Young Pastor, Care for the Older Members of Your Flock
By Dave Kiehn | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Love senior saints from your heart. They’re a blessing, not a burden.
Take Heart: Preaching to Encourage
By Tiago Oliveira | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024As you step into your new church, you are called not only to lead but also to encourage.
Loving Your Family While Leading God’s Church
By Liam Garvie | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024When conduct in the home lags behind the conduct we commend, we’re falling into hypocrisy.
Patience! Pick Your Battles Wisely
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Impatient pastors often love the idea of the church more than the people in the church.
Find a Mentor!
By Cheston Pickard | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Find a mentor—for your sake, for your family’s sake, for your people’s sake, and for Christ’s sake.
Be a Strong and Courageous Young Leader
By Clint Darst | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024God is with you, pastor, and he has spoken. Lean into his presence, and lead with his Word.
Candidate Wisely and Honestly
By Branton Burleson | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Throughout the candidating process, trust God. Remember that he is sovereign and will be with us wherever we go.
You Aspire, but Are You Willing?
By Raymond Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024It’s easy to aspire to be a great pastor, but are you willing to do all that it takes?
Balance Patience and Ambition
By Billy Dalton | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Churches must train the ambitious patiently, giving them time to show their true colors.
Listen to Others More Than Yourself: The External Call
By V. Samuel Clintoc | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024In our society, where desires, feelings, and self-impressions are authoritative, it is tempting to anchor the call to ministry primarily in our self-assessment.
Attend to Your Character
By Garrett Conner | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Our character can be used by God for eternal good—or our lack thereof can wreak havoc.
Elder Before You Elder
By Zack DiPrima | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Every church needs men who do the work of pastoring before they’re officially recognized as pastors.
Join a Church and Follow a Faithful Pastor
By Joshua Chatman | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024The training that comes from joining a church and following faithful pastors is invaluable and irreplaceable.
Pastor: Office or Gift?
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.05.2024In recent years, a growing number of churches have begun distinguishing between the offices of “elder” and “pastor.” Typically, the purpose for making this distinction is to create a space for female pastors among complementarian churches.
Lord’s Day’s Worship Gathering Preparation & Evaluation Guide
By Blake Boylston | 05.28.2024“They received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.”
