Finding Elders in Immigrant Churches
By Luis Cardenas | 06.16.2021As pastors faithfully shepherd those in their care and train new leaders, Christ will continue to make sure his church is supplied with more leaders who are eager to equip the saints for the work of ministry.
What’s in the Water?: Baptism as a Sign of Addition (Part 3)
By Trent Hunter | 06.11.2021The Word led to baptism, which led to a defined worshiping community, and as people were baptized, they were “added” to that community. That’s what Luke is teaching us.
What’s in the Water?: Baptism as a Sign of the New Covenant (Part 2)
By Trent Hunter | 06.04.2021We’ve now explored the various invisible realities to which baptism points. Most preeminently, we we discussed the nature of the new covenant as a regenerate community.
Five Reasons to Pastor an Old Church, Even With All Its Problems
By Marc Minter | 06.02.2021Starting a new church is exciting, especially when compared to taking an established church with all its problems.
What’s in the Water? — Combatting Superstition and Sentimentalism with Scripture (Part 1)
By Trent Hunter | 05.26.2021If we’re going to get baptism right, we need our thinking and practice shaped by Scripture. That’s why at my church our elders recently entered a study about baptism.
Baptists and Calvinism: Lessons from Sprague’s Annals of the American Baptist Pulpit
By Caleb Morell | 05.24.2021Just like today, Baptists were in the nineteenth century were a “big tent” denomination. Differences persisted, but they were handled with charity.
Our Church Wants a Plurality of Elders, But We Don’t Know Where to Start
By Dave Harvey | 05.17.2021Transitioning to a plurality of elders is an urgent topic—for both planters and pastors who don’t yet have this structure. Why? Because the quality of your elder plurality determines in large part the health of your church. It really is that important.
Pastors, Fight Against Fear of Man by Fighting for the Fear of the Lord
By Dave Cook | 05.10.2021It’s possible to be afraid of God, but the man who rightly fears God enjoys the thrill, the breathlessness, the awe of glimpsing God’s glory. This man knows his own smallness—and doesn’t mind it.
How Church Membership Gives Us Freedom
By Lee Sullivan | 05.03.2021Isn’t it ironic that a high commitment like church membership can bring about a sense of freedom?
When You Long for Friends: A Meditation for Elders’ Wives
By Megan Hill | 04.30.2021In your time as an elder’s wife, you will doubtless experience times of loneliness. You can take encouragement from the example of Paul that a desire for friends is a good desire.
Church Membership Among Former Mormons? A 9Marks Mailbag
By Matt Emadi | 04.29.2021Church membership isn’t a control mechanism, it’s a barrier to authoritarianism.
Fisherman or Fishermen? Considering the Church’s Corporate Mission
By Matt Sliger | 04.26.2021The mission of the church is in fact the mission of the church. Rather than merely being one person casting from a pier, it’s a host of men and women holding their part of the net.
Forbear with One Another
By Dan Miller | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021Members of the blood-bought church of Jesus Christ have a holy calling to put up with one another.
Be Like Batman: Guard the Gospel
By Sam Emadi | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021You don’t need a seminary education. You don’t have to be an ordained minister or a spiritual superstar. All you need is the Holy Spirit, and you have that! It’s time to suit up and start guarding the gospel.
Speak Only What Is Good to Give Grace
By Josh Manley | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021Our days and our words are numbered, and before long we will have to give an account to God for how we used them.
