Dr. James M. Renihan serves as the President of the IRBS Seminary was previously an Elder/Pastor of Christ Reformed Baptist Church (Vista, California).

Biography:
After a ministry of church planting in central Massachusetts, Dr. James Renihan and his family moved to Escondido, CA in 1998 to begin serving as Dean of the newly formed Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies. He led that work for 20 years, and when it became IRBS Theological Seminary in 2018 was appointed the first president. He has served as a pastor of churches in Massachusetts, New York and California. He is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (PhD), Seminary of the East (MDiv), Trinity Ministerial Academy, and Liberty Baptist College (BS). His academic work has focused on the Second London Baptist Confession and the broader Puritan theological context from which it arose.

Notable Publications:
-For the Vindication of the Truth: Baptist Symbolics Volume 1
-To the Judicious & Impartial Reader: Baptist Symbolics Volume 2
-Faith and Life for Baptists: The Documents of the London Particular Baptist Assemblies (1689-1694)