Doriani, Gibbs to Highlight 2024 Lifetime of Ministry Conference

Covenant Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that Drs. Dan Doriani and Thomas C. Gibbs will be the featured speakers for the 2024 Lifetime of Ministry Conference, to be held October 16–17 on the Seminary’s campus.

This year’s conference theme is “Renewed Hope in Kingdom Ministry: Sustaining Grace for a Life of Ministry.” Besides exploring the unique challenges of pastoral work, the gathering aims to provide a place of rest, retreat, and encouragement for pastors and their spouses with a view to equipping them for their next season of ministry.

Conference speakers will delve into topics such as preaching, pastoral leadership, the complexity of congregational life, and more.

Dr. Doriani is Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Covenant Seminary. He was alternately Academic Dean or Vice President at Covenant for 15 years while teaching nearly a full courseload. An experienced leader and teacher, Dr. Doriani has been a pastor or interim pastor for several churches, including serving as Senior Pastor of Central Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Clayton, Missouri, for 11 years. Currently, he is the Interim Senior Pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Birmingham, Alabama. He holds multiple degrees, including an STM from Yale Divinity School and a PhD from Westminster Theological Seminary.

Dr. Gibbs is the sixth President of Covenant Seminary, also serving as Associate Professor of Applied Theology. A graduate of Covenant with MDiv and DMin degrees, he became President in 2021 after working in pastoral ministry for 24 years. Dr. Gibbs previously served for 19 years as the Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Antonio, Texas, a church he planted. Before planting Redeemer, he also planted a Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) campus ministry at Baylor University.

Registration for the Lifetime of Ministry conference is now open. For more information, click here.