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Videos from the October 2025 gathering in Istanbul — 1,700 years after the First Council of Nicea, theologians and church leaders from across the global church.
Why Nicea matters: the church before the creed
Ligon Duncan
God the Father: we believe in God the Father
Sherif Fahim
God the Son: the divinity of Christ
Michael Reeves
God the Son: the humanity of Christ
Kevin DeYoung
God the Holy Spirit: we believe in the Holy Spirit
Harshit Singh
Our future hope: and he shall come again with glory
Ken Mbugua
Facing modern heresies
DeChirico · Thompson · Mohler · Lopes
Creeds and catechisms at home
Folmar · Logsdon · Low · DeYoung
Supporting churches in hard places
Bakhmutsky · Fahim · Stiles
State of the church: then and now
Duncan · DeYoung · Mohler · Logsdon
Enduring global church-to-church partnerships
Folmar · Oliveira · Santos · Stiles
Coming 2027 · The first Surely There publication
One Lord, One Faith, One Gospel:
The Nicea Conference Book
Mohler · Duncan · Dever · DeYoung · Reeves · Mbugua · Singh · Fahim + more
In October 2025, the creators of the creators of Surely There convened the Nicea Conference in Istanbul — gathering theologians and church leaders 1,700 years after the First Council of Nicea. This book is the record of that gathering: the confession the church has carried for seventeen centuries, examined anew in the city where it was written, by voices from across the global church.
The book will be released in 2027.
Coming 2027 · The first Surely There publication
One Lord,
One Faith,
One Gospel:
The Nicea Conference Book
In October 2025, the creators of Surely There convened the Nicea Conference in Istanbul — gathering theologians and church leaders from across the world, 1,700 years after the First Council of Nicea. This book is the record of that gathering: the confession the church has carried for seventeen centuries, examined anew in the city where it was written.
Contributors
Albert Mohler
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA
Ligon Duncan
Reformed Theological Seminary, USA
Mark Dever
Capitol Hill Baptist Church, USA
Kevin DeYoung
Christ Covenant Church, USA
Michael Reeves
Union School of Theology, UK
Ken Mbugua
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kenya
Harshit Singh
South Asian Bible College, India
Sherif Fahim
Alexandria School of Theology, Egypt
+ additional contributors
Videos and transcripts from scholars and pastors — on the places where Scripture happened and what God's faithfulness then means for the church today.
The Lord of All History
Michael Reeves
These are real places: history in space and time
Albert Mohler
The Bible's people and places are real — and you can see them
Ligon Duncan
The faithfulness of the church in Antioch
Mark Vroegop
The Lord's faithfulness then encourages us today
Evgheny Bakhmutsky
What Paul in Ephesus teaches us about preaching the kingdom
Jonathan Leeman
The cities and towns of Turkey where God acted and the early church was born — places that still exist, that you can still visit today.
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Turkey
Ephesus
Where the gospel was unleashed throughout Asia
Turkey
Antioch
Where the disciples were first called Christians
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Turkey
Pergamum
The city of mythological mystery
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Turkey
Colossae
Where the letter still speaks and the ground is still being opened
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Turkey
Sardis
A place of myriad faiths, creeds, and empires
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Turkey
Miletus
City of philosophers, architects, and rebels
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