Inaugural Reformed House of Studies Conference - Reforming the Church: Learning from the Westminster Divines

Very excited to see this:

Date:

June 03rd, 2023

Time:

9:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Where:

Wycliffe College, 5 Hoskin Ave, Toronto (in-person and livestream)

"Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda" ("The church reformed, always reforming")

In this conference Chad Van Dixhoorn will relate the reform of the church today to a period of reform from the past, namely, the Westminster Assembly of the seventeenth century, with a focus on three areas of concern: the reform of worship and government; the reform of the heart; and the reform of doctrine. 

Lectures

1. Reforming the Church: The Westminster Assembly and the Church of England in the 1640s

The first lecture approaches the subjects of worship and government through an historical event: the attempt by the Westminster Assembly to renovate the Church of England according to the Word of God. 

2. Reforming People: Piety for the Church of England in the 1650s

In the second lecture, we move from the reform of a church to matters of the heart: we follow one member of Westminster, William Strong, as he asks how it is that Christians can have communion with God. 

3. Reforming Doctrine: Creeds and confessions in the long Reformation tradition

The third lecture discusses a third aspect of reform: that process of confession-writing in the long Reformation. Here we ask what it has meant both to have and to hold a confession in the long Presbyterian tradition. 

Each lecture will be followed by a period of questions and answers as together we consider the continuing reform of Christ’s church today — according to God’s Word.