Tickets are now on sale for the 2022 Puritan Reformed Conference on August 25-27, 2022. The theme this year is The Grace of Salvation. Guest speakers include Voddie Bauchum, David McWilliams, and Jonathan Gibson. It’s a conference you won’t want to miss!

Buy your tickets before December 31, 2021 and get them at 33% off the General Admission rate.

About the Puritan Reformed Conference
The Puritan Reformed Conference aims to cultivate a Christian worldview that is biblical, doctrinal, experiential, and practical. 2021 marks the 13th year of the conference sponsored by the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. Past speakers have included the seminary’s faculty, as well as men such as Ligon Duncan, Michael Haykin, Carl Trueman, Conrad Mbewe, Derek Thomas, Geoff Thomas, and a host of others.

Why Attend?
The Puritan Reformed Conference is a wonderful venue to hear Reformed, preaching; preaching that makes much of the grace of God in the gospel. It is also a great opportunity for dear friends to get reacquainted and to make new friends along the way. Lastly, the conference is a destination for wonderful, godly, Christian books for all ages, all at deeply discounted prices.

Congratulations to Mark Koller on the completion of his comprehensive exams in doctoral studies in Historical Theology. The doctoral comprehensive examination committee consisted of Dr. Jonathon Beeke, Dr. Adriaan C. Neele, and Dr. Greg Salazar.

Mark’s research focuses on the writings of Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) with a focus on “The Nature and Structure of the Church in the Ecclesiology of Samuel Rutherford”.

Mark served as the church planting pastor of the Dallas Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCNA). The Reformed Presbyterians are the direct descendants of the Scottish Covenanters, a primary interest of Mark’s research. He is a major contributor and co-editor of the multi volume publication The Works of Samuel Rutherford.

Pictured above from left to right are Dr. Adriaan Neele, Dr. Jonathon Beeke, Dr. Stephen Myers, Mark Koller, and Dr. Greg Salazar.

The PRTS seminary community rejoices with Guochao “Jason” Zhao on the completion of his comprehensive exams in doctoral studies in Historical Theology.

The doctoral comprehensive examination committee consisted of Prof. Dr. Willem van Vlastuin (Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Dr. Jan van de Kamp (Theological University Apeldoorn | Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Dr. Stephen Myers, and Dr. Greg Salazar.

Guochao’s research focuses on the historical development of Reformed Ethics in the early modern era, with particular reference to the ethics of Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635-1711). Prior to enrolling at PRTS, Guochao completed his ThM at International Reformed Evangelical Seminary of Jakarta, Indonesia with a concentration in historical-systematic theology. He served two years as a teacher and preacher in Gereja Reformed Injili Indonesia before coming to PRTS.

Pictured above from left to right are Dr. David Kranendonk, Dr. Greg Salazar, Dr. Stephen Myers, Guochao “Jason” Zhao, and Dr. Adriaan Neele.

As we approach year end, we would like to ask each of our partners and potential partners to consider giving a gift to either the PRTS Operation Fund or the Scholarship Fund. A donation to either of these funds before December 31 will be matched by faithful, loving, and generous partners of PRTS who are committed wholeheartedly to the mission and vision of the seminary.

Please continue to pray for the staff and faculty of PRTS – that we may be faithful and diligent in our ongoing mission to prepare students to serve Christ and His church and the academy worldwide through biblical, Reformed, experiential, and practical ministry.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

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PRTS is excited to announce its new Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling (MABC) degree program. This program is designed to serve the church with biblical, Reformed, and experiential counselors who teach and model the wisdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Program Distinctives:

• Committed to the Scriptures
• Creedal and Confessionally Reformed
• Grounded in Systematic Theology
• Informed by Biblical Theology
• Drawing on Biblical Examples of Counseling
• Experiential Emphasis
• Hands-on Approach

The MABC degree program requires a total of 62 credit hours and can be completed in two years.

“There is a great need in our churches for pastors and ministry leaders who understand the effects of the Fall on individuals and on our social order, and who can pastorally care for the souls of men and women in a way that biblically brings about restoration, redemption and transformation, both with God and with one another. I believe this new MABC program will train such counselors.”

– Dr. Mark Kelderman, Dean of Students and Spiritual Formation, as well as Instructor in Pastoral Theology

For more information visit http://www.prts.edu/curriculum/master-of-arts-biblical-counseling

The Puritan Research Center at PRTS supports and encourages thoughtful discussions that deal with facets of Puritanism and Continental (Post) Reformation thought, including historic trajectories and early modern context, from a variety of perspectives. Doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers will present their findings of original research in a colloquium.

Topic: “Role of Predestination in the Pastoral Ministry of William Perkins’s successor, Paul Baynes”
Date: Thursday, November 11 from 3:00 p.m – 4:30 p.m. ET
Speaker: Dr. David H. Kranendonk, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Location: PRTS Chapel or Live-stream.
Register here: https://prts.brushfire.com/colloquia-fall-2021-kranendonk/518531

As a successor of William Perkins, author of an extensive commentary on Ephesians 1, and defender of the supralapsarian view of predestination, Paul Baynes evidences strong convictions on the doctrine of predestination.  As an author of many sermons and pastoral letters, as well as of devotional guides and catechetical works, he evidences strong concern for pastoral ministry.  This discussion explores the intersection of the orthodox Reformed teaching of predestination and puritan pastoral ministry as it is embodied in Paul Baynes’s ministry.

The event will be followed by period of discussion during which participants can pose questions.

NOTE: There is no cost to participate but registration is required. Tickets are limited. For those unable to attend on-campus in Grand Rapids, the seminar will be live-streamed via Zoom.

Saturday, October 22, 2021 was a historic moment in the strategic cooperation of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (PRTS) and Martin Bucer Seminary Brazil (MBS); on this day the first five students graduated from the accredited ThM degree program in Brazil.

These graduates were able to complete their studies in three years while remaining in their ministry context of teaching, preaching, and pastoring throughout their country. Both the faculty of PRTS and MBS Brazil participated in the ThM program. Dr. Jonas Madureira of MBS Brazil commented, “The accredited program offers quality education with academic integrity from an international perspective of scholarship within a Brazilian context.” Dr. Jonathon Beeke of PRTS commented, “Teaching at the Brazil ‘campus’ is a delightful experience, and contributes to the international, multicultural dimension of the program. The program is academically and spiritually enriching to both students and instructors.”

The growing ThM program in Brazil contributes to the lowering cost of education; students remain in their ministry context and have full access to all the library e-resources supporting the ThM degree program.