Your support of Ligonier Ministries can help Christians take courage in our confused age.
Countless people are lost today. They wander through life without certainty and without hope. This confusion is not merely intellectual. It is profoundly spiritual. When we do not know who God is, we cannot rightly know who we are. Nor can we understand the world in which we live.
This is why theology matters.
For many years, Dr. R.C. Sproul reminded the church that everyone is a theologian. The question is not whether we think about God. The question is whether we think rightly about Him. Are our minds directed by the Word of God or by the spirit of the age? Are we guided by truth, or are we adrift in a sea of confusion?
R.C. understood that the church does not need less doctrine. The church needs doctrine that is clearly taught and faithfully applied. He believed that Christians require more than sentiment and passing inspiration. They must know God in all His holiness, sovereignty, and grace. Only the truth of God declared in all its fullness can lay the foundation for a faithful life.
This conviction has guided Ligonier from the beginning. I believe it is the conviction that our ministry supporters share. As Ligonier’s chairman, let me invite you to help people find direction in a disoriented world through trusted Christian teaching. Now, as this budget year draws to a close, your support by June 30 can accelerate the truth to more people.
As I reflect on the history of the church, I am reminded that in many periods of great confusion, God has raised up faithful witnesses to proclaim His truth. During the Protestant Reformation, the church found courageous leaders who defended the gospel of justification by faith alone. Later, as theological liberalism threatened the church, God raised up faithful teachers who would once again point His people to the authority of His Word.
In our day, the need is no less urgent. Many Christians are unprepared to answer the pressures of our culture. The rising generation is burdened by anxiety in a clamoring world. Pastors around the globe lack the training and materials they need to shepherd their people effectively.
Yet we are not discouraged, because the truth of God has not changed. The Lord Jesus Christ is still building His church (Matt. 16:18). The Word of God is still living and active (Heb. 4:12). And we continue to see God mercifully using the trusted Bible teaching of Ligonier to give courage and clarity to His people.
Driven by Dr. Sproul’s conviction that everyone is a theologian, the scope of Ligonier’s discipleship outreach extends to everyone. Today, Christians around the world are discovering the joy of theological learning and are finding security in the truth.
I often marvel at the global opportunities that God has provided for Ligonier to serve His church. R.C. planned for this teaching fellowship to have a worldwide impact on Christian discipleship, and these plans have borne extraordinary success. In the years since our founder went to be with the Lord, Ligonier’s ministry budget has doubled, while the reach of our Bible teaching has multiplied five times over.
Ligonier is not shrinking back. We are building momentum. By God’s grace, we seek to proclaim the whole counsel of God to the whole world.
This kingdom work is made possible through the prayers and generosity of friends who want to see R.C.’s vision realized. As Ligonier prepares to begin a new budget year, your support by June 30 has a direct influence on preparations for the next twelve months of outreach.
Your gift today can help:
Accelerate the production of teaching resources and hold additional in-person training events so more Christians can defend their faith;
Enhance the free Ligonier app and other digital platforms to give God’s people constant access to His Word in a confused world;
Amplify the ministry of 500,000 pastors around the world by equipping them with the Reformation Study Bible;
Strengthen the global church by translating a deep theological library into the world’s 20 most-spoken languages.
There are many worthwhile causes to support. Yet this one bears eternal significance as you help more people know the true and living God.
Even now, more doors for service are opening than Ligonier can presently enter. The same God who has blessed this ministry in the past is actively at work today. In His service, let us press forward together so more lives may be transformed in the knowledge of God.
Thank you for standing with Ligonier to proclaim the holiness of God to people of every age, in every stage of the Christian life, and in every nation.
Ligonier Ministries