Derek Thomas, a native of Wales, is the Senior Minister at First Presbyterian Church (ARP) in Columbia, South Carolina. He is also a Chancellor’s Professor at Reformed Theological Seminary, and a Teaching Fellow with Ligonier Ministries. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Wales, a Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson), and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wales (Lampeter). He was ordained in the Evangelical Church of Ireland and served Stranmillis Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Belfast for 17 years before moving to the United States. He has published more than thirty books and contributed to many others.

Joel R. Beeke

Dr. Joel R. Beeke makes a very welcome return to our conference. He was our inaugural speaker in 2017. Dr. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, editor of Puritan Reformed Journal and Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, and editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books. 

He has written, and co-authored, nearly 100 books and contributed 2,000 articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias. He is presently working on completing a multi-volume systematic theology His PhD is in Reformation and Post-Reformation theology from Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) on assurance of faith..

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21st, 2022

The conference is free, but we do have significant expenses, so if you are able to partner with us financially you would be helping to spread the rich doctrines of the Reformation to our community.