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Dear friend,
While always initiated and empowered by the work of the Holy Spirit, history tells us that the most powerful periods of church renewal and reformation follow the efforts of Christian leaders to teach the Word of God accurately. Certainly, the Protestant Reformation would not have traveled far and wide if men like Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox, and others had not systematically explained the gospel and dedicated themselves to the training of churchmen. But let us not forget the efforts of unnamed persons who were used of God to bring renewal through their faithfulness to Scripture. It is hardly possible that the Reformation would have spread apart from the work of knowledgeable men who handed the faith on to other men and the labor of educated women who instructed women and children in the church and at home.
Famous and unsung alike, these heroes held in common a solid grounding in the essential truths of the prophetic and apostolic writings, the foundation upon which Christ builds His church. Christian leaders today must likewise be established in truths like biblical inerrancy, divine sovereignty, the person of Jesus, the work of the Holy Spirit, man as the fallen image of God, salvation by grace alone, the nature of the church and sacraments, as well as the hope of our final resurrection if the church would enjoy a new reformation.
On October 20–22, 2009, Ligonier Ministries will seek to help meet the need for educated church leaders in our first annual ministry leadership conference, “Pillars of the Christian Faith.” Whether you are a pastor, Sunday school teacher, elder, deacon, women’s ministry director, missionary, youth leader, seminary educator or student, I invite all church leaders and teachers to join Ligon Duncan, Sinclair Ferguson, Steve Lawson, and me as we endeavor to equip you for effective, biblical leadership based upon the essential truths of the Christian faith.
Your work in the church is helping to advance the kingdom of God, and we hope you can come and benefit from a few days of rest, fellowship, and instruction that you might be renewed and strengthened to press on. Please join us this fall as we study Scripture together.
In Christ,
R.C. Sproul
Online registration is now closed. Please register at the door.
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