Episode 19: Church Mergers and Plants
With Mark DeverWe just released a Journal on church planting and church mergers. Because neither Mark nor Jonathan wrote an article for it, we devoted this episode of Pastors’ Talk to the topic.
Church Plants Need Pastors, Not Entrepreneurs
By Matt McCullough | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017We often assume church planting requires more entrepreneurial skills than other pastoral contexts. Is that a fair assumption?
The Loneliness of Church Planting
By John Starke | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017An enchantment with the city isn’t the same as a biblical love for the city, and it won’t sustain you in the long run.
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The Priority of Patience, Prayer, and Preaching in Church Planting
By Josh Manley | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017As you patiently “preach and pray, love and stay,” you’ll find that your church has been planted on fertile soil that bears up good and lasting fruit.
Church Planting in the Same Building
By Matthew Spandler-Davison | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017Our church was getting full, and we knew we needed to do something. So, we planted a church . . . in the same building.
How to Do Ministry When You Don’t Have Money
By Brian DavisHow do you serve the Lord as a church planter while broke?
What 9Marks Purists Should Know About Church Planting
By Ed StetzerI love gospel clarity and biblical ecclesiology, but I’m concerned about the anti-practical nature we sometimes see in the 9Marks community.