A former Mid-America Reformed Seminary vice president was charged last month with child pornography, federal court filings show.

Michael Deckinga, 41, of Dyer, was indicted Aug. 14 with one count of distribution of child pornography. It allegedly happened between November 2024 and May 2025, records indicate.

The complaint appears to still be sealed in the U.S. District Court in Hammond, Indiana.

Court filings show the U.S. Department of Homeland Security arrested him in Dyer on Aug. 13. Deckinga is currently jailed. A pretrial conference is scheduled for Oct. 17 with a trial date on Nov. 3.

His lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

In a video message posted online Aug. 25, without naming Deckinga, Mid-America Reformed Seminary President Alan Strange, a l

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