John Calvin
(1509 - 2009)
- World Reformed Fellowship (WRF) 2009 Conferences & Meetings
Date : 21 - 27 March 2009
Conferences and Meetings by invitation only
- Theological Symposium
Date : 24 - 29 March 2009
Venue : Reformed Millennium Center of Indonesia
Registration open to public. ONLINE REGISTRATION
- Intensive Theological Lecture
Venue: Reformed Millennium Center of Indonesia
| THEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM SPEAKER'S PROFILES | ||
 | Prof. Dr. Allan Harman, Th.D. (Westminster Theological Seminary), D.D. (Australian College of Theology) is currently Research Professor at the Presbyterian Theological College, Melbourne. Dr. Harman has been Professor of Old Testament at the Free Church College, Edinburgh, the Reformed Theological College, Geelong, and the Presbyterian Theological College, Melbourne, where he also served as Principal for twenty years. He has been Moderator-General of his denomination, the Presbyterian Church of Australia (1994-1997). His writing has been mainly in Old Testament (commentaries on Deuteronomy, Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel) and in Church History (The Story of the Church and Thomas Dove and the Tasmanian Aborigines). He has contributed widely to many theological journals, and himself is the senior editor of the Reformed Theological Review, the oldest theological journal in Australia. | |
 | Prof. Dr. Andrew T.B. McGowan, Ph.D. (Aberdeen University) is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and was former Principal of the Highland Theological College. He is the Professor of Theology at the University of the Highlands and Islands and also holds an Honorary Professorship in Reformed Doctrine at the University of Aberdeen. Dr. McGowan is an Adjunct Professor of Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and a Visiting Professor of Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. He is also Vice-President of the World Reformed Fellowship. He has contributed to a number of books, journals and theological dictionaries and is the author of: The Federal Theology of Thomas Boston, The Divine Spiration of Scripture, The Divine Authenticity of Scripture, and editor of Always Reforming: Explorations in Systematic Theology | |
 | Prof. Dr. Augustus Nicodemus Lopes, Ph.D. (Westminster Theological Seminary) is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPB). Completing his Ph.D. in Hermeneutics and Biblical Interpretation at Westminster, Dr. Lopes serves as professor of New Testament at Andrew Jumper Graduate Center at São Paulo, Brazil and Chancellor of Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, where he also teaches in the Th.M. and D.Min. programs. Prior to his appointment as chancellor, he taught at the graduate center at Mackenzie for seven years and served as an assistant pastor. Dr. Lopes is the author of many articles and books on theological and practical themes. | |
 | Prof. Dr. Philip. J. Buys, Ph.D. (Westminster Theological Seminary) was the founder and now serves as the President of Mukhanyo Theological College, South Africa. He was the co-founder (1993) and now serves on the Board of Directors of the Masibambisane Community Development Corporation. Dr. Buys has served in the following pastoral situations in South Africa - Pastor Gereformeerde Kerk Odendaalsrus; Pastor Gereformeerde Kerk Vereeniging; Missionary Sharpeville; and Pastor Gereformeerde Kerk Potchefstroom-North. Dr. Buys has published numerous academic and popular books, pamphlets, and articles about ministry and church growth in Africa and he is a member of the International Steering Committee of TOPIC (Training of Pastors International Coalition). | |
 | Prof. Dr. Luder G. Whitlock, D. Min. (Vanderbilt University) is the executive director of The Trinity Forum, an organization that serves thousands of business and professional leaders in North America, Europe, and Asia. At the age of 37, he was appointed President of Reformed Theological Seminary, a position he held for 23 years. Under his leadership, RTS grew from a small regional school to one of the most innovative as well as one of the ten largest seminaries in North America with multiple campuses in the US as well as gateway extension programs in Asia, South America, and Europe. Recently, he was cited in Christianity Today as one of five seminary presidents most influential on theological education during the last half of the Twentieth Century. Dr. Whitlock is well known for his role as executive director of The New Geneva Study Bible and a major revision, published as The Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible. He is the author of The Spiritual Quest and has contributed to more than 10 other volumes and more than 20 different periodicals. | |
 | Prof. Dr. Matthew Ebenezer, Ph.D. (Westminster Theological Seminary) is an ordained teaching elder of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of India (RPCI). Dr. Ebenezer has been Adjunct Professor of Church History and Practical Theology since 2000 at the Luther W. New Jr. Theological College, Dehradun, India. He served as teacher and Vice Principal of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Dehradun for over twenty years until 2004. As Country Director of Mission to the World (MTW), Sri Lanka, Dr. Ebenezer coordinated tsunami relief efforts in the island in 2006-2007. He is teaching and preaching in various Reformed contexts in Sri Lanka, India, and Nepal. Dr. Ebenezer serves as associate editor of Doon Theological Journal, India. He is the author of many articles and books on theological and historical themes. | |
 | Prof. Dr. Peter R. Jones, Ph.D. (Princeton Theological Seminary) is Scholar at Large for World Reformed Fellowship (WRF). He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in America. Dr. Jones also serves as Director of Christian Witness to a Pagan Planet (CWIPP), now truthXchange, a national and international teaching, preaching, and writing ministry for the church and the campus. Dr. Jones taught Greek and New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, and was Professeur de Nouveau Testament and Director of the Master’s Programme, Faculté de Théologie Réformée d’Aix-en-Provence. He was Professor of New Testament at Westminster Seminary California from 1991 to 2003. Since 2003, he has served as Scholar in Residence and Adjunct Professor at Westminster Seminary California. Dr. Jones is the author of several books, including The Gnostic Empire Strikes Back, Spirit Wars, Gospel Truth, Pagan Lies, The God of Sex, Capturing the Pagan Mind, Stolen Identity, and Cracking Da Vinci’s Code. | |
 | Prof. Dr. Robert C. Cannada, Jr., D. Min. (Reformed Theological Seminary) is Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of Reformed Theological Seminary. As Chancellor & CEO, Dr. Cannada provides leadership to five residential campuses in Jackson, MS; Orlando, FL; Charlotte, NC; Washington, D.C.; and Atlanta, GA; and one degree-granting extension campuses in Boca Raton, FL; a degree-granting Virtual Campus (distance education) based in Charlotte, NC; and three international Doctor of Ministry degree programs in Korea, Scotland, and Brazil. A Presbyterian pastor for twenty years, Dr. Cannada served First Presbyterian Church in Clinton, SC, before starting Covenant Presbyterian Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. From 1986 to 1993, he served as senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Macon, Georgia. Dr. Cannada has taught courses in church polity and in sanctification at Charlotte, as well as courses at seminaries in the Ukraine and Brazil. | |
 | Prof. Dr. Samuel T. Logan, Jr., Ph.D. (Emory University) has served as the International Director of World Reformed Fellowship since 2005. He is also an ordained minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Served as President of Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) from 1991-2005, Dr. Logan currently holds from Westminster the titles of President Emeritus and Professor of Church History Emeritus. Dr. Logan was a Visiting Fellow at Christ’s College, Cambridge University, in 1988-1989. His publications include The Doctrine of Justification in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Edwards and Presbyterianism, The Origins of Modern Attacks on Biblical Authority, Editor of the papers of the 2006 General Assembly of the WRF, published under the title, Confronting Kingdom Challenges: A Call to Global Christians to Carry the Burden Together. | |
 | Dr. Stephen Tong, D.L.C.E., D.D. (Westminster Theological Seminary) has preached to more than 30 million people over a span of 50 years in Asia, Europe, Australia, and in North and South America. He was teaching theology and philosophy at Southeast Asia Bible Seminary in Malang for 25 years. He was the founder and professor of the Reformed Evangelical Seminary and the Reformed Institute in Jakarta, as well as guest lecturing at many leading theological seminaries in Asia. Dr. Tong is also the founder and the President of the Stephen Tong Evangelistic Ministries International (STEMI) which has established offices in major parts of the world. Impelled by the irresponsible teaching of the Word of God in Indonesia, Dr. Tong established the Reformed Evangelical Church of Indonesia. As a multi-gifted man of God expert in music, art, philosophy, science, antiques and architecture, Dr. Tong exercises his talents to his upmost, awaking his audience and followers to perform their duties in cultural mandate. Dr. Tong is the author of more than 75 books, including Theology of Evangelism, Between God and Man, Holy Spirit and Gospel, and Culture and the Fall. |
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