Joel Beeke: Difference between revisions

Joel Robert Beeke was the fourth of five children and the third son born to John Beeke (1920–1993) and Johanna (née Van Strien) Beeke (1920–2012) on December 9, 1952, in [[wikipedia:Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo, Michigan]].<ref>“Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108; Paul M. Smalley, “Introduction: The Puritan Piety of Joel Beeke,” in ''Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke'', ed. Michael A. G. Haykin and Paul M. Smalley (Fearn, UK: Christian Focus, 2018), 10.</ref> Beeke’s father, John Beeke, was born in [[wikipedia:Krabbendijke|Krabbendijke]], the [[wikipedia:Netherlands|Netherlands]], and emigrated to the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]] with his family when he was seven years old.<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10.</ref> John and Johanna Beeke were devout [[Christians]] and raised their children in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregations]].<ref>Smalley, ''Puritan Piety'', 10; “Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke,” SermonAudio, May 5, 2013, <nowiki>https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=55132115396</nowiki>. 7:00–59.</ref> John Beeke worked as a [[wikipedia:Carpentry|carpenter]] and served as a [[wikipedia:Presbyterian polity|ruling elder]] in the [[Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Kalamazoo]] for forty years.<ref>“Testimony of Dr. Joel Beeke.” 28:02–28:04; 34:59–35:01; “Church News: John Beeke [Obituary],” ''Banner of Truth'' 59, no. 4 (April 1993): 108.</ref>