Jonathan Leeman

Jonathan Leeman is the president for 9Marks. After doing undergraduate and graduate degrees in political science, Jonathan began his career in journalism where he worked as an editor for an international economics magazine in Washington, D.C. Since his call to ministry, Jonathan has earned a master of divinity and a Ph.D. in theology and worked as an interim pastor.

Today he edits the 9Marks series of books as well as the 9Marks Journal and is the co-host of Pastors Talk. He has written for a number of publications and is the author or editor of a number of books.

Jonathan lives with his wife and four daughters in a suburb of Washington, DC and serves as an elder at Cheverly Baptist Church. He teaches adjunctively at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Reformed Theological Seminary. You can follow him on Twitter at @JonathanLeeman.

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Books Authored or Edited

• The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love (Crossway, 2010)
• Reverberation: How God’s Word Gives Light, Affection, Freedom and Action to His Church (Moody, 2011)
• Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus (Crossway, 2012)
• Church Discipline: How the Church Protects the Name of Jesus (Crossway, 2012)
• Editor: The Underestimated Gospel (B&H, 2014)
• Co-editor (with Mark Dever): Baptist Foundations: Church Government for an Anti-Institutional Age (B&H, 2015)
• Political Church: The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ’s Rule (IVP Academic, 2016)
• Don’t Fire Your Church Members: The Case for Congregationalism (B&H Academic, 2016)
• Understanding the Congregation’s Authority (B&H, 2016)
• Understanding Church Discipline (B&H, 2016)
• General Editor: Unashamed of the Gospel: The Conference Messages of T4G 2014 (B&H, 2016)
• The Word-Centered Church: How Scripture Brings Life and Growth to God’s People (formerly Reverberation) (Moody, 2017)
• How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics for a Divided Age (Thomas Nelson, 2018)
• The Rule of Love: How the Local Church Should Reflect God’s Love and Authority (Crossway, 2018)
• One Assembly: Rethinking the Multisite and Multiservice Church Models (Crossway, 2020)
• How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics (with Andy Naselli) (Crossway, 2020)
• Is It Loving to Practice Church Discipline? (Crossway, 2020)
• Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential (with Collin Hansen) (Crossway, 2021)
• What Is the Church’s Mission? (Crossway, 2022)
• Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human Flourishing (Crossway, 2023)

Chapters Authored

• “The Church” in Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, edited by G. K. Beale, D. A. Carson, Benjamin L. Gladd, and Andrew David Naselli (Baker, 2023)
• “Church Membership” and “Church and State” in A Handbook of Theology, edited by Daniel L. Akin, David S. Dockery, and Nathan A. Finn (B&H, 2023)
• “Baptists in Babylon: On the Role of Politics in Modern Baptist Life,” in Baptist Political Theology, edited by Thomas S. Kidd, Paul D. Miller, and Andrew T. Walker (B&H, 2023)
• “Soteriological Mission: Focusing in on the Mission of Redemption” plus “Responses,” in Four Views on the Church’s Mission, by Jonathan Leeman, Christopher J. H. Wright, John R. Franke, and Peter J. Leithart, edited by Jason S. Sexton (Zondervan, 2017)

A selection of articles from Jonathan