Thomas, Derek W. H.

Derek W. H. Thomas, a native of Wales, graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary in 1978 and later earned a Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Lampeter. He served as a pastor in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for seventeen years.

He returned to the United States in 1996 to become the John E. Richards professor of systematic and practical theology at the Jackson campus of RTS. He also serves as the minister of teaching at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson.

Dr. Thomas has served as editor of the Evangelical Presbyterian, a monthly denominational magazine, and is the editorial