The Proclamation Trust is a British

United Kingdom

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 evangelical Christian association founded in 1986 by Dick Lucas, led by Vaughan Roberts

Vaughan Roberts

Vaughan Roberts is the Rector of St Ebbe's Church, Oxford, United Kingdom., an evangelical Anglican church, subscribing to a traditional eleven point evangelical doctrine. In 2009, he became president of the Proclamation Trust.-Life:...

, based in Willcox House, London

London

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 that is dedicated to training preacher

Preacher

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s in expository preaching

Expository preaching

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. The Trust runs the Cornhill Training Course, the Evangelical Ministry Assembly as well as many conferences and Proclamation Trust Media.

Mission

The Proclamation Trust declares that "The main aim of the trust...is to teach the Bible

Bible

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 to preachers in order that they can in turn teach it to others. A further aim is to provide a fellowship of like-minded evangelicals across the denominations

Christian denomination

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 for encouragement in an exacting work." Underlying these aims is the "fundamental conviction...that when the Bible is taught God

God

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 himself speaks, and his voice is heard clearly today".

History

The Proclamation Trust was officially formed in 1986 by Dick Lucas from the preexisting Evangelical Ministry Assembly, which had been created in 1984. In 1991, David Jackman

David Jackman (minister)

David Jackman is a renowned British Evangelical Christian speaker, and former president of The Proclamation Trust. He founded the Cornhill Training Course in 1991 and was previously Minister of Above Bar Church, Southampton from 1976 - 1991.Jackman attended Downing College, Cambridge, and...

 joined the staff to begin the Cornhill Training Course.. In 2009, Vaughan Roberts, rector

Rector

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 of St Ebbe's Church, Oxford became president of the Trust. The current directors are Christopher Ash (Director of Cornhill) and Adrian Reynolds (Director of Ministry).

Overview

Proclamation Trust's annual Evangelical Ministry Assembly has included speakers Don Carson

Don Carson

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, John Chapman

John Chapman (evangelist)

John Chapman, affectionately known as "Chappo", is a well-known preacher, Bible teacher and evangelist associated with the Sydney Anglican church. He has authored several books including "A Fresh Start", "Know and Tell the Gospel", "Setting Hearts on Fire", "A Sinner's Guide to Holiness", and...

, Os Guinness

Os Guinness

Os Guinness is an author and social critic.-Biography:Born in China, he is the great-great-great-grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer. He was a witness to the climax of the Chinese revolution in 1949, and returned to England in 1951, where he went to school and college. He received a B.D...

, Jim Packer, John Stott

John Stott

John Robert Walmsley Stott CBE was an English Christian leader and Anglican cleric who was noted as a leader of the worldwide Evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974...

, Phillip Jensen

Phillip Jensen

Phillip Jensen is an Australian cleric of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and the Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral. He is the brother of Peter Jensen, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney.-Education and ministry:...

, Sinclair Ferguson

Sinclair Ferguson

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 and Tim Keller. It attracts over 1000 delegates a year. The Cornhill Training Course now trains 90 students a year for ministry. PT Media provides DVDs, CDs and books to serve its mission

External links

• Proclamation Trust
• PT Media