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Z-Talks 2025: Rev. Dr. Richard Gibbons
Dr. Richard Gibbons
Feb 9, 2025
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February 7, 2025 February 8, 2025 February 9, 2025 About the Speaker
Z-Talk & Dinner, February 7, 2025
This Z-Talk emphasized the significance of leadership in a modern Christian context, underscoring the necessity of humility, perseverance, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, encouraging the audience to consider their dreams and future growth rooted in biblical principles.
Z-Talk Discussion, February 8, 2025
The Z-Talk discussion focused on evaluating and planning the future direction of the church, emphasizing themes like congregational growth, biblical literacy, community engagement, intergenerational relationships, and creating a welcoming, mission-oriented environment.
About the Guest Speaker
REV. DR. RICHARD GIBBONS - Rev. Dr. Richard Gibbons is a native of Scotland and became the Senior Pastor of the historic First Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC, in 2007. Richard holds joint honors in Ecclesiastical History and Systematic Theology from the University of Glasgow and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Highland Theological College in Inverness, Scotland. He is married to Ruth (43 years), and they have one adult son, Michael.
Richard was the Chaplain of the Day for the U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2023, chaired the "World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians" (Washington, D.C.) in May 2017, and was the plenary speaker for Presbyterian pastors in Egypt in 2019 and 2020. He served for four years as Chair of the ECO Denomination’s Theology Task Force. He was the guest preacher for Great Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla in August 2023, and Their Majesties hosted Ruth and Richard in their home at Balmoral Castle at the close of the service in Crathie Parish Kirk, in Royal Deeside.
Richard has authored several children’s books, written a number of hymns, and for fun, writes children’s nursery rhymes in Shakespearean prose. His warm devotional book entitled *Conspiracy Theory – When God Is Seemingly Against You – Psalm 139* was published by Christian Focus Publications in November 2021.