Should Pastors Change Anything in the First Year?
By Phillip Jensen | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010We should not leave the sheep where we found them. That would be a dereliction of duty.
Shepherding and Trust
By Robert Norris | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010The most effective ministries usually take time, since the most effective ministry usually occurs after earning the congregation’s trust.
Sending Overseas Missionaries in Community
By C. Bug, G. Tissiere | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010God’s desire is to reach the nations for his glory through church planting.
Raising Up Pastors Is the Church’s Work
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.26.2010Seminaries are not made to make pastors. Churches make pastors.
Putting Contextualization in its Place
By Anonymous | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010Every Christian alive today is actively involved in contextualization.
Pragmatism, Pragmatism Everywhere!
By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010Could there be an underlying theological disagreement about which authority actually shapes and informs methodological discussions?
Nine Reasons I Don’t Like Multi-site Churches
By Thomas White | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010My fears of the multi-site church movement are not technological; they are principled.
Missions Partnerships from the Home Church’s Perspective
By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010I want to offer six principles for partnering with overseas workers for the purpose of global evangelism.
Missions Partnerships from a Field Worker’s Perspective
By Ed Roberts | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010But how should churches and missionaries decide whom to partner with?
Lying, Hostile Nations, and the Great Commission
By Anonymous | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010Can missionaries traveling to a country that’s hostile to Christianity and the Great Commission lie about their reasons for coming?
Love Your Church More than its Health
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010If you love your children, you want them to be healthy. But if you love your children, you love them whether they are healthy or not.
Is This a Hill Worth Dying On?
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010How do you know which issues are essential and which are not? Which hill are you willing to die on?
How to Get Businesspeople into Missions
By Anonymous | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010It’s the members with real business skills who may provide the best access for Christians to obtain access to closed or restricted countries.
How Do Pastors Raise Up Pastors?
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.26.2010Future pastors aren’t built in a day.
How American Christians Can Help Christians in Zambia
By Conrad Mbewe | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010In Zambia, the only free television channel that we have twenty-four hours a day is Trinity Broadcasting Network.
