Originally from Wales, Derek Thomas is an Alliance Council member and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi. After pastoring for 17 years in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Dr. Thomas came to the USA in 1996 where, in addition to his work at the seminary, he serves as the minister of teaching at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson. Author of many books, monthly contributor to Table Talk magazine, and Editorial Director of The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.