The Rev. Dr. J. V. Fesko has been the pastor of Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church since its inception in 1998. He is a graduate of Georgia State University and earned a Master of Arts in Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. From there, he received a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Dr. Fesko and his wife, Anneke, currently reside near Geneva OPC in Woodstock, Georgia. In addition to shepherding this congregation, Dr. Fesko is also a Regular Adjunct Professor in Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Atlanta.

The pastor's publications include:

1. Diversity within the Reformed Tradition: Supra- and Infralapsarianism in Calvin, Dort, and Westminster. Greenville: Reformed Academic Press, 2001.
2. "The Days of Creation and Confession Subscription in the OPC," Westminster Theological Journal 63/2 (2001): 211-33.
3. "Book Review: Reformed Is not Enough by Douglas Wilson," The New Southern Presbyterian Review 1/2 (2002): 131-36.
4. "The Legacy of Old School Confession Subscription in the OPC," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 46/4 (2003): 673-98.
5. "The Westminster Confession and Lapsarianism," in The Westminster Confession into the 21st Century: Essays in Remembrance of the 350th Anniversary of the Westminster Assembly. Volume 2. Edited by J. Ligon Duncan. Fearn: Christian Focus Publications, 2004, pp. 477-525.
6. with Guy M. Richard, "Natural Theology and the Westminster Confession," in The Westminster Confession into the 21st Century: Essays in Remembrance of the 350th Anniversary of the Westminster Assembly. Edited by J. Ligon Duncan. Fearn: Christian Focus Publications, forthcoming.
7. "N. T. Wright and the Works of the Law," Faith and Mission 22/1 (2004): 64-83.
8. "N. T. Wright and the Sign of the Covenant," Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 23/1 (2005):  30-39.
9. "A Critical Examination of N. T. Wright's Doctrine of Justification," The Confessional Presbyterian 1 (2005): 102-115.
10. "Calvin on Justification and Recent Misinterpretations of His View," Mid-America Journal of Theology 16 (2005): 83-115.
11. N. T. Wright on Prolegomena," Themelios 31/3 (2006): 6-31.
12. Last Things First: Genesis 1-3 in the Light of Christ and Eschatology. Fearn: Mentor, 2007.
13. "Book Review: Justification and the New Perspectives on Paul by Guy Waters," Confessional Presbyterian 2 (2006): 181-84.
14. "The Westminster Standards and Confessional Lutheranism on Justification," Confessional Presbyterian 3 (2007): 15-26.
15. "N. T. Wright on Imputation," Reformed Theological Review 66/1 (2007): 2-22.
16. "Book Review: Brian Vickers, Jesus' Blood and Righteousness: Paul's Theology of Imputation," Trinity Journal 28/2 NS (2007): 314-16.
17. (contributor), Justification: A Report of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Willow Grove: The Committee for Christian Education of the OPC, 2007.
18. (contributor), "The Committee to Study the Propriety of the Reception of Illegal Aliens into the OPC," in Minutes of the Seventy-Fourth General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Willow Grove: The Office of the Stated Clerk, 2007: 334-67.
19. "A More Perfect Union? Justification and Union with Christ," Modern Reformation 16/3 (2007): 32-35, 38.
20. What Is Justification by Faith Alone? Basics of the Reformed Faith. Phillipsburg: P & R, 2008.
21. Justification: Understanding the Classic Reformed Doctrine. Phillipsburg: P & R, 2008.
22. with Bryan Estelle, David VanDrunen, eds., The Law Is Not of Faith: Essays on Grace and Works in the Mosaic Covenant. Phillipsburg: P & R, 2008.
23. "Calvin and Witsius on the Mosaic Covenant," in The Law Is Not of Faith: Essays on Grace and Works in the Mosaic Covenant. Edited by Bryan Estelle, J. V. Fesko, and David VanDrunen. Phillipsburg: P & R, 2008.
24. "The Doctrine of Scripture in Reformed Orthodoxy," in A Handbook on Reformed Orthodoxy.  Edited by Herman Selderhuis. Leiden: E. J. Brill, forthcoming.