11 Facts About Philip Ryken

Philip Graham Ryken was born on 1966 and is an American theologian, Presbyterian minister, and academic administrator.

Philip Ryken is the eighth president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

Philip Ryken received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and philosophy from Wheaton College in 1988.

Philip Ryken completed a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1992 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in historical theology from University of Oxford in 1995.

Philip Ryken joined the pastoral staff of historic Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1995 and was elevated to the position of senior minister upon the death of James Boice in 2000.

Philip Ryken took office on July 1,2010, and was formally inaugurated on September 17,2010 at Edman Chapel.

Philip Ryken is a member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, serving as a member of the alliance council, which features his expository preaching on its weekly national radio and internet broadcast, Every Last Word.

Philip Ryken has written over thirty books on a wide variety of Christian subjects, including:.

Philip Ryken is the son of the Christian literary scholar and Wheaton professor emeritus Leland Philip Ryken.

Philip Ryken met his wife, Lisa, while the two were students at Wheaton.

Philip Ryken is known to enjoy basketball, soccer, golf, and poetry.