fred Malone, um, Stefan Lindblad who is almost done with his Ph.D., um, Steve Martin who is our Dean of Students, and myself.  We’ll be the Core Faculty.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 36:13):

Is Steve Martin still the Dean of Students?  If so, why is he not listed as such or with the Core Faculty on IRBS Seminary’s Website?

Here is a link to Steve Martin’s page showing how he was involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry: https://ephesians511.home.blog/steve-martin/

Here is a comparison of previous and current faculty followed by the page from the IRBS Theological Seminary Inauguration & Convocation Program that listed their Faculty.  Note: Steve Martin was listed as the Dean of Students under both Core Faculty (page 5) and Staff (page 6).  The full program can be downloaded directly here https://irbsseminary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/program.pdf  It can be downloaded from the bottom of this page https://web.archive.org/web/20190129074447/http://irbsseminary.org/inauguration-convocation-2018/  You may also download it from WordPress at these links:

Program (Faculty)Download
Program (Staff, Trustees, & Regents)Download
Full ProgramDownload

Professors in the Program but not on current Faculty page:

  • Dr. S.M Baugh
  • Dr. Terry Clarke
  • Dr. J.V. Fesko
  • Dr. David VanDrunen
  • Dr. Tom Ascol
  • Dr. Tom Hicks
  • Dr. Ishwaren Mudliar
  • Dr. Raymond Perron
  • Dr. Ken Puls

Note: Dr. Ishwaran Mudliar no longer teaches for the IRBS Seminary. He did not have any history with the leaders until the time prior to the opening of the seminary and in its first year. His last semester was in spring of 2019, and he has had no contact with anyone there since then. [verified comment on IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page]

Professors not in the Program but on current Faculty page:

  • Dr. Jeffrey T. Riddle
  • Dr. Joshua Wilson
  • Timothy Decker (Lecturer)

Jason Walter Wasn’t at CRBC Vista, CA When Tom Chantry Preached There on 5/29/2016

I added to the following section on the Jason Walter’s Page to show that when Tom Chantry preached at CRBC Vista, CA Jason Walter was preaching at Mountain Reformed Baptist Church in Crestline, CA.  Additions and Jason’s name are in red.

#4 Bulletins from When Tom Chantry Preached at CRBC Vista, CA (5/29/2016), Proof that Jason Walter Preached at Mountain Reformed Baptist Church on 5/29/2016, & Proof that Pastor Jason Walter Knew about the Allegation of Sexual Molestation Against Tom

On 5/29/2016 Thomas Chantry preached at CRBC in Vista, CA.  Pastor Jason Walter had known about the allegation of sexual molestation against Chantry since late January/early February 2016.  Nobody else at CRBC knew about the allegation.  We were members of CRBC Vista, CA (4 voting members in our family), and my husband was a deacon.  Jason Walter was a member of the Membership Committee that recommended CRBC, WI to the 2016 General Assembly. 

Why did Jason Walter allow Tom Chantry to preach at CRBC Vista, CA when he knew that Tom was under investigation for molestation? 

Why did Jason Walter preach at another church instead of being present at CRBC Vista, CA when Tom Chantry preached there?  Why was his unsuspecting flock put in a vulnerable position?

The bulletin from 5/29/2016 (emailed to the congregation on 5/27/2016) and a photo of the Sermon Audio page.

The Sermon Audio page for the sermon Jason Walter preached at Mountain Reformed Baptist Church in Crestline, CA (now in Lake Arrowhead, CA) and Jason’s sermon.  It can also be found here: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=67162229483 and here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200214203334/www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=67162229483

“We’ll talk about that again in a moment to see how well you did, and if you got the judge that we’re going to be focusing on this morning.” [quote begins at about 1:18]

5/29/2016 Judge Othniel by Jason Walter

This is the page from ARBCA AC Report Part I where it states, “In late January or early February [2016], Mr. Marley informed Jason Walter, a member of the Membership Committee, of the new allegation against Mr. Chantry.”

The bulletin from 5/1/2016 (emailed to the congregation on 4/30/2016) announcing that Thomas Chantry would be the guest preacher on 5/29/2016 to show that Tom Chantry was scheduled at least 1 month ahead of time.

Video of James Renihan Regarding Faculty Members

I added video and quotes to the following sections on the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page.  Additions are in red.

#1 IRBS’s Home Page

IRBS’s Home Page (here https://irbsseminary.org/) now states that IRBS is independent. 

“Independent

On October 1, 2019, the Trustees of IRBS Theological Seminary unanimously approved amended by-laws affirming the independence of the Seminary.”

Why didn’t IRBS Seminary make a statement regarding their reasons for having left ARBCA?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church…a church whose elder, Pastor Larry Vincent, was involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church that is so much a part of ARBCA that they hosted ARBCA’s 2020 General Assembly? Here: https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103164924/https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom More information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080

Why did one of IRBS Seminary’s Adjunct Faculty (Jason Montgomery, Adjunct Professor of Church History) speaking at ARBCA’s 2020 GA (Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080) and was a member of the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC? [Spring 2019 ARBCA Update]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association that contains contains churches whose elders (Pastor Bob Curley, Pastor David Dykstra, and Pastor Larry Vincent) were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry and contains churches whose elders were members of ARBCA’s 2019/2020 AC (Pastor Matt Vincent – Vice Chairman, Pastor Jason Montgomery, Pastor David Shiflet, and Pastor Bob Curley)? [FBC Resignation page 4, paragraph 3 for Bob Curley; Spring 2019 ARBCA Update for the rest]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association in which 7 of their 10 churches belong to ARBCA? Here: https://taarbc.org/ or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200630173507/https://taarbc.org/ (the page must be viewed on the provided links so you can scroll through the member churches)

Will IRBS Seminary students be interning at any of the TAARBC churches in ARBCA, and/or pastored by men who were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry, and/or pastored by men on the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC?

Men at IRBS Seminary that are still in ARBCA churches (https://www.arbca.com/churches):

James Renihan (President) possibly attends or is a member of Heritage Baptist Church in Mansfield, TX, but there is no bio for him on the IRBS Seminary Website. Why does is there no bio for him?

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry:

  • Jeff Massey (Coordinator of the Doctoral Study Center): On the Membership Committee and AC in 2015/2016, on the Ad Hoc Committee that wrote the ARBCA Reports in 2018, and was the 2019 AC Chairman until his church left ARBCA.

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry but we can’t tell if they are still part of IRBS:

  • Steve Martin (took the Oath of Office as Core Faculty on 9/11/2018 and spoke as Dean of Students of IRBS Seminary on 12/15/2019 but not listed on IRBS’s website)
  • Don Lindblad (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018)
  • Jason Walter (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018, listed as the Secretary of the AC in the Spring 2019 ARBCA Update)
  • Fred Pugh (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018

Why does IRBS Seminary not list their Dean of Students, Board of Trustees, or Board of Regents anywhere on their website?  Why is the public not being allowed to see if the above men remain part of IRBS Seminary?

On 7/6/2018 James Renihan spoke on behalf of IRBS Seminary at Stanmore Baptist Church in Australia.

“Every one of our faculty members must be a man of practical godliness with pursuing holiness.  Not just sliding along and not just an academic, but he needs to be a man who in a church is demonstrating to others holiness of life.  So that every, every week when a student sits in a classroom, he’s able to look up to that man and esteem him.  Not just because he knows a lot about the, the Major Prophets, but because his life backs up and supports what he says.  Pray for us.  Pray for our leadership.  Pray that we will be holy men who walk in the way.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 40:28):

Do all the men of IRBS Seminary meet these requirements…Faculty (including Dean of Students), Administration, Trustees, Regents, Staff, etc.?  How can we know if they aren’t all listed on IRBS Seminary’s website?  What is the reason for no longer listing all of them?

Is IRBS no longer under the authority of any association?

How were they able to break the IRBS Project Charter that was signed by Earl M. Blackburn, James M. Renihan, Fred Pugh, and Brandon F. Smith?

This page can be viewed here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200131212947/https://irbsseminary.org/

#4 IRBS Website: Faculty (formerly #4 IRBS Website: ACADEMICS/Course Information/Catalog)

On 1/15/2020 IRBS added this page to their website.  It can be found here: https://irbsseminary.org/faculty/ or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200128224704/https://irbsseminary.org/faculty/

Why is there no Dean of Students listed on this or any other page?

On 12/15/2019 Dean of Students Steve Martin spoke on behalf of IRBS Seminary at Reformed Baptist Church of Kansas City.  That presentation can be found here: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=121819328261327 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200113204208/https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=121819328261327

“As Dean of Students…What do I do as the Dean of Students?  I don’t teach so much as I shepherd the souls of the students who are enrolled.”

Here is the audio clip of this quote:

“My wife and I purposely bought a house that’s too big so we can host people.  We have three spare bedrooms and two spare baths.  And, we’ve had pastors, elders, deacons, parents of students, students and their wives come stay with us as they’re checking out the school, or taking classes, or whatever.  And, uh, if you can get your body down to Mansfield, then we’ll put you up for free, and then you can take the class.

Here is the audio clip of this quote:

Here is the full audio file (quote 1 begins at about 26:34; quote 2 begins at about 35:25):

On 09/11/2018 at the IRBS Theological Seminary Convocation and Inauguration, Steve Martin took his Oath to Office and was welcomed as a member of the Core Faculty of IRBS Theological Seminary.  The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUBypieC34

“I would now ask the Core Faculty of the Seminary to please come forward. [Steve Martin, Richard Barcellos, Fred Malone, and Stefan Lindblad went forward to take their Oath to Office.]…Then gentlemen, on behalf of the IRBS Trustees of IRBS Theological Seminary, we welcome you as the Core Faculty of this Seminary.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 10:00):

On 7/6/2018 James Renihan spoke on behalf of IRBS Seminary at Stanmore Baptist Church in Australia.

“But we have, we’ve been able to bring together a really excellent Faculty.  We have what’s called a Core Faculty.  It’s made up of Dr. Richard Barcellos, Dr. Fred Malone, um, Stefan Lindblad who is almost done with his Ph.D., um, Steve Martin who is our Dean of Students, and myself.  We’ll be the Core Faculty.

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 36:13):

Is Steve Martin still the Dean of Students?  If so, why is he not listed as such or with the Core Faculty on IRBS Seminary’s Website?

Here is a link to Steve Martin’s page showing how he was involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry: https://ephesians511.home.blog/steve-martin/

Here is a comparison of previous and current faculty followed by the page from IRBS Seminary’s former catalog that listed their Core Faculty, Visiting Professors, Adjunct Professors, and Staff.  Note: In the former catalog, Steve Martin is listed as the Dean of Students under both Core Faculty and Staff.  The full catalog can be downloaded here: https://ephesians511.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/irbs-catlaog.pdf or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20181014215511/http://irbsseminary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/irbs-catlaog.pdf

Professors in the former catalog but not on the current Faculty page:

  • Dr. Terry Clarke
  • Dr. Crawford Gribben
  • Dr. S.M Baugh
  • Dr. J.V. Fesko
  • Dr. David VanDrunen
  • Dr. Tom Ascol
  • Dr. Tom Hicks
  • Dr. Ishwaren Mudliar
  • Dr. Raymond Perron
  • Dr. Ken Puls

Note: Dr. Ishwaran Mudliar no longer teaches for the IRBS Seminary. He did not have any history with the leaders until the time prior to the opening of the seminary and in its first year. His last semester was in spring of 2019, and he has had no contact with anyone there since then. [verified comment on IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page]

Professors not in the former catalog but on the current Faculty page:

  • Stefan Lindblad
  • Dr. Samuel Waldron
  • Dr. Samuel Renihan
  • Dr. Jeffrey T. Riddle
  • Dr. Joshua Wilson
  • Timothy Decker (Lecturer)

Additional Connections Between IRBS Seminary and ARBCA

I edited the following section of the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page to give more info about the ARBCA 2020 GA and show additional connections between IRBS, ARBCA, and men involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry.  Additions are in red.

#1 IRBS’s Home Page

IRBS’s Home Page (here https://irbsseminary.org/) now states that IRBS is independent. 

“Independent

On October 1, 2019, the Trustees of IRBS Theological Seminary unanimously approved amended by-laws affirming the independence of the Seminary.”

Why didn’t IRBS Seminary make a statement regarding their reasons for having left ARBCA?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church…a church whose elder, Pastor Larry Vincent, was involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry? https://ephesians511.home.blog/larry-vincent/

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church that is so much a part of ARBCA that they hosted ARBCA’s 2020 General Assembly? Here: https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103164924/https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom More information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080

Why did one of IRBS Seminary’s Adjunct Faculty (Jason Montgomery, Adjunct Professor of Church History) speak at ARBCA’s 2020 GA (Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080 or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20201103163315/https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-arbca-general-assembly-tickets-111550009080) and was a member of the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC? [Spring 2019 ARBCA Update]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association that contains churches whose elders (Pastor Bob Curley, Pastor David Dykstra, and Pastor Larry Vincent) were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry and contains churches whose elders were members of ARBCA’s 2019/2020 AC (Pastor Matt Vincent – Vice Chairman, Pastor Jason Montgomery, Pastor David Shiflet, and Pastor Bob Curley)? [FBC Resignation page 4, paragraph 3 for Bob Curley; Spring 2019 ARBCA Update for the rest]

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association in which 7 of their 10 churches belong to ARBCA? Here: https://taarbc.org/ or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200203215159/https://taarbc.org/ (the page must be viewed on the provided links so you can scroll through the member churches)

“Practical Preparation

Theology must be put to practice in the church. For this reason IRBSTS stresses internship with local churches to provide guided growth and experience in pastoral duties.”

Will IRBS Seminary students be interning at any of the TAARBC churches in ARBCA, and/or pastored by men who were involved with ARBCA & Tom Chantry, and/or pastored by men on the 2019/2020 ARBCA AC?

Men at IRBS Seminary that are still in ARBCA churches (https://www.arbca.com/churches):

James Renihan (President) possibly attends or is a member of Heritage Baptist Church in Mansfield, TX, but there is no bio for him on the IRBS Seminary Website.  Why is there no bio for him?

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry:

  • Jeff Massey (Coordinator of the Doctoral Study Center): On the Membership Committee and AC in 2015/2016, on the Ad Hoc Committee that wrote the ARBCA Reports in 2018, and was the 2019 AC Chairman until his church left ARBCA.

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry but we can’t tell if they are still part of IRBS:

  • Steve Martin (took the Oath of Office as Core Faculty on 9/11/2018 and spoke as Dean of Students of IRBS Seminary on 12/15/2019 but not listed on IRBS’s website)
  • Don Lindblad (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018)
  • Jason Walter (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018, listed as the Secretary of the AC in the Spring 2019 ARBCA Update)
  • Fred Pugh (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018)

Why does IRBS Seminary not list their Dean of Students, Board of Trustees, or Board of Regents anywhere on their website?  Why is the public not being allowed to see if the above men remain part of IRBS Seminary?

Is IRBS no longer under the authority of any association?

How were they able to break the IRBS Project Charter that was signed by Earl M. Blackburn, James M. Renihan, Fred Pugh, and Brandon F. Smith?

This page can be viewed here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200131212947/https://irbsseminary.org/

Update to Better Show Connections Between IRBS, ARBCA, and Men Involved with IRBS and Tom Chantry

I edited the following section of the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page to better show the connections between IRBS, ARBCA, and men involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry.  Additions are in red.

#1 IRBS’s Home Page

IRBS’s Home Page (here https://irbsseminary.org/) now states that IRBS is independent. 

“Independent

On October 1, 2019, the Trustees of IRBS Theological Seminary unanimously approved amended by-laws affirming the independence of the Seminary.”

Why didn’t IRBS Seminary make a statement regarding their reasons for having left ARBCA?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church…a church whose elder, Pastor Larry Vincent, was involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry?

Why did IRBS Seminary leave ARBCA yet remain at an ARBCA church that is so much a part of ARBCA that they hosted ARBCA’s 2020 General Assembly? Here: https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom or https://web.archive.org/web/20201103164924/https://www.arbca.com/arbca2020gaeventbritecom

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association that contains churches whose elders (Pastor Bob Curley, Pastor David Dykstra, and Pastor Larry Vincent) were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry?

Why does IRBS Seminary offer discounted tuition for TAARBC…a local association in which 7 of their 10 churches belong to ARBCA? Here: https://taarbc.org/ or here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200630173507/https://taarbc.org/ (the page must be viewed on the provided links so you can scroll through the member churches)

 

“Practical Preparation

Will IRBS Seminary students be interning at any of the TAARBC churches in ARBCA and/or pastored by men who were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry?

Men at IRBS Seminary that are still in ARBCA churches (https://www.arbca.com/churches):

James Renihan (President) possibly attends or is a member of Heritage Baptist Church in Mansfield, TX, but there is no bio for him on the IRBS Seminary Website.  Why is there no bio for him?

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry:

  • Jeff Massey (Coordinator of the Doctoral Study Center): On the Membership Committee and AC in 2015/2016, on the Ad Hoc Committee that wrote the ARBCA Reports in 2018, and was the 2019 AC Chairman until his church left ARBCA.

Men at IRBS Seminary that were involved with ARBCA and Tom Chantry but we can’t tell if they are still part of IRBS:

  • Steve Martin (took the Oath of Office as Core Faculty on 9/11/2018 and spoke as Dean of Students of IRBS Seminary on 12/15/2019 but not listed on IRBS’s website)
  • Don Lindblad (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018)
  • Jason Walter (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018)
  • Fred Pugh (listed as a Trustee until the Trustee page disappeared in Summer 2018

Why does IRBS Seminary not list their Dean of Students, Board of Trustees, or Board of Regents anywhere on their website?  Why is the public not being allowed to see if the above men remain part of IRBS Seminary?

Is IRBS no longer under the authority of any association?

How were they able to break the IRBS Project Charter that was signed by Earl M. Blackburn, James M. Renihan, Fred Pugh, and Brandon F. Smith?

This page can be viewed here: https://web.archive.org/web/20200131212947/https://irbsseminary.org/

Video of James Renihan Introducing Don Lindblad as Longtime IRBS Trustee

I added the following quote and video to the following section of the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page and to Don Lindblad’s Page (Section #14).

#2 IRBS Website: ABOUT/Board of Trustees

In December 2017 at the IRBS Update, James Renihan introduced Don Lindblad as a longtime IRBS Trustee.  The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Z3adc1D98&t=1487s

“Pastor Don Lindblad from Trinity Reformed Baptist Church in Kirkland, Washington who is one of the original Trustees of IRBS all the way when we began back in 1998 and has been with us a long time.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 11:12):

Video of Steve Martin Taking Oath of Office as Core Faculty of IRBS Seminary

I added the following quote and video to the following section of the IRBS Seminary, ARBCA, and Tom Chantry Page and to Steve Martin’s Page (Section #7).

#4 IRBS Website: Faculty

On 09/11/2018 at the IRBS Theological Seminary Convocation and Inauguration, Steve Martin took his Oath to Office and was welcomed as a member of the Core Faculty of IRBS Theological Seminary.  The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUBypieC34

“I would now ask the Core Faculty of the Seminary to please come forward. [Steve Martin, Richard Barcellos, Fred Malone, and Stefan Lindblad went forward to take their Oath to Office.]…Then gentlemen, on behalf of the IRBS Trustees of IRBS Theological Seminary, we welcome you as the Core Faculty of this Seminary.”

Here is the video clip of the quote:

Here is the full video file (quote begins at about 10:00):

Is Steve Martin still the Dean of Students?  If so, why is he not listed as such or with the Core Faculty on IRBS Seminary’s Website?