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When Disaster Strikes...Again

By Jonathan Leeman | 5.23.2013

About a week ago, we posted Toby Jenkins' article on how a number of churches in his county and state rallied around his church when his community was struck by a tornado last Spring. A few days after posting, the tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma.

Churches Cooperating in Discipline

By Jonathan Leeman | 5.2.2013

Yes, autonomous local churches really can cooperate in church discipline. No, they typically don’t. But, yes, they should!

A Church and Churches: Integration

By Jonathan Leeman | 4.24.2013

What is the relationship between your local church and every other church in the world?

In the companion piece to this article, I consider what makes different local churches independent from one another. Here we consider how they should integrate.

A Church and Churches: Independence

By Jonathan Leeman | 4.23.2013

What is the relationship between your local church and every other church in the world?

In the companion piece to this article, I consider how different churches should integrate together. Here we want to ask what makes each independent.

Pastors, Homosexuality, and Same-Sex Marriage

By Jonathan Leeman | 4.18.2013

Pastor, I understand your reluctance to talk about homosexuality and same-sex marriage. I really do. It's a topic that can make enemies instead of friends--certainly enemies outside the church, but possibly inside, too. And who wants enemies?

Being informed on challenges to religious liberty

By Jonathan Leeman | 3.13.2013

In a recent post, I argued that the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 have left American evangelicals with a growing sense of their own disenfranchisement in the public square. Christians will have different responses concerning whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. But one thing I hope that Christians can agree upon is that Christians should pray "for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness" (1 Tim. 2:2).

Create a Contrast Culture in Your Church

By Jonathan Leeman | 3.6.2013

New article on The Gospel Coalition site. Check it out. Here's the intro:

Book Review: Center Church by Tim Keller

By Jonathan Leeman | 2.12.2013

I was recently on a conference call with a group of ten pastors who are all members of my theological “tribe,” as we’re calling them nowadays. Each of us took turns updating one another, and I mentioned that I was in the process of reviewing Timothy Keller’s Center Church. Would they pray for me? The conversation turned to Keller’s overall ministry program.

9Marks Journal – Pastoring Christians for the Workplace

By Jonathan Leeman | 2.4.2013

In a recent post I observed that Christians in America are experiencing a growing measure of cultural disenfranchisement. In so doing, they are beginning to taste what many Christians throughout history have experienced, not to mention our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world.

Disenfranchised Christians, Strong Churches

By Jonathan Leeman | 2.1.2013

Like the first round of layoffs that leave company employees expecting more layoffs to come, so the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013 have left American evangelicals with a growing sense of their own disenfranchisement.

THE GROWING DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY