Jonathan Leeman

Jonathan Leeman is the editorial director 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 @Jonathan Leeman.

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Books Authored or Edited


Chapters Authored

  • “The Church” in Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testamentedited 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 Theologyedited 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 Theologyedited 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 Missionby 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:

From 9Marks:
From Tabletalk Magazine:
From The Gospel Coalition:
From Canon and Culture:

From Miscellaneous: