Fergusson was Assistant Minister at St Nicholas Parish Church,
Lanark, from 1983 to 1984 and Associate Minister at St Mungo's Parish Church,
Cumbernauld, from 1984 to 1986. In 1985, he was appointed a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. In 1990, he was appointed Professor of Systematic Theology at the
University of Aberdeen, before moving to
Edinburgh to take up the position of the Chair of Divinity in 2000. He has held this post at
New College in the
University of Edinburgh until 2021. In April 2021, he was appointed
Regius Professor of Divinity, one of the oldest professorships of the University of Cambridge. and was appointed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to education, the arts, and the Church of Scotland. From 2008 to 2018, he served as Principal of New College. In July 2019 the Queen appointed him as
Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland and Dean of the
Order of the Thistle. He took part in the Royal procession at the
2023 Coronation, and was the lead minister at the
Presentation of the Honours of Scotland service held in
St Giles' Cathedral. ==See also==