Wanted: More Older Women Discipling Younger Women
By Susan Hunt | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Women | 07.01.2010Older women discipling younger women is not just a nifty idea someone concocted, and it is not optional. It’s a gospel imperative.
How Pastors Can Equip Women for Ministry
By Bob Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Women | 07.01.2010Equipping women for ministry is a necessary piece in the puzzle that is the local church.
Discipling Men vs. Discipling Women
By Deepak Reju | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Women | 07.01.2010How should the Bible’s teaching about men and women inform my pastoral work?
The Genesis of Gender and Ecclesial Womanhood
By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Women | 07.01.2010Don’t miss the point here: gender is front and center in creation, the fall, and the curse.
How to Separate Deacon Work from Elder Work
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Deacons | 04.28.2010Whether between the pastors and the congregation or within the church’s leadership, division causes Christ’s church to suffer.
The Committee-Free, Task-Specific Deacon
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Deacons | 04.28.2010Let me put this starkly: committees don’t work!
Good Friday Meditation: A Fitting Crown
By Michael Lawrence | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 04.02.2010In love, God decided that the story of thorns would end at the cross.
Leaving Home, Returning Home
By Michael Lawrence | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 04.02.2010The consequences of Adam and Eve’s rebellion are even more profound than at first appeared.
When, Why, & Where To Draw Boundaries
By Wayne Grudem | 9Marks Journal: Cooperation | 04.02.2010It is impractical and impossible to rule out doctrinal errors before they appear. Problems must be dealt with after . . . they have become a significant problem for the church.
Why Every Pastor-in-Training Should Read Ed’s Book: An Interview with Michael Lawrence
By Michael Lawrence | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 04.02.2010It’s easy to critique pastors who are fixated on “numbers.” But what’s the root issue there, and where does it show up in my heart?
“I Learned the Hard Way”: Mentoring at South Woods Baptist
By Phil Newton | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 04.02.2010One of the most important things that I can do for staff is to help them understand the diversity in the body of Christ and how to work patiently with all sorts of people.
How to Become a Liberal Without Attending Harvard Divinity School
By Michael Lawrence | 9Marks Journal: A New Evangelical Liberalism | 04.02.2010I love my sheep. And I love myself. And it’s those two loves, wrongly focused, that tempt me down a gospel-denying path.
A Deacon on a Deacon’s Reward
By John Ingold | 9Marks Journal: Deacons | 03.31.2010“Blessed to serve” is a phrase that rolls off the tongue readily enough, though often with less consideration than it deserves
Moving from a Deacon-Led to an Elder-Led Church
By Phil Newton | 9Marks Journal: Deacons | 03.31.2010Rather than a healthy, robust congregationalism, this church practiced congregational micromanagement.
Do We Need To Use the Titles “Elder” and “Deacon”?
By Benjamin Merkle | 9Marks Journal: Deacons | 03.31.2010There are no biblical qualifications for trustees, council members, “leadership teams,” or other titles of our devising.