Renewal Brochure October 2015

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PERMIT NO. 422 MEMPHIS, TN

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The Reverend Sandy Willson R ESTOR ING HON E ST Y

Sandy Willson

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

4738 Walnut Grove Road Memphis, Tennessee 38117

RESTORING HONEST Y

Ligon Duncan

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25

through WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

Senior Minister Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis

Sandy Willson has been the senior minister of Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, since 1995. During these years, the Church has continued to grow and to expand its mission to urban Memphis and the world.

Sandy is a co-founder of Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies; a co-founder and chair of Nexus (a leadership mentoring program for emerging adult professional leaders); co-founder and chair of the Memphis Shalom Project (a unified evangelical church ministry strategy for the city); a founder of Reformed Ministries Network (a regional church planting ministry); and a co-founder and board member of the Second Presbyterian Church Foundation for missions. He serves on The Gospel Coalition board and on the Board of Reference for Union University and Reformed Theological Seminary.

Sandy’s Sunday morning messages are broadcast on WREG TV (CBS affiliate); he also teaches 500 men at Amen Bible Study every Thursday at 6:30 a.m.

Internationally, Sandy ministers with partners in Africa, Asia, South America, and the Middle East and speaks regularly in North American churches on the topic of world missions. He serves on the Board of Directors for World Relief.

Sandy received a B.S. from the University of Virginia (1973), an M.Div. from GordonConwell Theological Seminary (1982), and a D.D. from Crichton College in Memphis, Tennessee (2001). He previously pastored Memorial Presbyterian Church in Elizabethton, Tennessee (1981-86) and Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee (1986-95).

Sandy and his wife, Allison, were married in 1972 and are grateful for five children, three daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, and eight grandchildren.

ABOUT LIVING HONESTLY: It’s not just politicians who have a hard time giving honest answers—it’s ourselves.

It’s not just Wall Street bankers who fail to conduct their business honestly—it’s ourselves.

It’s not just our dysfunctional, co-dependent friends who struggle to develop honest relationships— it’s ourselves!

– The Reverend Sandy Willson

Our 2015 Renewal Conference Chancellor & CEO, John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology Furman University, B.A. Covenant Theological Seminary, M.Div., M.A. University of Edinburgh, Ph.D.

Ligon Duncan is the Chancellor/CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology. Ligon was born in Greenville, South Carolina. A 1983 graduate of Furman University (B.A. History), he received the M.Div. and M.A. (Historical Theology) from Covenant Theological Seminary. He earned the Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, New College, Scotland, in 1995 (under the supervision of renowned Reformation and Patristics scholar, David F. Wright). While in Scotland he also studied Systematic Theology at the Free Church of Scotland College (now Edinburgh Theological Seminary) with Professor Donald Macleod.

Ligon’s pastoral experience began in his twenties, while in seminary. At the age of 24, he was licensed to preach by Calvary Presbytery (PCA).

Since then he has preached in various churches and denominations across the country. While in Britain, Duncan supplied the pulpits in the Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland congregations, as well as the Presbyterian Association of England churches (now called The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of

England and Wales). His pastoral ministry now spans three decades and four congregations: The Covenant Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, Missouri; Trinity Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi; First Presbyterian Church, Yazoo City, Mississippi; and historic First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi, where he served almost 18 years.

At 28, Ligon was elected to the faculty of Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS). In 1990, Duncan was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) and began to teach at RTS, Jackson, Mississippi, where he eventually became chairman of the department of systematic theology, and the John R. Richardson Professor of Theology. He left his full-time position at RTS to become Senior Minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church (1837) in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1996 and served until 2013, while continuing to teach at RTS as adjunct. He returned to the regular faculty of RTS in 2012 and became Chancellor/CEO of RTS in 2013.

Ligon and his wife Anne have two teenagers and reside in Jackson, Mississippi.

focuses on Honesty, a virtue desperately in need of revival in our time.

The Reverend Sandy Willson, Senior Pastor of Second Presbyterian in Memphis, and Dr. Ligon Duncan, Chancellor of Reformed Theological Seminary, will be addressing this theme in our five sessions of the Conference.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Sunday Morning

8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Worship Services | IPC

Sandy Willson The Honest Truth | Ephesians 4:25

Sunday Evening

6:00 p.m. | Second Presbyterian Church

Ligon Duncan Professing an Honest Faith | 1 Timothy 6:11-16

Monday * | 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | IPC 11:30 p.m. | Lunch | $6 Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken or Salmon Homemade Pita Chips, Dessert 12:15–12:45 p.m. | Sandy Willson Building Honest Relationships Matthew 18:15-20

Tuesday * | 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | IPC 11:30 p.m. | Lunch | $6 Turkey Croissant, Soup, Dessert 12:15–12:45 p.m. | Sandy Willson Making an Honest Confession | Psalm 51

Wednesday

| IPC

5:30 p.m. | Dinner Slow Cooked Pot Roast, Baked Potato Bar Italian Green beans, Tomato Basil Soup, Dessert 6:30 p.m. | Sandy Willson Conducting Honest Business | Proverbs www.indepres.org

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