Faithful Ministry: An Ecclesial Festschrift in Honor of the Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn

This collection of Biblical theological historical and pastoral essays celebrates the remarkable forty-year ministry of the Rev. Dr. Robert S. (“Rob”) Rayburn. A man of scholarly gifts and a shepherds heart Rob not only faithfully served a single congregation for his entire ministerial career but also contributed to the wider church through his perceptive theological writings. Just as Rob embodied pastoral warmth intellectual rigor and an appreciation for the catholicity of the Christian tradition so too the essays of this “ecclesial Festschrift” seek to bring scholarly expertise into the service of Christs church.