Dr. Maurice Boyd – 1997 & 2008 Perkins Lecturer
Our 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
1997 Lecture Topics
- On Not Being Taken In
- How to Have Faith
- Wishfulness and Wishes
- Prevenient Grace
- The Slant of Truth
- The Summing Up
2008 Lecture Topics
- Knowing Our Place
- Buying Our Dream
- Gathering Our Harvest
- Reading the Signs
- Remembering to Forget
- Stringing Our Instrument
