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2012

Giving Opportunity

By Jonathan Leeman | 5.24.2012

Friends,

Crossway, who has been a faithful not-for-profit publisher for several decades now, relies in part upon donor money. They have an good fundraising opportunity that they would love for you to know about. 

All Together Now: From Multiple Services Toward a Single Assembly

By Kyle Cheatham | 5.24.2012

When Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954, he opened up new possibilities and shattered standard ways of thinking. That happened to me last year, only it wasn’t Bannister, it was Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. And it wasn’t a four-minute mile that was broken, it was a multiple-service mentality.

ONE CHURCH IN TWO LOCATIONS WITH THREE SERVICES

Should Elders Ever Walk Away?

By Jonathan Leeman | 5.17.2012

 

A pastor friend recently emailed me with the following question:

In a pastoral counseling or shepherding situation, when do you say, “I have nothing else to give,” and move on?

Should you quit going to church when your pastor goes on sabbatical?

By Bobby Jamieson | 5.14.2012

Come on, this is 9Marks. What do you think we're going to say to that question?

Too-obvious setup aside, our good friend Jeramie Rinne shared some helpful thoughts on the subject with his church in view of his own upcoming sabbatical.

Must Baptism Precede Membership? Of course!

By Jonathan Leeman | 5.13.2012

Must someone be baptized before he or she can join a church? I've been told by people who know history better than I do that Christians of almost all traditions have said yes for 2000 years. It's really only today that people have thought otherwise.

What Is Church Membership?

By Jonathan Leeman | 5.11.2012

In the last post, I answered the question, What Is the Local Church? That brings us to the next question: what is church membership?

Answer: It’s a declaration of citizenship in Christ’s kingdom. It’s a passport. It’s an announcement made in the pressroom of Christ’s kingdom. It’s the declaration that a professing individual is an official, licensed, card-carrying, bona fide Jesus representative.

The Curious Case of the Unnamed Prophet

By Michael McKinley | 5.9.2012

There's an amazing story recorded for us in I Kings 13. If you remember the context, Jeroboam has built an altar in Bethel to compete with the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. Then suddenly, an unnamed prophet let loose a blast against the altar:

A Faithful Witness Whose Testimony Challenges Muslim Insider Movements

By Ed Roberts | 5.9.2012

The Written Defense of the Rev. Mehdi Dibaj Delivered to the Sari Court of Justice - Sari, Iran December 3, 1993
A born Muslim who decided to follow and serve Jesus and paid the price with his life

 

Serving Your Wife Before Serving as a Pastor

By Marcus Glover | 5.9.2012

The following is a guest post from Brian Croft. Brian serves as the senior pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to contributing to the 9Marks blog, Brian also writes regularly on his own blog called Practical Shepherding. Brian is married to Cara, and they have four children.