Christopher R. Schlect, Ph.D. (Candidate) Fellow of History

Ph.D. Candidate in History, Washington State University, 2008- M.A. in History, University of Idaho, 2005 B.A. in History, Washington State University, 1990

Christopher R. Schlect is a Fellow of History at New Saint Andrews College. He is a teaching elder at Trinity Reformed Church. He holds a B.A. in History from Washington State University and holds an M.A. in History from the University of Idaho. He is presently pursuing his doctoral degree in history at nearby Washington State University while teaching half-time at New Saint Andrews. Mr. Schlect's interests in history, particularly church history, are wide-ranging, but his most recent research has been in the role of J.Gresham Machen in the Presbyterian schism of the early 20 century and its impact in the Pacific Northwest. He has also written the Critique of Modern Youth Ministry and The Christian Worldview and Apologetics. He is a contributing editor of Credenda/Agenda and has written for Table Talk and Classis. He also contributed to Repairing the Ruins: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Modern Education. Mr. Schlect taught at Logos School for more than 10 years prior to coming to New Saint Andrews College. Mr. Schlect and his wife, Brenda, have five children.

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Selected Lectures and Titles

"J. Gresham Machen, Roy T. Brumbaugh, and the Presbyterian Schism of 1934-1936" (2005)

"The Folly of Professionalism," 2003 Commencement Address

"Scriptural Worldview Thinking" and "The Why and How of History," in Repairing the Ruins Canon Press


Critique of Modern Youth Ministry Canon Press


Christian Worldview and Apologetics
Logos School Curriculum Materials (ISBN 1-930443-15-3)