I Will Build My Church: 2025 National Conference
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1. Strangers and Exiles
44:17
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
43:24
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. Sinclair B. Ferguson is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, vice-chairman of Ligonier Ministries, and Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary. He is featured teacher for several Ligonier teaching series, including Sojourners and Exiles. He is author of many books, including The Whole Christ, Maturity, and Devoted to God's Church. Dr. Ferguson is also host of the podcast Things Unseen.
