RickReinckens

Education (non-religious)

Bachelor of Arts in Languages, 1972, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.
City University of New York Graduate Center, 1972-1973, 20 s.h. in doctoral programs in Linguistics and Germanic Languages
Cleveland Institute of Electronics Certificate in Electronics (home-study)
Juris Doctor, 1981, St. John's University School of Law
Houston Community College, 1984-1985, 24 s.h. in accounting and tax

General WP stuff

I mainly do "wikignome" stuff--checking random articles for format, adding links, etc. For awhile I did some editing in the Messianic Judaism article but I found the regular clique of editors (almost all of whom are not Messianic) so biased that I stopped.

You need to come back. I'm all alone there.--DeknMike (talk) 17:42, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Religion

-- Religious Attendance

I was raised Roman Catholic and converted to Protestantism in 1996.
I am now a Messianic gentile who has attended Baruch HaShem Messianic Synagogue (BHS) in Dallas, Texas since December 1999.
I am a member of Christian Chapel CME Temple of Faith, where I run the Internet Outreach Ministry and teach in the children's program.
I have attended the Reform Jewish Temple Emanu-El in Dallas since early 2003.
For about a year I also attended Zola Levitt's Shalom Shalom Messianic Congregation.

(Yes, that does mean I have been attending three different congregations on a weekly basis for several years.)

-- Religious Training

I have completed six Messianic Yeshiva courses given by leaders in the Messianic Movement, a three-day orientation on Messianic Judaism given by BHS, and have extensively read Messianic authors such as Dan Juster, John C. Fisher, Michael L. Brown and David Stern. I have also studied Hebrew and traditional (non-Messianic) Judaism. Including college-lecture-type teaching at BHS I have about 450 hours of training in Messianic Judaism, Messianic theology, etc.

I hold a Certificate in Theology from the Dallas Extension Division of Interdenominational Theological Center (Protestant) in Atlanta, Georgia. I have also attended several non-denominational Christian workshops on children's ministry. I have written extensively on theology and apologetics.

-- Religious Study

As an apologist, I have studied the theology of numerous denominations and religions, including:

Orthodox Judaism
Reform Judaism
Messianic Judaism
Roman Catholicism
Russellism (Jehovah's Witnesses)
Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Islam
Evangelical Protestantism
Mainstream Protestantism
New Age

-- Religious Websites

I am the webmaster of numerous Protestant and Messianic websites that mainly deal with theology and apologetics with an emphasis on evangelism, including:

Other General Stuff

-- Secular Websites

I am the webmaster of the following secular websites:

Rick's Search Assistant Pages I have found over the years useful for locating people, etc.
Texas Links Links to information sites about Texas and many government agencies.
TIPS - To Improve Pool Safety Children's water saftey information