Andrew Sandlin

P. Andrew Sandlin is a Christian minister, theologian and author, who is an important member of the Christian Reconstructionism movement. Sandlin is the founder and president of the Center for Cultural Leadership; one of several pastors of Church of the King in California; theological consultant for ACT 3 Ministries; and De Yong Distinguished Visiting Professor of Culture and Theology, Edinburg Theological Seminary. He was formerly president of the National Reform Association and executive vice president of the Chalcedon Foundation. He is a minister in the Fellowship of Mere Christianity.

An Evangelical and a Calvinist, Sandlin advocates a unity of Law and Gospel, traditionally distinguished among Protestant Christians, and has been a vocal critic of many recent schools of theology and spirituality—both conservative and progressive—in Evangelical Christianity and Calvinism.

Sandlin has written and edited several books, including New Flesh, New Earth: The Life-Changing Power of the Resurrection (Oakdown, 2003), Backbone of the Bible: The Covenant in Contemporary Perspective (ed., Covenant Media, 2004), Un-Inventing the Church: Toward a Modest Ecclesiology (Center for Cultural Leadership, 2007), and A Faith That Is Never Alone: A Response to Westminster Seminary California (Kerygma, 2007). In addition, he has published numerous essays and articles, both scholarly and popular, in publications such as Free Inquiry, Christian Statesman, The New Rambler, The Modern Age, and the Reformation and Revival Journal.

Sandlin holds a B.A. in liberal studies concentrating on English, history, and political science from the University of the State of New York (1991), an M.A. in English literature from the University of South Africa (1993), and an S.T.D. in Theology and Ecclesiastical History from Edinburg Theological Seminary (2007). He also did Ph.D. studies in English at Kent State University in 1994. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Karl Barth Society of North America.