Protestant
Reformation Society
Autumn Conference
If the trumpet give an uncertain sound …
The Priority of
Preaching
at
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
September 1st – 3rd, 2015
Cost: £125.00 Full-time Students: £62.50
Dr. D.A. Scales, General Secretary,
Protestant Reformation Society
15 Grange Court, Cambridge, CB3 9BD
Email: reformationsociety@hotmail.co.uk
TUESDAY
Arrive TUESDAY afternoon (not before 2.00 p.m., please)
4.00 Tea
4.45 First Session *
The Teaching and Practice of Our Lord
The Rev. Dr. R.T. Beckwith, M.A., B.D., D.D.
(formerly Warden, Latimer House, Oxford;
Vice-President of P.R.S.;
Chairman of P.R.S. Executive Committee)
6.30 Dinner
7.45 Second Session
Apostolic Preaching
The Rt. Rev. E.J. Malcolm
(Presiding Bishop, Church of England (Continuing);
Minister, St. Mary’s Episcopal Chapel,
Castle Street, Reading)
9.10 Evening Prayer
9.45 Hot Drinks
WEDNESDAY
7.45 Morning Prayer
8.30 Breakfast
9.45 Third Session
The Eclipse of Preaching in the Middle Ages
Mr. Peter Buxton, B.Sc.
(Sunderland)
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Fourth Session
The Restoration of Preaching – The Reformation
Dr. D.A. Scales, B.A., Ph.D.
(General Secretary of P.R.S.)
12.45 Lunch
4.00 Tea
5.00 The Lord’s Supper, with The Sermon
Preacher: The Rev. J.F. Dunn
(formerly Vicar of St. Martin and St. Paul, Tipton)
6.30 Dinner
7.45 Fifth Session
The Evangelical Awakening of the Eighteenth Century
Dr. G.M. Ella,
B.A., Fil.Kand., B.D., M.A., Dr.Phil., Dr. Theol.
(Vice-President of P.R.S.)
9.10 The Litany
9.45 Hot Drinks
THURSDAY
7.45 Morning Prayer
8.30 Breakfast
9.45 Sixth Session
Spurgeon and Preaching in the Nineteenth Century
Mr. J.B. Dearing, B.A.
(Secretary, Branches Representative Council, Prayer Book Society)
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Seventh Session
The Need of the Present Time
The Rt. Rev. Dr. D.N. Samuel, M.A., Ph.D.
(President of P.R.S.)
12.45 Lunch
Disperse
* Each session will include a lecture, and some opportunity for questions
and discussion.
Accommodation is in single bedrooms and twin bedrooms; many rooms have a hand
wash basin. There are no ground-floor rooms and no en-suite facilities.http://evangelica.de/wp-admin/post.php?post=514&action=edit
Please send a deposit of £25 per person. Please book by August 7th.
Wycliffe Hall is at 54 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PW. It is 15 minutes from the
train and bus stations and within walking distance of the centre of Oxford.
There are car-parking facilities in the Hall’s grounds.
There are special rates for children under 14 years of age.
Non-resident members of the Conference are welcome: they must apply
beforehand. There is a non-resident conference fee of £15.00 per day (£30 for
the whole conference). There is a charge for non-residents of £8.00 for lunch,
£8.00 for dinner, or £15 for both; meals must be ordered beforehand.
