Joined Staff:

September, 1995

Main Duties:

Preach, lead public worship, administer the sacraments, supervise the ministers of the pastoral staff, moderate the Session, and provide pastoral care for the congregation.

Family:

Married to Elisabeth (Lisa) Maxwell Ryken, June 6, 1987. Children: Joshua Philip (born January 13, 1993), Kirsten Elisabeth (born May 16, 1996), James Maxwell (born September 11, 2000), Kathryn Elaine (born May 21, 2002) and Karoline Jorena (born October 2, 2004).

Education:

B. A. Wheaton College (IL), 1988
M. Div. Westminster Theological Seminary (PA), 1992
D. Phil. University of Oxford (UK), 1995

Selected Published Writings (complete list of published books):

1 Timothy, Reformed Expository Commentary (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2007)

What Is the Christian Worldview (P&R Publishing, 2006)
The Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel, with James Montgomery Boice (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2002)
City on a Hill: Recovering the Biblical Pattern for the Church in the 21st Century (Chicago: Moody, 2003)
Ryken’s Bible Handbook, with Leland Ryken and Jim Wilhoit (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 2005)

(ordering information for Dr. Ryken's books in print)

Other Activities:

Serves on Wheaton College (IL) Board of Trustees, Westminster Theological Seminary (PA) Board of Trustees, and as an Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals council member

Personal Statement:

When I am not playing with my kids, I enjoy shooting hoops, reading writers like Marilynne Robinson and Shusaku Endo, and pondering the relationship between Christianity and American culture.

Email/Blogsite:

pryken@tenth.org; visit my blogsite here.