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details about what’s happening at RPTS.
Bicentennial
Anniversary!
Learn about our six-year
development campaign, From Strength to Strength, to culminate in 2010.
Scripture Verse
“When
the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality,
then shall come to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in
victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of
sin is the law. But thanks be to God,
who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be
steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that
in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:54-58
Quote
“Your
role is to be the trustee, manager, and steward of 100 percent of what God
entrusts to you during your lifetime.”
- Brian
Kluth, 40 Day Spiritual Journey to a More Generous Life
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New Website
Just Launched
The Reformed Presbyterian
Theological Seminary (RPTS) just launched its new website, which features a
new look, better user-friendliness, and new sections for our supporters and
alums.
Other highlights include a
promotional video, a bicentennial video, and video interviews with several
professors on their visions for their respective departments.
Visit the same address to
see the new website: www.rpts.edu.
(Please note: if your web browser is Internet
Explorer, and you have not updated to the 7.0 version, you will want to do so
to best view the new RPTS website. It is free to update, and can be done
easily by clicking here.)
New Building Purchased, Biblical
Counseling Institute Planned
 For the first time in decades, we have room to set up a counseling
training site, having just purchased a storefront property directly across
the street from the Seminary at 7401
Penn Avenue!
One key need for the Reformed
Presbyterian Theological Seminary is to provide more training in Biblical
counseling during preparation for gospel ministry.
We want our students to get practical counseling training as
well as classroom lectures. We also
hope to meet the needs of those currently serving in the pastorate who feel
ill-equipped to handle the Biblical counseling required of them.
In preaching, our students not only study in the classroom; they
also preach a number of sermons which are then critiqued. In evangelism, our students not only study
in the classroom; they also do investigative Bible studies with unbelievers
and are shown how to do door-to-door outreach. In apologetics, our students not only study
in the classroom; they also are assigned an “apologetic encounter” with
someone in the community. But until
now, we have not been able to provide this kind of hands-on training in
Biblical counseling. And all the
while, the demands for pastoral counseling continue to increase.
This long-desired program could be the biggest single advancement in our
training of pastors that we have seen in our generation, with far-reaching
benefits for Christ’s Church. >>READ MORE>>
 Dr. George C.
Scipione Hired to Establish New Biblical Counseling Institute, Offer More
Pastoral Theology Courses
RPTS announces the
hiring of Dr. George C. Scipione to establish and be the Director of its
Biblical Counseling Institute. Scipione will also serve as Adjunct Professor
of Pastoral Theology and expand the Seminary’s counseling course
offerings.
“I am thrilled to have a man of Dr.
Scipione’s caliber in Pittsburgh,”
said RPTS President Dr. Jerry O’Neill. “His leadership in the start-up
of our Biblical Counseling Institute will be invaluable. He
has the mind of a theologian, the humble spirit of a true servant of Christ,
and the practical expertise to serve us well.” >>READ MORE>>
D.Min. Program Approved by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The
new RPTS D.Min. program just today received formal approval by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To review the program
and consider applying, visit http://www.rpts.edu/academics/dmin.php.
Record
Graduating Class at 197th Commencement May 16
RPTS will honor a record eighteen graduates during its 197th
commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m., at North Park Church
on 600 Ingomar Rd.
in Wexford, PA.
Eleven graduates will receive their three-year Master of Divinity
Degrees, six graduates will receive their two-year Master of Theological Studies
degrees, and the first person to receive the seminary’s Servant of the Church
certificate also will graduate.
Dr. Derek Thomas, the John Richards Professor of Practical and
Systematic Theology for Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, will be the
commencement speaker.
Click
here to read about and view photos of this year’s graduates.
 Dr. Derek
Thomas of RTS Jackson Shares On The
Pilgrim’s Progress for Reformation Society of Pittsburgh Breakfast Event
Held at RPTS May 17
On Saturday, May 17, from 8:30 to 11:30
a.m., Dr. Derek Thomas will speak at RPTS on
John Bunyan's work, The Pilgrim's Progress.
"The event will be an enlightening
exploration of the Christian Classic that has come to be known as the greatest
religious allegory in the world," said Reformation Society of Pittsburgh
Coordinator, Patrick Marx, an M.Div. student at RPTS. The Reformation Society of
Pittsburgh is hosting this event.
To RSVP, please email gvanleuven@rpts.edu. A $5 suggested donation is appreciated to
help cover costs.
RPTS
Staff Member Named 2008 Professional Woman of the Year
 Maryln Black, Assistant to the President, was recognized
as the 2008 Professional Woman of the Year by the Pittsburgh Club of
the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club,
Inc. The award is presented to a minority woman who the Pittsburgh Club
has deemed outstanding in her chosen profession while providing excellent
service in the Pittsburgh
community.
“It is wonderful to see Maryln awarded for her hard work in the
Seminary and Pittsburgh
communities,” said RPTS President Dr. Jerry O’Neill. >>READ MORE>>
 Annual
Westminster
Conference June 27-28
You
are invited to the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary’s major annual
conference on the theology and influence of the Westminster Assembly of
Divines (1643-1652). Join us on Friday and Saturday, June 27 and June 28,
at the RPTS campus in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, to enjoy lectures
by distinguished professors from various Reformed seminaries.
This year’s conference represents the first installment of a three-year
series focusing on Christ’s three offices: Prophet, Priest, and King.
The 2008 event will focus on how Christ’s prophetic office continues
today in the church through preaching.
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