SPEAKERS
PETER J. LEITHART is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America
and currently serves as pastor of Trinity Reformed Church and teaches
literature and theology at New St. Andrews College. He holds a Master of
Theology from Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia and a Ph.D. from the
University of Cambridge. Among his publications are
Against
Christianity and
The Priesthood of the Plebs. He is a
contributing editor to
Touchstone magazine. Peter and his wife
Noel have nine children, Woelke (married to Megan), Lindsey, Jordan,
Sheffield, Christian, James, Emma, Smith, MargaretAnn, and Garnett, and
one grandson, John Arthur.
JEFFREY J. MEYERS grew up in the Crestwood/Sappington area, graduated from Lindbergh High School ('75) and the University of Missouri at Columbia ('79). After serving as an officer in the U.S. Army, Jeff attended Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, but took three years off to teach at a Christian school in Texas. Upon graduation from Covenant Seminary ('88), he served three years as an Associate Pastor in Huntsville, Alabama, and then three years as Pastor at Covenant Presbyterian in Houston, Texas. Since coming to Providence in 1994, Jeff has earned his Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M) and is currently completing his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary. Jeff and his wife Chris give thanks for 28 years of marriage and four faithful children: Rebekah, Lauren, Julia, and Jeffrey Jr.
DOUGLAS J. WILSON is the pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. He is a
founding board member of Logos School, a senior fellow of theology at New
St. Andrews College, and he serves as an instructor at Greyfriars Hall, a
ministerial training program at Christ Church. He helped to establish the
Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), is the editor of
Credenda Agenda, and the author of numerous books on classical
Christian education, the family, the church, and the reformed faith. After
serving in the U.S. Navy in the submarine service, he completed a B.A. and
M.A. in philosophy and a B.A. in classical studies from the University of
Idaho. Douglas and his wife Nancy have three children and a bunch of
grandkids.
JAMES B. JORDAN graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Comparative Literature. After a tour in the US Air Force, Mr. Jordan attended Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson, Mississippi) and Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), graduating with a Th.M. in Systematic Theology. Mr. Jordan was awarded an honorary D.Litt. degree from the Central School of Religion (England). Since the late 1980s Mr. Jordan has been the director of Biblical Horizons, now located in Niceville, Florida. Mr. Jordan is the author of numerous books, most prominently
Through New Eyes: Developing a Biblical View of the World, and many scholarly monographs and short essays.
J. STEVEN WILKINS has been pastor of Auburn Avenue Presbyterian Church in Monroe, Louisiana since 1989. A graduate of the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Law and Reformed Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity, Pastor Wilkins is the author of
Face to Face: Meditations on Friendship and Hospitality (Canon Press) and
Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee (Cumberland House).
