Dr. Derek W.H. Thomas, a native of Wales, is the Senior Minister at First Presbyterian Church (ARP) in Columbia, South Carolina. He is also the Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary (Atlanta), and the Editorial Director for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. He previously served as the Chairman of the Theology Department at Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson) and the Minister of Teaching at First Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Jackson, Mississippi. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Wales, a Masters of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson), and a PhD from the University of Wales (Lampeter) in Calvin and the Book of Job. He was ordained in the Evangelical Church of Ireland, and served Stranmillis Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Belfast for 17 years before moving to the United States. He has published more than twenty books and contributed to many others.
He and his wife, Rosemary, have two grown children and two grandchildren, a dog named Luther, and a somewhat dysfunctional cat named Chloe. He is passionate about classical music, opera, blue cheese and snobby coffee.
