A Discipler’s Daily Itinerary

By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012

It is not always easy to figure out where discipling fits into the busy week. But here is a sample of what a day might look like.

Discipleship and the Paradoxes of Growth

By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012

As Christians, we live by dying and rest by striving. But how do these paradoxes practically play out in discipleship?

Discipling When You Need to Be Discipled

By Erin Wheeler | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012

Ever feel like you have no business playing teacher because you’re still a student? The gospel reminds us that God’s power is made perfect in our weakness.

Discipleship According to the Scriptures

By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012

Disciples are called to follow Christ, and following him means helping others follow him.

How Can Pastors Raise Up Leaders?

By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012

Here are thirteen ways you can help to raise up other leaders in your congregation.

Elders—The Church’s Lead Disciple-Makers

By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012

The goal of shepherding is the maturity of the members. Therefore, elders should be the church’s lead disciple-makers.

Discipling: More than a Podcast Preacher

By Jonathan Dodson | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012

Podcast sermons can never replace in-person spiritual fathers. Here’s how to recover a relationally mediated gospel.

The Heart of a Disciple-Making Pastor

By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012

What is the essential quality of a disciple-making pastor? Rejoicing in others’ ministry.

Obligation, Stewardship, and the Poor

By Kevin DeYoung | 9Marks Journal: Mercy Ministry in the Church | 07.01.2012

It’s easy (and biblical) to insist that Christians should “do something about the poor.” But how can we sort out whom we should help, and how much?

Facing Up to Sex Trafficking

By Justin Holcomb | 9Marks Journal: Mercy Ministry in the Church | 06.27.2012

Should Christians pass off victims of sexual trafficking to non-Christian counselors? Send them to someone else’s church? What? What should pastors know about this world and what can they do?

Adopting a School

By J. D. Greear | 9Marks Journal: Mercy Ministry in the Church | 06.27.2012

Here’s how the Summit Church learned to love their neighbors, and what that did for their witness to their community.

Loving the Unlovely and Unwanted

By David Apple | 9Marks Journal: Mercy Ministry in the Church | 06.27.2012

This is the story of one urban church’s efforts to serve its community through both mercy and pointing to the source of mercy.

How to Start a Mercy Ministry in your Church

By Layla Wilder | 9Marks Journal: Mercy Ministry in the Church | 06.27.2012

If you want your church to help poor people, decide how you are going to help, find people to serve, and tell them about Jesus as you do.

Church Mercy Ministry as Integrated Auxiliary

By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Mercy Ministry in the Church | 06.26.2012

If a mercy ministry in your church grows to the point where it needs some real structure, consider making it an “integrated auxiliary.”

How to Have Gospel Conversations with Torn Up People

By John Lauber | 9Marks Journal: Mercy Ministry in the Church | 06.26.2012

How can you talk to someone with whom you seem to have nothing in common? By seeing their life and yours through the lens of the Bible’s grand narrative.

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