Theological Defense of Multi-Site
By Gregg R. Allison | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010How strong are the biblical, theological, historical, and missional arguments used by advocates of multi-site churches?
The Goals and Benefits of an Installation Service
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010What were my goals for the day? I wanted to begin shepherding the congregation.
The Church as Classroom: The History of Master’s Seminary
By Nathan Busenitz | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.26.2010Churches need seminaries and seminaries need churches.
The Alternative: Why Don’t We Plant?
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.26.2010Christianity, by which I mean church membership, is a participatory sport, not a spectator sport.
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.
