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==Education==

As a junior in high school, Beeke relinquished his ambitions of obtaining a basketball scholarship, determining instead to devote himself to preparing for the Christian ministry.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 31:22–34:46.</ref> After briefly serving in the [[United States Army Reserve]], Beeke studied religion and history at [[Western Michigan University]] from 1971 to 1973 and later transferred to [[Thomas Edison State University|Thomas Edison State College]], where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree with a specialization in religious studies.<ref name="auto4">Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 11.</ref>

As a junior in high school, Beeke relinquished his ambitions of obtaining a basketball scholarship, determining instead to devote himself to preparing for the Christian ministry.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 31:22–34:46.</ref> After briefly serving in the [[wikipedia:United States Army Reserve|United States Army Reserve]], Beeke studied religion and history at [[wikipedia:Western Michigan University|Western Michigan University]] from 1971 to 1973 and later transferred to [[wikipedia:Thomas Edison State University|Thomas Edison State College]], where he graduated with a [[wikipedia:Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor of Arts]] degree with a specialization in religious studies.<ref name="auto4">Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 11.</ref>

In 1974, Beeke was accepted as a theological student to the [[Netherlands Reformed Theological School]] under the tutelage of [[J. C. Weststrate]], a minister from the Netherlands.<ref>“Church News: The Inaugural Sermon of Rev. Joel Beeke,” ''Banner of Truth'' 44, no. 5 (May 1978): 7; “Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 37:59–38:10.</ref> At the age of twenty-one, Beeke was unusually young to be accepted as a ministerial student in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregations]], as the youngest pastor in the denomination at the time was over twice his age.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 38:16–27.</ref> For the academic studies he moved with his first wife to Canada, supported by the Netherlands Reformed Congregations Student Support Fund.<ref name="auto1"> The Banner of Truth (US), 10/1/1974, p. 2.</ref>

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 ==Education==
-As a junior in high school, Beeke relinquished his ambitions of obtaining a basketball scholarship, determining instead to devote himself to preparing for the Christian ministry.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 31:22–34:46.</ref> After briefly serving in the [[United States Army Reserve]], Beeke studied religion and history at [[Western Michigan University]] from 1971 to 1973 and later transferred to [[Thomas Edison State University|Thomas Edison State College]], where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree with a specialization in religious studies.<ref name="auto4">Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 11.</ref>
+As a junior in high school, Beeke relinquished his ambitions of obtaining a basketball scholarship, determining instead to devote himself to preparing for the Christian ministry.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 31:22–34:46.</ref> After briefly serving in the [[wikipedia:United States Army Reserve|United States Army Reserve]], Beeke studied religion and history at [[wikipedia:Western Michigan University|Western Michigan University]] from 1971 to 1973 and later transferred to [[wikipedia:Thomas Edison State University|Thomas Edison State College]], where he graduated with a [[wikipedia:Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor of Arts]] degree with a specialization in religious studies.<ref name="auto4">Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 11.</ref>
 In 1974, Beeke was accepted as a theological student to the [[Netherlands Reformed Theological School]] under the tutelage of [[J. C. Weststrate]], a minister from the Netherlands.<ref>“Church News: The Inaugural Sermon of Rev. Joel Beeke,” ''Banner of Truth'' 44, no. 5 (May 1978): 7; “Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 37:59–38:10.</ref> At the age of twenty-one, Beeke was unusually young to be accepted as a ministerial student in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregations]], as the youngest pastor in the denomination at the time was over twice his age.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 38:16–27.</ref> For the academic studies he moved with his first wife to Canada, supported by the Netherlands Reformed Congregations Student Support Fund.<ref name="auto1"> The Banner of Truth (US), 10/1/1974, p. 2.</ref>