Rev. Daniel R. Hyde
B.A., Vanguard University, 1997
M.Div., Westminster Seminary California, 2000
Th.M. (cand.), Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

Life
Rev. Hyde is a son of Southern California. He was born in Long Beach, California, and grew up in northern Orange County and Redondo Beach boogie boarding and playing basketball. He now lives in Oceanside with his wife and college sweetheart, Karajean, to whom he was married in 1998, and their sons, Cyprian, Caiden, and Daxton.

Education
After being brought to faith in Jesus Christ at the age of 17 1/2, Rev. Hyde attended Southern California College (now Vanguard University) in Costa Mesa, CA on a basketball scholarship, where he was influenced to pursue further study of the Christian Faith by Rev. Ronald Wright. He then attended Westminster Seminary California in Escondido, CA and studied under Drs. W. Robert Godfrey, Meredith Kline, Edmund Clowney, Robert Strimple, and Michael Horton. Currently he is a Master of Theology (Th.M.) candidate at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary where his advisor is Dr. Joel Beeke and his proposed thesis is "The Liturgical Theology of John Owen."

Calling
Rev. Hyde was ordained on July 23, 2000 at the Escondido United Reformed Church with the calling to be their church planter of a new Reformed church in the coastal North County of San Diego. In October 2002 the Oceanside United Reformed Church ceased as a church plant and became an organized congregation, which then called him to be their pastor in November 2002.

Outside the Chapel

Service to the Churches

In addition to his calling, Rev. Hyde has also served as a member of the URCNA's Committee for Ecumenical Relations and Church Unity (CERCU) from January 2005–June 2007 and was Stated Clerk of Classis Southwest U.S. of the URCNA from April 2004—February 2007. He currently is a member of the URCNA's "Study Committee on Doctrinal Commitment and Communicant Membership."

Writings
He is the author of many articles, chapters, and books, including: Jesus Loves the Little Children: Why We Baptize Children, The Good Confession: An Exploration of the Christian Faith, What to Expect in Reformed Worship: A Visitors' Guide, We Confess: An Exposition of the Belgic Confession, “Rulers and Servants: The Nature of and Qualifications for the Offices of Elder and Deacon,” in Called to Serve: Essays for Elders and Deacons, ed. Michael G. Brown, “Table Manners: Whom We Welcome to the Lord’s Table,” in Called to Serve: Essays for Elders and Deacons, ed. Michael G. Brown, and In Living Color: Images of Christ and the Means of Grace.

Personal
Some of his favorite authors and books are John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, William Ames' Conscience and Marrow of Theology, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the poetry of John Donne, the literature of John Steinbeck, the writings of Hughes Oliphant Old on worship, and the writing of Michael Horton.

His lifelong interests have been following the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (or wherever they are from these days!), eating with his family and friends at Fidel's Norte and The Harbor Fish Cafe in Carlsbad and Leucadia Pizzeria in Encinitas, raising his Dachsund, Xerxes, and cultivating his fruit trees.

You can read an interview with Rev. Hyde for Westminster Seminary California's "Meet a Graduate Profile" here.