I Will Build My Church: 2025 National Conference


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1. Strangers and Exiles


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2. From All Eternity


44:20
3. Pursuing the Mission of God


43:16
4. Questions & Answers with Godfrey, Harrison, Jones, and Nichols
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52:45
5. Fighting the Good Fight


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6. Relying on the Means of Grace


45:50
7. One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic


8. The Chief Shepherd


9. Questions & Answers with Ferguson, Kim, Lopes, Reeves, and Thomas
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10. Love One Another


11. The Priority of Worship


12. Sharing the Good News


13. Questions & Answers with Ferguson, Godfrey, Nichols, and Thomas
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14. The Power of the Holy Spirit


15. Misunderstood Doctrines (Seminar)

16. The Global Church (Seminar)
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17. Assurance of Salvation (Seminar)


18. Trials and Suffering (Seminar)

The Chief Shepherd
Although the church has many undershepherds—pastors and elders—the church has but one Chief Shepherd to whom all are accountable, the Lord Jesus Christ. In this message, Dr. Derek Thomas considers how Christ is the head of the church and how church government is related to His authority.
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Derek Thomas
Dr. Derek W.H. Thomas is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is featured teacher for the Ligonier teaching series Romans 8 and author of many books, including Heaven on Earth, Strength for the Weary, and Let Us Worship God.