130 Essex Circle
Fayetteville, GA
(414) 534-2504
Email: gardinerphd@gmail.com
Education
Ph.D., Marquette University, 2005.
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1994.
Post-Bac Teacher Certification, Princeton University, 1994.
BA, University of Maryland, 1990.
AA, Montgomery College, 1988.
Ordinations
Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), 2001
Transfer to Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), 2007
Transfer to Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO), 2015
Ministry Experience
Pastor
Lovejoy United Methodist Church
Lovejoy, Georgia
2020-2025
Ms. Sharon Kenty, Personnel Chair
Associate Pastor
Rock Evangelical Presbyterian Church (ECO)
Columbus, Georgia
2010-2020
Rev. Sungman Park, Supervisor
Assistant Pastor
Hope Presbyterian Church (EPC)
Grayslake, IL
2007-2009
Rev. Dr. Mark Jumper, Supervisor
Pastor
Huntingdon Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
Huntingdon, PA
2001-2004
Suzanne Everhart, Church Administrator
Co-Pastor
Kettle Moraine Parish (PCUSA/UCC)
Waukesha, WI
(1996-2000)
Rev. Susan Carr, Supervisor
Publications
Gardiner, Richard, "Mason Locke Weems' George Washington: An exploration of history-making through networks," Fairfax Co. Historical Society Yearbook, January 2026.
Gardiner, Richard, "Interview with the Journal of the American Revolution," Dispatches. September 1, 2025.
Gardiner, Richard, "Unraveling the Mystery of George Washington's Earliest Teacher," Journal of the American Revolution (August 21, 2025).
Gardiner, Richard, "The Cherry Tree Dilemma and Washington’s Upbringing," presentation and publication, 2025 SAR Conference, Annapolis, MD, June 2025.
Gardiner, Richard, and James Bish, Plodding through the Presidents; "Unbusting the Cherry Tree Myth." February 2025.
Gardiner, Richard, "'So Help Me God' the Beginnings of an Inaugural Tradition," White House History Quarterly, (November 19, 2024).
Gardiner, Richard, "Annuit Coeptis," The AGC Journal, (Spring, 2024).
Gardiner, Richard, The Frankford Advice: “Place Virginia at the Head of Everything,” Journal of the American Revolution (December 2021).
Gardiner, Richard, "A Truly Radical Idea in Social Studies Education," Journal of Contemporary Research in Education, Vol. 1, No. 2 (2012).
Gardiner, Richard, and Jessica O'Keeffe, "An Assessment of the Business Model Paradigm Shift in Education," Journal of Contemporary Research in Education, Vol. 5 (2017), Iss. 1.
Gardiner, Richard, "The Emergence and Evolution of Memorial Day," Journal of America's Military Past (2018),
Gardiner, Richard, "The Forgotten History of Memorial Day," Philly Voice (May, 2018).
Gardiner, Richard, "The real meaning of Memorial Day isn't just about the military — it's about forgiveness," Upworthy (2018).
Gardiner, Richard, and Daniel Bellware, The Genesis of the Memorial Day Holiday in America (Columbus State University, 2014).
Gardiner, Richard, and Johnnie Warner, "A Missing Chapter in the Martin Luther King Saga," Muscogiana (Fall 2014).
Gardiner, Richard, The Beauty of Predestination (2014, no copyright).
Gardiner, Richard. “The Presbyterian Rebellion?” Journal of the American Revolution (Sept. 5, 2013).
Gardiner, Richard, The Presbyterian Rebellion: An Analysis of the Allegation that the American Revolution was a Presbyterian War (Ph.D. Dissertation: Marquette University, 2005) UMI publications.
Gardiner, Richard. “Teaching the New History” in Teachers in Focus Magazine (May/June 1999) 4-7.
Gardiner, Richard and Gary Amos, Never Before in History (Dallas: Haughton, 1998).
Gardiner, Richard and Donald Fuller. “Reformed Theology and Princeton and Amsterdam,” in the Covenant Seminary Review (Vol. XXI, no. 2), Fall 1995, 89-117.
Gardiner, Richard, “Why Calvinism Refuses to Die at Princeton,” Princeton Theological Review (January 1995) 5-6.
Gardiner, Richard. “Good Old Fashioned Theological Truth-seeking,” Princeton Theological Review (September 1994), 2-3.
Interests
Genealogy
Bicycling
Living History
References
5301 Sidney Simons Blvd
Columbus, GA 31904
706-992-9991
804 Leleon Ct.
Chesapeake VA 23322-8622
757-352-4903
drmarkjump@gmail.com
Larison’s Corner Presbyterian Church
253 Route 31 N, Hopewell, NJ 08525
561-703-2263
(fellow Princeton Seminary student, 1993)