Under the auspices of Ligonier, Sproul published a daily devotional, Tabletalk launched a radio teaching ministry, Renewing Your Mind held annual conferences and published books, audio, and video resources. The ministry moved to a suburb of Orlando in 1984 and was renamed Ligonier Ministries. This ministry has grown to be the largest Reformed educational and discipleship ministry in the world. Sproul founded the Ligonier Valley Study Center in western Pennsylvania as a place where Christians could immerse themselves in biblical, theological, and philosophical study. Then he pastored for two years at College Hill Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. While at Conwell, he taught Sunday school at Oreland Presbyterian Church just outside of Philadelphia. (The UPCUSA had become known for its “progressive” policies such as the ordination of women and ecumenism.) Instead of pastoring, Sproul taught briefly at three different schools: Westminster College, Gordon College, and Conwell Theological Seminary. Upon returning to the United States in 1965, Sproul was ordained in the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA), although he would later transfer his ministerial credentials to the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). After graduation, he pursued doctoral studies (and taught himself Dutch) at the Free University of Amsterdam under Dr. While in seminary, Sproul also pastored a Presbyterian church in Lyndora, Pennsylvania. John Gerstner, who was a formative influence in his life.
(At the time of his death, they had been married 57 years.)Īfter graduation, Sproul attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary where he was mentored by Dr. In 1960, a year before graduation, he married Vesta Voorhis, his childhood sweetheart. However, a fellow football player shared the gospel with him, and R.C.
Although the school was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), he was not a believer when he enrolled. He attended Westminster College near Pittsburgh on a football scholarship. Sproul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Robert Charles Sproul (1939-2017) was an American Presbyterian pastor, theologian, author, apologist, and Bible teacher.
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