| WINTER 2015 D.MIN. COURSES AT RTS | | Sign up Nov. 1 for a D.Min. course at RTS this winter. Click here to see all of the intensive courses offered which begin in January. For
contact information, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page. | | | | SCOTT REDD'S 2ND POST ON FAMILY WORSHIP | | After considering the "heart" of family worship, Dr. Scott Redd's second post considers "The Time and Manner of Family Worship" on 'The Christward Collective' site of Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He begins, "When thinking
about the right time for family worship, don't be afraid to experiment with different times and settings in order to find out what works well for your family." Continue reading the article here. Dr. Scott Redd, an alumnus of RTS (M.Div. '04) is the president of RTS/Washington DC. | | | | WORLD REFORMED FELLOWSHIP GA REGISTRATION OPEN | ![]() Register here to attend the Fourth General Assembly of the World Reformed Fellowship to be held March 23-27 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Topics will include the challenge of Islam, human trafficking, gender violence, sexual abuse in Christian
environments, parachurch agencies, the prosperity gospel, global church planting (focus on Latin America) and faithful ministry (in the context of discussions of gay rights and activities). Click here to read the digital brochure. | | | | THE INAUGURATION OF DR. LIGON DUNCAN | | Dr. J. Ligon Duncan, III, will be inaugurated as chancellor & CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary on Oct. 2 at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Miss., at 7:30 p.m. Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville,
Ky., will be the guest speaker. A reception will follow. Click here to RSVP. | | | | RTS/CHARLOTTE FALL FESTIVAL AND PICNIC | | You are invited to the fall festival and picnic (outside on RTS grounds) along with RTS students and staff Oct. 24 at 5:00 p.m. No RSVP necessary. | | | | PCA CONFERENCE FOR DISABILITIES | Mission to North America and Joni & Friends-Jackson are excited to present The Accessible Kingdom Disability Ministry Conference Nov. 7-8 at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala. Your congregation can learn how to better
minister to and alongside people touched by disability. The keynote address will be given by Emily Colson, author and speaker, (daughter of Chuck Colson) and Stephanie Hubach, author, speaker and Director of MNA Special Needs Ministries. There
are 48 workshops to inform and inspire churches to develop outreach ministries in this area. Registration is now open! Visit www.accessiblekingdom.org. | | | | REGISTER NOW FOR THE GOSPEL COALITION | The Gospel Coalition's national conference will be held in Orlando, Fla., this year. Several of the speakers at the conference include RTS administration and faculty:
Chancellor Ligon Duncan (plenary speaker) will speak on "Living in the Hope of Liberation from Bondage". Dr. Mike Kruger's workshop is titled "How Do We Know the Bible is God's Word? Recovering the Doctrine of a Self-Authenticating Scripture." Dr.
James Anderson will speak on "Worldview Apologetics, Worldview Evangelism." Dr. Scott Swain's workshop is "Your Eyes Will Behold the King in His Beauty: Exploring a Missing Element in Earthy Evangelical Eschatology"
In addition: Dr. Kruger's wife, Melissa Kruger, will speak on "Delighting in the Perfect Law that Gives Freedom."RTS/Orlando alumnus Justin Holcomb (MATS '97, MACT '97) will speak there with his wife Lindsey on "Sexual Assault, Domestic Abuse,
and the Gospel." Registration is now open. Register here. | | | | FACULTY FORUM AT RTS/CHARLOTTE | ![]() Dr. Rod Culbertson, Jr., is the speaker for the next Faculty Forum Oct. 14 at noon in the dining room at RTS/Charlotte. He will speak on "Christian Ministry: The Life of Faith and Sacrifice." RSVP to Tari at twilliamson@rts.edu.
Dr. Culbertson is the associate professor of practical theology and dean of student development at RTSC. The public is invited. | | | | WIM BEACH RETREAT IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA | | The RTS/Orlando Women in Ministry group recently attended a beach retreat. RTS MATS student Rachel Cohen is pictured (right) providing guitar music during worship. | | | | EMBERS TO A FLAME CONFERENCE IN BIRMINGHAM | ![]() Dr. Harry Reeder, senior pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church and author of From Embers to a Flame, will be presenting a conference on the biblical importance of increasing spiritual vitality in local churches. The conference will be
at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 22-25. For more information, visit emberstoaflame.org.
This course is also offered for credit as part of the RTS D.Min program in Charlotte. For more information on the D.Min. course, contact Don Fortson. | | | | SWAIN AND ALLEN TO EDIT BLOG | |
Dr. Scott Swain and Dr. Michael Allen will be editing the new Zondervan Academic blog called Koinonia. | | | | WIM BRUNCH AT RTS/JACKSON | ![]() Anne Duncan (B.A. Education, Furman; MRE, Gordon-Conwell; MA, RTS) was the speaker for the Women in Ministry brunch at RTS/Jackson in September. She spoke on the subject of dealing with change in the context of seminary and ministry. Anne is
a teacher at Jackson Preparatory School in Jackson, Miss., and is the wife of Chancellor Ligon Duncan. | | | | PRESIDENT'S FORUM WITH THE CHANCELLOR | ![]() Dr. Don Sweeting, president of RTS/Orlando will sit down with Dr. Ligon Duncan, the RTS chancellor & CEO, at the next President's Forum Oct. 9 at noon in the fellowship hall at RTS/Orlando. They will discuss "Challenges and Opportunities for
Christian Ministry and Calling in the American Church and Culture in the 21st Century." The public is welcome. RSVP to ksutter@rts.edu if you would like to reserve lunch
for a small charge. | | | | FORMER RTS PROFESSOR FARRELL PASSES AWAY | Dr. Frank E. Farrell, 88, passed away on Sept. 25, 2014. He was preceded in death by his wife Marjorie and his parents. He is survived by his daughters Arlene Ruth (Darryl) Winslow, Janet Mae Garrison and Nancy Garrison (Del) and many grandchildren.
He served at RTS as visiting professor of church history during 1996- 2002. Read here for the full obituary. The funeral
service will be held at Lynch and Sons Funeral Home in Brighton, Mich., on Oct. 6 at 11:00 a.m.
Read Rev. Mike Glodo's blog as he remembers Dr. Farrell here. If you would like to share with Dr. Farrell's daughter, the
influence he had on your life, you may write to Dr. Frank E. Farrell c/o Del and Nancy Belcher, 837 Fairway Trails Dr., Brighton, Mich., 48116. | | | | STAFF PROFILE: ANN FOSTER | ![]() Ann was born and raised in Monticello, Miss., a small town 60 miles southeast of Jackson. She is the institutional accounts payable coordinator and pays all of the invoices for every campus and has been with RTS for almost 11 years. She has three
children, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. One of her daughters that lives with her is visually impaired, and received her MAMFT degree from RTS/Jackson and is now teaching at the Mississippi School for the Blind. Ann also enjoys
working in the yard with her flowers, researching her family ancestors and she loves to fish. | | | | MINISTRY & LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE LINK | | Last issue we did not provide a link to the Ministry & Leadership magazine. Click here and then scroll down to read the fall 2014 issue of the
magazine in both pdf and digital formats. If you would like to sign up to receive our magazine, click here. |
| | Vanlal T. Bapui (MCE '85) | | Vanlal is now retired and mostly writing a lot in India. | | | | Howard Cole (M.Div. '10) | | Howard is the new lead teaching pastor of Metro North Church in Goose Creek, SC. He was formerly assistant pastor of Church of the Redeemer in Monroe, NC. He is married
to Alleyn and they have five children: Taryn, Stephen, Paige, Chris and Sam. | | | | Wesley Horne (M.Div. '83) | | Wesley is the regional executive director in the southeast of PastorServe, a ministry that comes alongside pastors, ministry leaders and their families to offer coaching, crisis
care, and resourcing. They also work with a large number of pastors in Haiti. | | | | Alisa Jones (MAC '14) | ![]() Alisa Jones is working as the MAC program administrative assistant at RTS/Orlando, assisting Dr. Jim Coffield, Dr. Scott Coupland and in addition, Dr. John Frame and Dr. Chuck Hill. Her husband Richard is also studying to receive his MAC degree
at RTS. | | | | Daniel Kang (M.Div. '03) | | Daniel has moved to Hawaii and is a director of the Chaplain Family Life Center (CFLC) at Schofield Barracks, HI. He is supervising two counseling interns who have completed their master degree and working toward a state licensure of Marriage and Family
Therapist (LMFT) and operating the center. | | | | Hong Youn Kim (M.Div. '04) | | In August, Hong Youn became the senior pastor of Cleveland Korean Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, Ohio. He is married to EunOk and they have a daughter Joy and son John. | | | | Bernie Lawrence ( MATS '10) | | Bernie serves as senior associate pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. He was recently interviewed on Dr. Mike Kruger's 'Where Are They Now?' segment on his blog, here. Dr. Mike Ross (D.Min. '97) serves as the senior pastor there. | | | | Patrick M. Morley ( MATS '99) | ![]() The updated 25th anniversary edition of Patrick Morley’s The Man in the Mirror will be released Oct. 7. "With over three million copies in print, this bestselling book has challenged and encouraged men worldwide and was selected
as one of the 100 most influential Christian books of the 20th century. Morley, the author of 20 men’s books, and David Delk (M.Div. '94), are the Co-CEOs of Man in the Mirror, the organization Morley founded in 1991 while still a student. With
over 100 staff and a vision 'for every church disciple to every man,' they have helped 35,000 churches impact 12,000,000 men." Read a sample chapter at http://patrickmorley.com/ | | | | Mark Pickles (D.Min. '06) | | In September, Mark became the director of Anglican training at Oak Hill Theological College in London. | | | | Steven W. Shelton (D.Min. '11) | | Wayne transferred into the Presbyterian Church in America as a church planter in the Gardendale area (greater Birmingham). He is serving at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Jackson where two other RTS graduates are serving including: Steve Lanier
(MAMFT
'88), assistant to the pastor, and Ryan Dean (M.Div. '09) pastor of student ministries. | | | | Jerry Young (M.Div. '81, D.Min. '98) | | Dr. Jerry Young was recently elected as president of the National Baptist Convention, USA. He is the pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Miss. Read the article here in the Clarion-Ledger and here on the RTS website. | | | | Have you moved? | Send us your updates for your address and ministry here. We love to keep up with our alumni and their ministries. We host many events during the year at many of our
campuses and you are always welcome to attend. Keep us updated so we can keep you posted and provide you with resources and communications like these.
Also, visit rts.edu/alumni to see the new RTS alumni page. |
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Redeemer City to City (CTC) and RTS announce a strategic partnership to provide seminary education in New York City and participate in the vision of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and its founding pastor, Dr. Timothy Keller, to prepare ministry leaders,
pastors and church planters for NYC and cities internationally.
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Dr. Rod Culbertson, Jr., is the speaker for the next Faculty Forum Oct. 14 at noon in the dining room at RTS/Charlotte. He will speak on "Christian Ministry: The Life of Faith and Sacrifice." RSVP to Tari at 
Dr. Harry Reeder, senior pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church and author of From Embers to a Flame, will be presenting a conference on the biblical importance of increasing spiritual vitality in local churches. The conference will be
at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 22-25. For more information, visit emberstoaflame.org.
Anne Duncan (B.A. Education, Furman; MRE, Gordon-Conwell; MA, RTS) was the speaker for the Women in Ministry brunch at RTS/Jackson in September. She spoke on the subject of dealing with change in the context of seminary and ministry. Anne is
a teacher at Jackson Preparatory School in Jackson, Miss., and is the wife of Chancellor Ligon Duncan.
Dr. Don Sweeting, president of RTS/Orlando will sit down with Dr. Ligon Duncan, the RTS chancellor & CEO, at the next President's Forum Oct. 9 at noon in the fellowship hall at RTS/Orlando. They will discuss "Challenges and Opportunities for
Christian Ministry and Calling in the American Church and Culture in the 21st Century." The public is welcome. RSVP to 
Ann was born and raised in Monticello, Miss., a small town 60 miles southeast of Jackson. She is the institutional accounts payable coordinator and pays all of the invoices for every campus and has been with RTS for almost 11 years. She has three
children, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. One of her daughters that lives with her is visually impaired, and received her MAMFT degree from RTS/Jackson and is now teaching at the Mississippi School for the Blind. Ann also enjoys
working in the yard with her flowers, researching her family ancestors and she loves to fish.
Alisa Jones is working as the MAC program administrative assistant at RTS/Orlando, assisting Dr. Jim Coffield, Dr. Scott Coupland and in addition, Dr. John Frame and Dr. Chuck Hill. Her husband Richard is also studying to receive his MAC degree
at RTS.
The updated 25th anniversary edition of Patrick Morley’s The Man in the Mirror will be released Oct. 7. "With over three million copies in print, this bestselling book has challenged and encouraged men worldwide and was selected
as one of the 100 most influential Christian books of the 20th century. Morley, the author of 20 men’s books, and David Delk (M.Div. '94), are the Co-CEOs of Man in the Mirror, the organization Morley founded in 1991 while still a student. With
over 100 staff and a vision 'for every church disciple to every man,' they have helped 35,000 churches impact 12,000,000 men." Read a sample chapter at