2026 Ron Taber Lecture Series — Here Is the Church: Tracing Biblical Metaphors
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The 2026 Ron Taber Lecture Series at Western Reformed Seminary
April 17-18 at the Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Here Is the Church – Five Lectures
Pastors Jonathan Landry Cruse and Tito Lyro
1. From Heaven He Came and Sought Her: The Church as Bride
2. Blest Be the Ties That Bind: The Church as Body
3. He Wills Us Be a Family: The Church as Family
4. God’s Truth Abideth Still: The Church as Pillar
5. O Come, Let Us Adore Him: The Church as Temple
Lecture Schedule
Friday, 7-9 pm and Saturday, 2-5:15 pm
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
6202 S Tyler St, Tacoma, WA 98409
Spring Banquet and Fundraiser to follow – Saturday, April 18, 2026, 5:30 pm
Jonathan Landry Cruse (MDiv, Westminster Seminary California) is the pastor of Community Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Kalamazoo, MI, where he lives with his wife, Kerri Ann, and their three children. He is a published hymn writer and the author of several books, and a doctoral student at RTS, Charlotte.
Tito Lyro (MDiv, Western Reformed Seminary; MABC, The Master’s University) is the pastor of the Bible Presbyterian Church of Olympia and president of Western Reformed Seminary. He is married to Emily and enjoys his seven grandkids. He is a doctoral student at MBTS.