Planting Churches for Pleasure, Not for Profit
By Nathan Knight | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 11.07.2023Here 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.
Personal Evangelism for the Planter and the Church Plant
By J. Mack Stiles | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 11.07.2023If evangelism is to be woven into the fabric of the life of a new church plant and its pastor, it takes some thought and planning.
The Blessings and Burdens of a Church Planter’s Wife
By Gloria Furman | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 11.07.2023Blessings and burdens mingle together as we live in this world that groans for the Day of redemption.
What 9Marks Purists Should Know About Church Planting
By Ed Stetzer | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 11.07.2023Learn best practices, learn how to engage the lost, learn how to lead your church well to engage its community, but don’t do so by moving away from the gospel, the Scriptures, and a biblical understanding of church.
The Church Planter’s Second Priority: Raising Up Leaders
By Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 11.07.2023By developing other leaders who can teach, disciple, evangelize, counsel, and shepherd the flock, you raise up others who can care for the health of all the church members.
You Can’t Plant a Church If You Don’t Know What a Church Is
By Nathan Knight | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 11.07.2023You need a robust ecclesiology that’s in place well before you start trying to plant a church.
Pastor, Not Entrepreneur, Part 2
By Matt McCullough | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 11.07.2023You can lead a church plant and not be an entrepreneur. But you shouldn’t lead a church plant if you’re not a pastor.
Widows: The Untapped Resource in Your Church
By Keith Collier | 11.07.2023Don’t just minister to widows; mobilize them. Don’t discount them; deploy them.
Catholicity and the Church Membership Process
By John Sarver | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 11.06.2023Meaningful membership upholds glad-hearted catholicity.
Why Not to Plant Churches
By Phil Newton | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 11.01.2023Yes, plant churches. But do so after counting the cost.
When Catholicity Leads to Compromise
By Jonathan Worsley | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 10.30.2023For all the good of catholicity, an over-realized catholicity is potentially poisonous.
Powerfully Meek Leaders
By Davy Ellison | 10.27.2023In our meek Savior we see both restraint and boldness in perfect harmony.
Martin Bucer as a Cooperating Pastor
By Jason Lee | 9Marks Journal: Catholicity | 10.26.2023Against the Reformation’s backdrop of such vehemence and occasional violence, there are also sterling examples of Christian partnership and catholicity.
Lessons Learned from a Church Planter’s Wife
By Jenny Manley | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 10.25.2023Here are five lessons I have learned in the decade since I first arrived in an unfamiliar city with my husband, who had the task of planting a new church.
Sending Out Future Leaders Strategically
By Matt Rogers | 9Marks Journal: Church Planting | 10.20.2023Pastors developing future leaders can help using these seven diagnostic questions.
