R.C. Sproul (1939-2017)

Richard Charles Sproul was an American Reformed theologian and ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA). He was the founding pastor of Saint Andrew’s Chapel. He was the founder and chairman of the Ligonier Ministries ( named after a valley just outside Pittsburgh). He was the first president of the Reformation Bible College. He was the executive editor of the magazine Tabletalk. He could also heard daily on the Renewing Your Mind radio broadcast across the USA and internationally.

He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a youth he was a keen supporter of both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates. Aged 15 he had to drop out of High school to support his family. In 1960 he married Vesta Voorhis -they had 2 children.

BA from Westminster College, Pennsylvania 1961
M.Div from Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary 1964
Drs from Free University of Amsterdam 1969
PhD from Whitefield Theological Seminary 2001

He taught at
Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando
Jackson, Mississippi
Knox Theological Seminary in Ft. Lauderdale

He was ordained as an elder in the United Presbyterian Church of the USA in 1965. Around 1975 he left the denomination and joined the P C A.
Robert was co-pastor at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, a congregation in Sanford, Florida. He will be remembered by the church for the many ways he served the church. He was a gifted communicator, and his ability to make complex topics easy to understand was evident through his preaching of the Word of God, teaching and writings.
He could he heard daily on his radio program* Renewing Your Mind.*

The Ligonier Ministries (LM) began in 1971. Robert was one of the primary speakers. It has become an international Christian education ministry now located near Orlando.
Tabletalk is the devotional magazine of LM.
The LM would produce the statement on Biblical Inerrancy which would eventually grow into the 1978 Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy.
( See information on both)
He wrote over 100 books.

He was a council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals (ACE). ( See Notes on Ace)

He suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. On 18th April, 2015 Robert suffered a stroke. On 2nd December 2017 his respiratory difficulties were exacerbated by flu. He died on the 14th December, 2017 aged 78.

the greatest and most influential proponent of the recovery of Reformed theology in the last century

Sources used
History & Identity
Ligonier Ministries
Tabletalk
Why reformation Bible College Exists
Wikipedia