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Review
Would Churches Be Healthier Without Formal Leadership?
Movements. Missional. Multiplication. These are the three dominant words in the church planting conversation, both in North America and abroad. "The Starfish and the Spirit" represents these emphases well.
Book
Planting by Pastoring
As churches rapidly expand, Christians risk viewing the church with an entrepreneurial mindset. Church planters can be tempted to fixate on gaining numbers and achieving financial stability as their only metrics for success. They fail to focus on lifting up Christ’s people within the church. In Planting by Pastoring, author Nathan Knight challenges our view […]
Article
Stop Launching Churches, Covenant Together Instead
The word covenant will help to shepherd our people into a richer, deeper, and more biblical picture of what the life of the local church is and what it’s not.
Article
Planting Churches for Pleasure, Not for Profit
Here are three principles we should all consider so that we might plant churches for the infinite pleasure of God’s glory over and against our own profit.
Article
You Can’t Plant a Church If You Don’t Know What a Church Is
You need a robust ecclesiology that’s in place well before you start trying to plant a church.
Article
Pastor, Not Entrepreneur
Emphasizing the acumen of Wall Street and the values of Silicon Valley in what to look for in a planter distracts us from paying attention to the New Testament’s emphases—who a man is.
Review
Book Review: Launch, by Nelson Searcy & Kerrick Thomas
We don’t need to borrow from the business world or their definitions of profit to establish criteria for success and significance.
Review
Book Review: Planting Missional Churches, by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im
Stetzer and Im have produced a useful book on planting, but you'll need other books to fill in your understanding of what the church is and the responsibilities of pastoral ministry.
Video
Church Planters Are Pastors, Not Entrepreneurs
9Marks, the North American Mission Board, and Send DC partnered together for a one-day conference on church planting and revitalization in Washington, DC. The focus of the conference was “Understanding the Basics for Planters & Revitalizers”.
Video
Grace without Compromise
First Five Years is a 9Marks Conference meant to encourage and instruct new pastors. Check out the videos from First Five Years 2017 on our website, or listen to the messages on iTunes.
Video
Panel #4
First Five Years is a 9Marks Conference meant to encourage and instruct new pastors. Check out the videos from First Five Years 2017 on our website, or listen to the messages on iTunes.
Article
Planting Churches for Pleasure, Not for Profit
What’s needed to plant a church isn’t the wisdom of Jim Collins, but the gospel of Jesus Christ.