My friend and colleague Dr. Sean Michael Lucas, Associate Professor of Church History at Reformed Theological Seminary and Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, MS, has just made a major contribution to the history of Presbyterian and Reformed denominational life in North America. His book For a Continuing Church: The Roots of the Presbyterian Church in America (P&R, 2015) is the fruit of more than a decade of careful historical research and reflection. It was my privilege to write the foreword to this book, which I include…An important work on 20th century American…
My friend and colleague Dr. Sean Michael Lucas, Associate Professor of Church History at Reformed Theological Seminary and Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, MS, has just made a major contribution to the history of Presbyterian and Reformed denominational life in North America. His book For a Continuing Church: The Roots of the Presbyterian Church in America (P&R, 2015) is the fruit of more than a decade of careful historical research and reflection. It was my privilege to write the foreword to this book, which I include…
Wednesday, June 10 at 8 a.m. in Meeting Room 7 & 8 Seminar title: God’s physicians: models of pastoral care and neglect at the Westminster assembly Dr Chad Van Dixhoorn, Associate Professor of Church History, Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington, DC and Chancellor’s Professor of Historical Theology Brief seminar description This brief lecture tries to understand what the Westminster assembly (1643-1653) was looking for in a pastor. It offers an initial attempt to understand what the assembly had in mind when it considered…
RTS will have a major presence at The Gospel Coalition National Conference in Orlando next week, Monday to Wednesday, April 13-15. If you are attending, come visit us at the RTS booth. Kevin Collins @RevKevCollins and his team would love to meet you. If you aren’t planning to attend (and the conference is already sold out), you can watch the live stream online. Here’s the link for the livestream http://live.tgc.org Here’s a quick run down of some of the events that RTS people will be participating in. MONDAY 13th April 8:00pm…
This coming Lord’s Day is the 10th anniversary of Redeemer Church PCA – Jackson, a vibrant, reformed, Gospel-centered, multi-ethnic congregation in the heart of Jackson, Mississippi (btw, follow Redeemer on Twitter at @RedeemerJackson).…
Reformed Theological Seminary will have numerous speakers at next years TGC National Conference “Coming Home.” I hope that many of you will want to and be able to come join us in Orlando, Florida, April 13-15, 2015. Click here to go to…
My heart has been deeply grieved over the whole complex of events and aftermath of the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. Particularly painful has been hearing esteemed and beloved African-American Christian friends who have been disturbed, angered and…
Yesterday was a special day at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson. We celebrated a new (and large) incoming class of students and installed our newest chaired professor during Convocation. This was the 49th Convocation of RTS in Jackson, and…
A year ago yesterday (August 18, 2013), I announced to the congregation of First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS my intention to accept the call of Reformed Theological Seminary to become the 5th chancellor of the institution (thanks for the kind…
There is good news for RTS out of Orlando today! The Reformed Theological Seminary Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Dr. R. Michael Allen to the faculty of the Orlando campus. Dr. Allen will serve as the associate professor of…