Catalyst is the annual conference of The International Presbyterian Church (IPC) – only day one has happened at en deadline time writes Darren Moore.
Each year the take up seems broader, a strong contingent from The Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPCEW), FIEC, EFCC and Anglicans. Even some visiting from overseas.
The theme this year is ‘The Christian Minister: his Shepherd and Flock, his Identity and World’. David Gibson looks first at the minister as a sheep cared for by God, from Psalm 23 (in three talks); Stafford Carson on the flock; Sinclair Ferguson on identity (how the minister should be); and others on the world we engage with. Some seminaries have stalls, I’m about to get a pizza and pint with Reformed Theological Seminary, tomorrow night Westminster Philadelphia are putting on a BBQ with Sinclair Ferguson speaking on the wounds ministers inflict on the congregation… and the congregation on the minister.
If day one is anything to go by, it would be certainly worthwhile to download the talks.
