Sinclair Ferguson


Sinclair Buchanan Ferguson is a Scottish theologian known in Reformed Christian circles for his teaching, writing, and editorial work. He is Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary since 2017, commuting from Scotland where he is an assistant minister at St. Peter's Free Church of Scotland, Dundee.

Career

Ferguson studied at the University of Aberdeen for all of his university education, firstly a master or arts, then a bachelor of divinity, before gaining his Ph.D. During his days as a student, he worshipped at Gilcomstons South Church, under the ministry of William Still.
Ferguson was ordained as a minister in the Church of Scotland in 1971, becoming a minister in the most northerly parish in Scotland, becoming the minister of St. John's, Baltasound on the island of Unst, Shetland. He was the pastor there for 10 years. After this decade on Unst, he was offered a teaching position as a part-time Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia.
He then moved back to his native Scotland in 1997, filling the pulpit at St George's-Tron Church, Glasgow, succeeding the successful 20-year ministry of Eric Alexander.
In the mid-2000s, he then transferred back to the US to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, serving as the senior pastor of historic First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, South Carolina.
From 25 August 2013, he has served as a preacher and elder at St. Peter's Free Church, Dundee.

Other Roles

He has served as an editor with the Banner of Truth Trust.
He was also a professor of systematic theology at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas.
He has held the Charles Krahe Chair for Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary.
He also previously served as a council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.

Works

Ferguson speaks at numerous conferences worldwide. Books he has written, edited or contributed to include: