in relation to First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS; Belhaven College (now University); and Reformed Theological Seminary (as well as the OPC and ARP, and RUF) The Presbyterian Church in America turns 50 years old today. We are very young and relatively small in the family of theologically conservative Protestant denominations, but, by God’s grace, the PCA has had an outsized influence in the larger evangelical world from its beginning. Indeed, today the PCA is the largest Bible-believing confessional Reformed denomination in the US and…
Current Facts About RTS (as of the 2023–2024 Academic Year) RTS has eight campuses in the U.S.A. (in order of their establishment: Jackson, MS, Orlando, FL, Charlotte, NC, Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA, Houston, TX, New York City, and Dallas, TX), in addition to our Global (online distance education) program, as well as a joint DMin program with the Andrew Jumper Center of Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo, Brazil. RTS also partners with the Yayasan Pendidikan Pelita Harapan (YPPH) in the Center for Reformed Theology at…
At the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) in Denver, I was invited by Dr. David Dockery (currently the interim president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) to speak on a panel about the future of Christian Higher Education and Theological Education. Dr. Dockery is one of the most widely and highly respected people in Christian Education today, and I am glad to count him as a friend. He assembled a panel including Greg Baylor of the Alliance Defending Freedom (who gave a sobering but instructive analysis of…
So many of you have written or texted me asking how the seminary is doing in Jackson (because you have seen the national news), that I thought that I ought to give a brief report. Short answer: by God’s grace, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson has been able to begin the semester and continue classes on campus through the area flooding and through the City of Jackson water problems. He is the situation. The heavy flooding we have experienced in the Jackson metro area contributed to a…
My friend Jason Allen, President of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has just published a new book, Succeeding at Seminary: 12 Keys to Getting the Most out of Your Theological Education (Moody Publishers). Those of you thinking about going to…
Renowned New Testament scholar comes home to Reformed Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas Reformed Theological Seminary is delighted to announce that renowned scholar of New Testament and Biblical Interpretation, Dr. Greg Beale, is joining the…
Dear RTS family, Your Provost, Chief Officers, Senior Administrators, Presidents, Executive Directors, Deans, and I have been continuously working on our plans for the fall semester and the 2020-2021 academic year amidst the ever-changing landscape…
Visit Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS from anywhere, everywhere on RTS Jackson Virtual Preview Day: May 27, 2020 1 PM CDT. Even in the Coronavrus disruption, your friends at RTS are trying to make the most out of the situation for you.…
Many of my RTS friends and supporters may not know that my call to serve as Chancellor and Professor at RTS actually comes from my presbytery. Because of this, I am required to give an annual report on my ministry (which I joyfully do!), in order to…