Dr. Louis Berkhof

Louis Berkhof was born in the Netherlands in 1873, where his family was part of the Christian Reformed Church. In 1881, his family immigrated to Grand Rapids, in the United States. Berkhof studied at Calvin College, Calvin Seminary, and then at Princeton Seminary. From 1906 to 1944, Berkhof was professor of theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. He wrote extensively on Reformed theology. Louis Berkhof died in 1957.