Churches Raising Up Pastors – Ministry Training Strategy
By Colin Marshall | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.20109Marks wants to see more churches and pastors taking responsibility for raising up the next generation of pastors. To help our readers catch a vision for what that might look like, we asked several organizations closely tied to one or several local churches how they fulfill this mission. With one exception, each of the following organization answers the same 18 questions.
Polity on Church Discipline: A User’s Guide
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline (Part 1) | 02.25.2010If you’re a pastor trying to obey Jesus by implementing church discipline, there are few books that will aid you the way Polity will.
39 Lessons, 20 Tips and 10 „Don’ts“ For Parenting
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Family & Parenting | 02.25.2010Preach the gospel of grace, not self-discipline.

„Don’t Do It!!“ Why You Shouldn’t Practice Church Discipline
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body | 02.25.2010When pastors first discover church discipline in the Bible, I often tell them: „Don’t do it . . . at least not yet.“

Before You Discipline, Teach This First
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body | 02.25.2010What might not be so obvious is that a pastor needs to teach the church about more than just church discipline before they’re ready for discipline.
Those Toxic Non-Attenders
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline (Part 2) | 02.25.2010Christians have been adopted into the body of Christ. Non-attenders act as if they are orphans.
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Lakeview Baptist Church
By Al Jackson | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010To help our readers catch a vision for what that might look like, we asked several organizations closely tied to one or several local churches how they fulfill this mission.

The Preemptive Resignation—A Get Out of Jail Free Card?
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body | 02.25.2010Ending one’s membership in a church requires the consent of both parties. We join a church by the consent of the church, and we leave a church by the consent of the church.
Five Advantages of Church-Based Counseling
By Deepak Reju | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 02.25.2010I want to argue that there are distinct advantages to doing specialized counseling in the context of one’s local church, and I would even propose that it should be the norm.
Grabbing a Dog by its Ears: The Role of Witnesses
By Stephen Matteucci | 9Marks Journal: Church Discipline (Part 2) | 02.25.2010So who are these one or two witnesses? And why are they so important to the church?
Counseling and Discipleship
By Deepak Reju | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 02.25.2010Every Christian should either be discipling someone else, be discipled by someone else, or be doing both.
Pastors‘ and Theologians‘ Forum
By B. Johnson, D. Newkirk, P. Ryken, T. Ascol, W. Price | 9Marks Journal: Miscellaneous Articles | 02.25.2010I have learned that nothing brings greater joy to a pastor’s heart than a sinner who truly repents.
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Cornhill Training Course
By Christopher Ash | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are the Cornhill Training Course’s answers submitted by Christopher Ash. The Cornhill Training Course is based out of London, England.
Sorting Out the Spiritual and the Physical
By Michael Emlet | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 02.25.2010In my counseling training, I began to see that the Scriptures provide this overarching view to any problem of life.
Looking at the Past and Present of Counseling
By David Powlison | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 02.25.2010People are willing to pay money to others who will never lead them to the Savior of the World. But that must change.