SUMMERCONFERENCE - Christian Conference in Cardiff
Summer Conference 2012 Speakers
John J Murray
John James Murray was born in Dornoch, Sutherland. Converted in his teens he became interested in the recovery of Reformed and Puritan teachings in the 1950s. He joined the Banner of Truth Trust as an assistant editor in 1960. After 13 years with the Trust he trained for the Gospel ministry and served congregations of the Free Church of Scotland in Oban and in Edinburgh (St Columba's). Since retiring in 2002 he has been assisting in congregations of the Free Church (Continuing) in Glasgow. His writings include Behind a Frowning Providence; John E Marshall:Life and Writings; and Catch the Vision (the story of the Reformed recovery in the 1950s). We look forward to his ministry in our midst.
Free Church of Scotland Continuing
Vernon Higham
Vernon Higham is pastor emeritus at Tabernacle Cardiff. Early in his ministry he served the Lord as pastor in West Wales, before serving as a pastor in Cardiff for over four decades. We look forward to his conference addresses. Further information on Vernon Higham's ministry can be found on the WVHigham Trust website. WVHigham Trust
Jonathan Munday
Jonathan Munday is the pastor of Exeter Independent Evangelical Church. He was previously pastor at Maryport Baptist Church at Devizes. Jonathan Munday is known for preaching from the heart to the souls of men. We look forward to hearing him preach the gospel in the opening meeting of Summer Conference 2012. Exeter Independent Evangelical Church Website
Other speakers to be confirmed
before Summer Conference 2011
John J Murray
John James Murray was born in Dornoch, Sutherland in 1934. He was brought up in a Christian home and was educated at Dornoch Academy. One of the early influences on his life was the preaching of his namesake, Professor John Murray, whose home was at Bonar Bridge, some 14 miles away.
An early lover of good books he acknowledges the influence that they had on his conversion and subsequent Christian growth. Welcoming the revival of interest in the Reformed and Puritan writings in the 1950s he began in 1959 to edit and publish a magazine called Eternal Truth. It was this magazine that brought him to the attention of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones and then of the Rev Iain Murray, who in 1960 invited him to join the recently-formed Banner of Truth Trust in London
He served as assistant editor in the Trust and was at the centre of the growing influence of Reformed literature worldwide in the 1960s. He became secretary to the Banner of Truth Ministers Conference begun in 1962. During his 13 years in London he was an elder in the Free Church of Scotland congregation. He served on the Committee of the Evangelical Library under the chairmanship of Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones. In 1962 he became honorary UK Secretary of the Reformation Translation Fellowship, which had been set up in 1949 for the translating and publishing of Reformed literature in Chinese.
In 1972 the Banner of Truth Trust moved its headquarters to Edinburgh and the following year Mr Murray began studies for the Free Church of Scotland ministry. From 1977 to 1981 he was editor of The Bulwark, the magazine of the Scottish Reformation Society. He was ordained in 1978 and inducted to the Free Church congregation in Oban, Argyll where he ministered for 11 years. In 1989 he was called to the St Columba's congregation in Edinburgh where he served for 13 years, the last two as minister of the Free Church (continuing). On retirement in 2002 he moved to Glasgow where he has continued active in the service of the Church and has had the pastoral care of four congregations in succession. He was Moderator of the General Assembly in 2003.
He is married to Cynthia and they have two surviving children, Anna and Andrew. The loss of a daughter in 1980 was a providence that Mr Murray has reflected on in the booklet, Behind a Frowning Providence, which has proved a comfort to many in a time of trial. He has produced a tribute to his colleague in the Banner of Truth Trust, John Marshall, who died in 2003. His desire to record the events that led to the recovery of the Reformed truths in the 1950s resulted in the publication of Catch the Vision.
Conference Location
Tabernacle Cardiff
