| A NEW YEAR: A NEW POSITION CHANCELLOR DUNCAN SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS CONGREGATION OF 17 YEARS.  On Dec. 31, 2013, Dr. Ligon Duncan said on his Facebook page, "Today is my last day as senior minister of First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS. 17+ years of joy and privilege. I am deeply grateful to God and to this wonderful congregation."The chancellor has moved his extensive library to RTS/Jackson and his assistant Jan Hyde will also be going with him to assist him at the seminary. His next speaking engagement is at the 28th annual Jacksonville Pastor's Conference at First Baptist Church of Jacksonville in Florida on Jan. 23. | January 15, 2014 | Issue #149 DATES TO REMEMBER Jan. 16-18 - Founders Conference at RTS Jackson Jan. 27-31 - Global Church Advancement Winter Conference - at Canterbury Retreat Center, Oviedo, Fla. Jan. 28-30 - OnePassion Preaching Conference at RTS/Orlando Feb 4 - RTS Course in Macon, GA begins; Faculty Forum with Don Fortson at RTS/Charlotte Feb. 26 - President's Forum with John Frame and Don Sweeting at RTS/Orlando at noon. Feb. 11 - The Harold O.J. Brown Lecture Series with Mark Dever at RTS/Charlotte at 11a. and 1p. March 5-6 - Spiritual Life Conference with Brian Habig at RTS/Jackson March 7 - Al Mohler to deliver the annual Spurgeon Lecture at RTS/Orlando |
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LOOKING AHEAD Dr. Don Sweeting, president of RTS/Orlando looks ahead at faith trends, global trends, national trends, and important upcoming anniversaries and dates. Click here to
read his blog entry, "The Year Ahead: 2014."WATCH A NEW ADMISSIONS VIDEO FOR RTS/ATLANTA Click here to learn more about RTS/Atlanta and the professors, students and the city. HAROLD O J BROWN LECTURE SERIES  Dr. Mark Dever, senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. will speak at the Harold O. J. Brown lecture series at RTS/Charlotte on Feb. 11 at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The title of the lectures is "Being and Doing: Christian
Discipleship." The cost is $20 and lunch is included. Read more here. DR. LIGON DUNCAN, A PLENARY SPEAKER AT T4G Together for the Gospel is scheduled April 8-10, in Louisville, Ky. The theme this year is "Unashamed: Considering the Task of Evangelism." Make plans to attend by registering here. Dr. Ligon Duncan is a plenary speaker and a breakout speaker for this event. Other plenary speakers are listed here. RTS/Orlando, Washington DC and Charlotte will be at the booth. RC SPROUL OFFERS FREE KINDLE BOOK Add RC Sproul's commentary on the Gospel of John to your Kindle collection. It's free for the taking. Click here. WATCH STEVE LAWSON TALK ABOUT UPCOMING CONFERENCE AT RTS/ORLANDO  "All great preaching has teaching at its epicenter," says Dr. Steve Lawson, who will bring his "Preaching with Passion and Power" conference to RTS/Orlando Jan. 28-30. Dr. Ligon Duncan will teach one of the sessions and you will also hear from
RC Sproul and John McArthur. Course credit is available to students. Register and read about the speakers, schedule and lodging here.AND THE WINNER IS... 
Dr.
Ligon Duncan stands with the winner of the iPad mini, Nate Ruble, at the Cross Conference held in Louisville, Ky., in late December. Congratulations to Nate! Ligon was part of a faculty panel held at the conference along with Dr. Derek Thomas, Dr.
Leslie Holmes and Dr. Elias Medeiros.LINGER CONFERENCE Join RTS at the Linger Conference Feb 14-15 in Dallas, Texas. Cllick here to register. AL MOHLER TO SPEAK AT RTS ORLANDO At RTS/Orlando, Tom Ascol kicked off the year at The Nicole Institute of Baptist Studies (NIBS) teaching Baptist Theology and History Jan. 6-10. Sam Waldron will teach Baptist Polity Jan. 14-16. Michael Haykin will teach Baptist History Feb. 21-22. and Al Mohler will deliver the annual Spurgeon Lecture on Monday, March 7, 2014 in the Pamplin Chapel. TOP POSTS ON RAAN The Reformed African American Network (RAAN) posted their top posts of last year. Dr. Ligon Duncan's article on reformed rappers came in at number two. See the rest here. RTS ADJUNCT PROFESSOR HAS TOP 10 SERMON Dr. Chuck DeGroat, RTS adjunct professor and associate professor of counseling and pastoral care at Western Theological Seminary, had one of his sermons, "Finding God in the Dark," selected as one of the top 10 sermons of 2013 by Preaching Today. See the complete list here. NEW IBOOK ON RTS ON ITUNES U  The RTS Distance Education Department is pleased to announce the newest iBook, "History of Christianity I" with Dr. S. Donald Fortson. Designed as an enhanced version of the course notebook, this iBook is intended to be used as a guide for the course audio lectures available for free on iTunes U. This interactive book explores the origins of Christianity from the disciples up to the Reformation and contains lesson outlines, reading assignments, quizzes, review questions, and more. Striking imagery and interactive elements bring this book to life and will help you engage and understand this period of church history like never before! You can download a sample or purchase the full version at the Apple iBooks Store right here.TOUR ISRAEL WITH PROFESSOR CURRID Join Dr. John Currid on a 12-day trip to Israel in October. For more information, click here. Dr. Currid is the Carl W. McMurray professor of Old Testament at RTS/Charlotte. PASTORAL CARE IN CALVIN'S GENEVA OFFERED IN MARCH  Dr. Scott Manetsch, professor of church history and the history of Christian thought at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, will teach this course Monday, March 24 from 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at RTS/Washington D.C. This one credit course will examine the pastoral theology of the Protestant reformer John Calvin and explore ways in which he attempted to translate this vision into actual pastoral practice in 16th-century Geneva. Contact Jennifer McGahey to register. WHAT'S YOUR WORLDVIEW NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE .jpg) Dr. James Anderson's new book is available on Kindle and the paperback version will roll out on Jan. 31. Remember to use smile.amazon.com and select RTS as your charity. Learn more about the book here. Dr. Anderson is the associate professor of theology and philosophy at RTS/Charlotte. | Uriesou Brito (M.Div. '08) Uri is the senior pastor of Providence Church in Pensacola, Fla. He has just published a new book titled The Trinitarian Father. He
and his wife Melinda have three children: Abigail, Ezekiel and Ephraim.Jason Hood (MABS '04) Jason was recently interviewed about his book that came out last year titled Imitating God in Christ: Recapturing a Biblical Pattern. Uri Brito (M.Div. '08) interviewed him on his podcast here while Jason called in from Tanzania where he serves as pastor of St. Margaret's Anglican Church. Hansoo Jin (M.Div. '12) Hansoo was ordained in the PCA and is now the assistant pastor and youth director for Calvary Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Md. Rod Miles (M.Div. '04) Rod is the founding pastor of Grace Church of Marin in San Anselmo, Calif. He shares pictures from his trip to Israel while on a three-month sabbatical. See the pictures here. He also enjoyed playing 50+ games of baseball this spring/summer on teams he coached. His boys played and did very well. Micah Ngussa (MATS '09) Micah and his wife Happiness are serving at the Tanzania Children's Rescue Center (TCRC). Friends have given support to construct phase one and also the roofing of a Secondary School. Micah preached in a suburb of Shinyanga for a Christmas Conference. They ask for prayer for a video recording of a famous choir in Dar Es Salaam that will also include the TCRC Outreach team. The title will be "Stop Abusing Your Children." They want to send the message to the community through preaching and singing, to stop actions which lead to producing more street children. Mike Pettengill (RTS Global student) Mike is serving with his family in Honduras and reports the high school in Armenia Bonito is finished and can receive students in February. In December they hosted a Christmas party and distributed gifts and food. Watch a short video here. On Dec. 9 they put on a mobile medical clinic in Las Delicias and served 125 people. Also in December they began constructing buildings for two Presbyterian church plants. Greg Salazar (M.Div. '12) Greg is working on his Ph.D. in Church History at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. He will be studying Daniel Featley, the only Anglican to attend the Westminster Assembly. He hopes that this study will inform the crucial issues that we face in the church today. Wesley H. Simmons (MABS '06, MAC '06, D.Min candidate) Wes will transition this summer from Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) at Carson-Newman University in East Tennessee (his alma mater) to RUF at Auburn University. Nicholas Smiley (M.Div. '12) Faith Bible Church in Sanford, NC, has called Nicholas as their pastor and he was installed on Sunday, Jan. 5. Peter Smith (D.Min. '10) Peter is executive director of Wilkinsburg Christian Housing in Pennsylvania. WCH is an affordable housing initiative of Covenant Fellowship Reformed Presbyterian Church. One of their projects is located on Princeton Blvd. The roof is now completed and now the renovations can begin. Pray for the right person to do the important wiring job next. See some of their before and after projects here. J (M.Div. '09) (name withheld) J is serving in South Asia with his family. They ask for prayer for a church plant and the team. They ask for prayer also for someone to join their team to lead the business effort. Douglas Warren (M.Div. '97)  Doug, is the founding pastor of Christ the Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Portland, Maine. He is now serving as assistant pastor of Bay Presbyterian Church in Bonita Springs, Fla., and plans to plant a church in Estero, Fla., called Gulf Coast Presbyterian Church. Read more here about the church. |
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RTS E-Newsletter iss. #149 January 15, 2014
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