Robert S. Rayburn (born August 8, 1950) is an American pastor and theologian. He was the pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church, a
PCA church in
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, southwest of Bellevue, Washington, Bellevue, northeast of the state capital, Olympia ...
, and served as the
stated clerk of the Presbytery of the Pacific Northwest. Rayburn studied at
Covenant College
Covenant College is a private, liberal arts, Christian college in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, United States, located near Chattanooga, Tennessee. As the college of the Presbyterian Church in America, Covenant teaches subjects from a Reformed ...
,
Covenant Theological Seminary
Covenant Theological Seminary, informally called Covenant Seminary, is the denominational seminary of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Located in Creve Coeur, Missouri, it trains people to work as leaders in church positions and elsewh ...
, and the
University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...
.
Rayburn has been described as "the modern patriarch of
covenant succession thinking," for his essay "The Presbyterian Doctrines of Covenant Children, Covenant Nurture and Covenant Succession". He was also the author of the PCA minority report in favor of
paedocommunion
Infant communion, also known as paedocommunion, refers to the practice of giving the Eucharist, often in the form of consecrated wine mingled with consecrated bread, to young children. This practice is standard throughout Eastern Christianity, whe ...
.
He is the son of
Robert G. Rayburn, the founder of Covenant College and Covenant Theological Seminary.
References
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Living people
1950 births
Presbyterian Church in America ministers
Covenant Theological Seminary alumni
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
American Calvinist and Reformed theologians
Covenant College alumni