MaY 19 (FrIDaY eVeNING) William perkinS (1558– 7:30 – 9:00 pm 1602) earned a bachelor’s plenary Session # 1 degree in 1581 and a mas- Dr. Sinclair Ferguson, ter’s degree in 1584 from WILLIAM William Perkins—A Plain Preacher Christ’s College in Cam- bridge. During those stu- dent years he joined up PERKINS MaY 20 (SaTUrDaY MOrNING) with Laurence Chaderton, CONFereNCe 9:00 - 10:15 am who became his personal plenary Session # 2 tutor and lifelong friend. IN THE ROUND CHURCH Dr. Joel Beeke Perkins and Chaderton met William Perkins’s Largest Case of Conscience with Richard Greenham, Richard Rogers, and others in a spiritual brotherhood 10:30 – 11:45 am at Cambridge that espoused Puritan convictions. plenary Session # 3 Dr. Geoff Thomas From 1584 until his death, Perkins served as lectur- The Pursuit of Godliness in the er, or preacher, at Great St. Andrew’s Church, Cam- Ministry of William Perkins bridge, a most influential pulpit across the street from Christ’s College. He also served as a teaching fellow 12:00 – 6:45 pm at Christ’s College, catechized students at Corpus Free Time Christi College on Thursday afternoons, and worked as a spiritual counselor on Sunday afternoons. In MaY 20 (SaTUrDaY eVeNING) these roles Perkins influenced a generation of young 7:00 – 8:15 pm students, including Richard Sibbes, John Cotton, John plenary Session # 4 Preston, and William Ames. Thomas Goodwin wrote Dr. Stephen Yuille that when he entered Cambridge, six of his instruc- Contending for the Faith: Faith and Love in Perkins’s tors who had sat under Perkins were still passing on Defense of the Protestant Religion his teaching. Ten years after Perkins’s death, Cam- bridge was still “filled with the discourse of the power 8:30 – 9:45 pm of Mr. William Perkins’ ministry,” Goodwin said. plenary Session # 5 Dr. Greg Salazar Perkins’s influence as a theologian continued unabat- Conviction, Conformity, and Conscience: ed after his death. This was due in large part to the William Perkins’s Dual Allegiance and the widespread popularity of his writings. His writings Dilemma of the Moderate Puritan Tradition were translated into several European languages and in Elizabethan Cambridge greatly influenced British and American Reformed theology, the Dutch Further Reformation, and Euro- MaY 19-20, 2017 pean Pietism. The Round Church Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UB Dear friend, I want to welcome you to the William Perkins Con- ference—the culminating event of a twelve day tour throughout England and Scotland, sponsored by the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. This con- ference is open to the public and is being offered free of charge. William Perkins (1558-1602), has often been called “the father of Puritanism.” He was a power- ful preacher and teacher of Reformed, experiential theology and left an indelible mark upon the English Puritan movement. Surprisingly, Perkins’s theologi- cal and practical works have not been in print since the early seventeenth century. Reformation Heritage Books is publishing Perkins’s Works in a newly typeset SpeakerS format that will include ten volumes: four volumes of biblical exposition, three volumes of doctrinal and polemical treatises, and three volumes of ethical and Joel Beeke is President and Professor of Systematic lina. His research interest is focused on how Dutch practical writings. Theology and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theo- and continental Reformed scholastic divines shaped logical Seminary, a pastor of the Heritage Reformed the theological and historical landscape of English Pu- Please join me, together with Drs. Sinclair Ferguson, Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, editor of ritanism. Geoff Thomas, and other godly scholars for a two Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, editorial director of day conference, May 19-20, 2017, at the historic Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance geoffrey ThomaS has been the pastor of Alfred Round Church, Cambridge, England, where William Publishers, and vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Place Baptist Church in Aberystwyth, Wales, since 1965. Perkins preached for a season. We would love to Translation Society. He has written and co-authored He has served as the Chairman of the Grace Churches have you share this special occasion with us in this ninety books, edited 100 more, and contributed 2500 of England and Wales, and of the Association of Evan- great historical venue. If you are looking for overnight articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and gelical Churches of Wales. He has written numerous encyclopedias. articles and several books including Ernest Reisinger: A accommodations that Friday evening, we would Biography, Philip and the Revival in Samaria, and Preach- suggest The Varsity Hotel (+44 1223 306030) which Sinclair B. FerguSon is Professor of Systematic ing: The Man, The Message and the Method, and The Holy is the closest, or the Hilton Cambridge City Centre Theology at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, commuting Spirit. He has spoken at conferences throughout the (+44-1223-46449). from Scotland where he is an assistant minister at St. United Kingdom and abroad. He is also a visiting lec- For more information, please contact Mr. Peter Lever- Peter’s Free Church of Scotland, Dundee. Formerly, he turer at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. ton at 01223-212370 or email him at peterleverton1@ was senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church in gmail.com. Columbia, South Carolina. He is the author of twenty STephen yuille books, the most recent being By Grace Alone: How the Originally from Toronto, Canada, Dr. Stephen Yuille re- Grace of God Amazes Me. sides in Glen Rose, Texas, where he serves as Preach- Warmly, ing Pastor at Grace Community Church. Dr. Yuille is greg Salazar (PhD candidate, University of Cam- also Associate Professor of Biblical Spirituality at The Joel Beeke bridge) is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, President of PRTS for the PhD program at Puritan Reformed Theological Kentucky. He is the author of several books and articles. [email protected] Seminary. He is originally from Asheville, North Caro-.