1997
& 2008 Perkins LecturerOur 1997& 2008 Perkins Lecturer was and will be Dr. R. Maurice Boyd, whose ministry has included preaching and teaching in the major pulpits and universities of the Nation and abroad and he has been the Theme Speaker at many conferences. For instance, he delivered the Hickman Lectures on preaching at Duke University in 1980.
Dr. Boyd served churches in Ireland and Canada before coming to New York City. Dr. Boyd was Minister of The City Church, New York (1993-2007), of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York (1988-1992) and of Metropolitan United Church, London, Ontario, the largest congregation of the United Church of Canada (1975-1988).
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and ordained in the Methodist Church there in 1956, Boyd is a graduate in Theology from Edgehill Theological College, Belfast and McMaster Univerisity, Hamilton, where he majored in Philosophy and English. He holds the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Victoria College and the degree of Licentiate of Music from the University of Western Ontario. In May, 1992, he was awarded the Doctor of Sacred Theology degree by Hastings College.
Four books of Dr. Boyd's
sermons have been published: A
Lover's Quarrel With the World
For more information, call John Dillard, Associate Pastor, at (940) 766-4231, ext. 227.
Perkins
Lecture Series have been one of the most significant events at FUMC since 1943.
Paul E. Martin, beloved former pastor of FUMC, conceived the idea for the Perkins
Lectures. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. (Lois) Perkins founded the Lectureship in 1943.
Research indicates that this is the first lecture series of its kind nationwide,
established in a local church. The Lectureship's purpose is stated in its original
charter, drafted in 1943: "To bring consecrated, capable speakers of note
to deliver in said First Methodist Church, talks or lectures pertaining to and
in furtherance of the Christian Religion . . . for the benefit of the members
of said Church, for the benefit of Methodism generally, and for the benefit
of the public at large."
