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Join us for our annual Bolton Conference.
The New England Reformed Fellowship (NERF) began the annual Bolton Conference in 1985 to stimulate spiritual growth among God's people and to deepen vital understanding of historic Christian doctrine through the exposition of the Word of God. Every year on the last weekend of October, this conference has hosted two notable reformed men who have spoken in six sessions on matters of biblical and theological interest and importance to those who hold convictions of historic, confessional, reformed theology.
Join us for our annual Bolton Conference.
The New England Reformed Fellowship (NERF) began the annual Bolton Conference in 1985 to stimulate spiritual growth among God's people and to deepen vital understanding of historic Christian doctrine through the exposition of the Word of God. Every year on the last weekend of October, this conference has hosted two notable reformed men who have spoken in six sessions on matters of biblical and theological interest and importance to those who hold convictions of historic, confessional, reformed theology.
Meet Our Speakers
Education
Biography
The Rev. Dr. Robert (Bob) Letham is an eminent theologian and historian, and a superlative example of Greystone's commitment to careful patristic scholarship and confessional Reformed catholicity. Dr. Letham's 2010 Westminster Theological Journal article on the Westminster Assembly as a Reformed catholic body has been required reading in Greystone's core class on Reformed Catholicity since Greystone's founding. Dr. Letham teaches systematic theology and oversees research degrees at Union School of Theology (formerly Wales Evangelical School of Theology). He previously served as Senior Minister of Emmanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware, and has also taught at London School of Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia), and Reformed Theological Seminary (Washington DC/Baltimore). Dr. Letham has authored numerous books, including The Work of Christ (IVP Academic, 1993); The Holy Trinity (Presbyterian & Reformed, 2004); The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context (Presbyterian & Reformed, 2009); Union with Christ (Presbyterian & Reformed, 2011); and Systematic Theology (Crossway, 2019). Robert and his wife Joan have three children and three grandchildren, and his interests include cricket, music, and walking.
- BA (Hons), University of Exeter, 1969
- PGCE, University of Nottingham, 1971
- MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary, 1975
- ThM, Westminster Theological Seminary, 1976
- PhD, University of Aberdeen, 1980
Biography
The Rev. Dr. Robert (Bob) Letham is an eminent theologian and historian, and a superlative example of Greystone's commitment to careful patristic scholarship and confessional Reformed catholicity. Dr. Letham's 2010 Westminster Theological Journal article on the Westminster Assembly as a Reformed catholic body has been required reading in Greystone's core class on Reformed Catholicity since Greystone's founding. Dr. Letham teaches systematic theology and oversees research degrees at Union School of Theology (formerly Wales Evangelical School of Theology). He previously served as Senior Minister of Emmanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware, and has also taught at London School of Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia), and Reformed Theological Seminary (Washington DC/Baltimore). Dr. Letham has authored numerous books, including The Work of Christ (IVP Academic, 1993); The Holy Trinity (Presbyterian & Reformed, 2004); The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context (Presbyterian & Reformed, 2009); Union with Christ (Presbyterian & Reformed, 2011); and Systematic Theology (Crossway, 2019). Robert and his wife Joan have three children and three grandchildren, and his interests include cricket, music, and walking.
Education
Biography
Dr. James Dolezal is professor of theology in the School of Divinity at Cairn University and has been teaching theology, philosophy, and church history there since 2013. He also serves as visiting professor of theology at International Reformed Baptist Seminary in Mansfield, TX.
Dr. Dolezal is the author of two books, God Without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness (Pickwick, 2011) and All That Is in God (Reformation Heritage, 2017). He has contributed to several volumes, including, Divine Impassibility (IVP Academic, 2019) and Classical Theism (Routledge, 2023).
Prior to teaching at Cairn, Dr. Dolezal served as a pastor in Alberta, Canada, and as a research fellow in the Craig Center at Westminster Theological Seminary. His academic specialities and interest include the doctrine of God, philosophical theology, Thomistic metaphysics, Christology, and angelology.
- BA, The Master’s College
- MA, The Master’s College
- MDiv, The Master’s Seminary
- ThM, Westminster Theological Seminary
- PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary
Biography
Dr. James Dolezal is professor of theology in the School of Divinity at Cairn University and has been teaching theology, philosophy, and church history there since 2013. He also serves as visiting professor of theology at International Reformed Baptist Seminary in Mansfield, TX.
Dr. Dolezal is the author of two books, God Without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Absoluteness (Pickwick, 2011) and All That Is in God (Reformation Heritage, 2017). He has contributed to several volumes, including, Divine Impassibility (IVP Academic, 2019) and Classical Theism (Routledge, 2023).
Prior to teaching at Cairn, Dr. Dolezal served as a pastor in Alberta, Canada, and as a research fellow in the Craig Center at Westminster Theological Seminary. His academic specialities and interest include the doctrine of God, philosophical theology, Thomistic metaphysics, Christology, and angelology.
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Mark Jones (Ph.D., Leiden, 2009) has been the minister at Faith Vancouver Presbyterian Church (PCA), Canada since 2007. He is also Research Associate in the Faculty of Theology at the University of the Free State (Bloemfontein) and Lecturer in Dogmatic Theology at John Wycliffe Theological College, in association with North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), South Africa.
Mark is a lover of the Puritans, and his doctoral dissertation was entitled, Why Heaven Kissed Earth: The Christology of the Puritan Reformed Orthodox Theologian, Thomas Goodwin (1600–1680). He has authored and edited several books, including A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life; and Antinomianism: Reformed Theology’s Unwelcome Guest? In 2015, the Trust published his Knowing Christ.
Mark is married to Barb and they have four children.
Mark is a lover of the Puritans, and his doctoral dissertation was entitled, Why Heaven Kissed Earth: The Christology of the Puritan Reformed Orthodox Theologian, Thomas Goodwin (1600–1680). He has authored and edited several books, including A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life; and Antinomianism: Reformed Theology’s Unwelcome Guest? In 2015, the Trust published his Knowing Christ.
Mark is married to Barb and they have four children.
Dr. Ryan McGraw (PhD, University of the Free State) serves as Morton H. Smith Professor of Systematic Theology. He has pastored churches in the PCA and OPC, and serves currently as Teacher at Covenant Community OPC, Taylors SC.
His academic books include works on John Owen (V&R 2014; Palgrave 2017), Reformed Scholasticism (T&T Clark 2020), and Charles Hodge (V&R 2023). Aiming at the church more broadly, his passion has been to popularize devotional Trinitarian theology in numerous books such as 31 Meditations on the Trinity (RHB 2023) and What is Covenant Theology? (Crossway 2024).
Editing and contributing to several journals, he and Joel Beeke are co-editors of the Cultivating Biblical Godliness series.
His academic books include works on John Owen (V&R 2014; Palgrave 2017), Reformed Scholasticism (T&T Clark 2020), and Charles Hodge (V&R 2023). Aiming at the church more broadly, his passion has been to popularize devotional Trinitarian theology in numerous books such as 31 Meditations on the Trinity (RHB 2023) and What is Covenant Theology? (Crossway 2024).
Editing and contributing to several journals, he and Joel Beeke are co-editors of the Cultivating Biblical Godliness series.
Our Sessions
Our schedule is currently TBD, but below is the usual outline of events.
Friday, October 24, 2025
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Session 1 (3:00 PM):
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Session 2 (6:00 PM):
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Session 3 (7:20 PM):
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Session 2 (6:00 PM):
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Session 3 (7:20 PM):
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Session 4 (9:15 AM):
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Session 5 (10:45 AM):
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Session 6 (1:30 PM):
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Session 5 (10:45 AM):
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Session 6 (1:30 PM):
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Our Sessions
Though happily called to walk with their Lord, believers may feel prone to wander along what John Bunyan named “by-path meadow,” the end of which is despair and doubt. Trusting that we will be “transformed from glory to glory” by degree (2 Cor. 3:18), how do we deal with the sobering danger of backsliding? And what does it mean to persevere in the Lord, who alone is able to keep us from stumbling (Jude 24)? Please join us and invite others to “take heed” and “take heart” in the Christian walk!
Dr. Mark Jones (Faith Vancouver Presbyterian Church)
Dr. Ryan McGraw (Greenville Theological Seminary)
- The Insidiousness of Sin
- The Signs of Backsliding
- Weak Grace Victorious
- The Signs of Backsliding
- Weak Grace Victorious
- The Herald: Direction in Perseverance
- The Shepherd: A Guide for Perseverance
- The Spirit: A Heart for Perseverance
- The Shepherd: A Guide for Perseverance
- The Spirit: A Heart for Perseverance