How Spurgeon Got His Congregation

By Geoff Chang | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 02.06.2024

How did Spurgeon get his church? Not as a lone ranger reaching the world with his preaching, but rather the evangelistic efforts of ordinary church members.

Evangelism as a Community Project

By Joel Kurz | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 02.06.2024

Personal evangelism should not look like lone-ranger Christianity.

A Biblical Understanding of Evangelism

By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 02.06.2024

For all members of the church, but particularly for leaders who have the responsibility of teaching, a biblical understanding of evangelism is crucial.

Japanese Student Finds Life in Switzerland and Takes It Back Home

By Christian Schmid | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 02.06.2024

A visitor candidly replied she was not interested in religion. But God was interested in her.

Tim Keller on Apologetics as Evangelism

By Collin Hansen | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 02.05.2024

From this interaction of Tim Keller’s and the fruit that followed, we are encouraged to consider how we may employ a similar apologetical approach when confronting secularism’s edge in evangelism.

Pre-Evangelism: Building Relational Trenches

By Paul Billings | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.31.2024

Do “people skills” matter in evangelism? I think they do, especially in today’s world.

Evangelism Without an Altar Call

By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.29.2024

With the best of intentions, practitioners of the altar call and spontaneous baptisms have likely given many unsaved persons false confidence they know Jesus.

Evangelistic Programs or the Alternative?

By J. Mack Stiles | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.24.2024

When we take a cold, hard look at programs, things just don’t add up.

Commend the One You Cherish: Learning Evangelism from John Piper

By David Mathis | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.22.2024

John Piper did not become a “traveling evangelist” like his father. Yet, in God’s remarkable providence, the evangelist’s son has quietly, inconspicuously, almost counterintuitively been a surprisingly fruitful winner of souls.

Three Lessons from 234 Pastors‘ Libraries

By Forrest Strickland | 01.18.2024

We have 234 catalogs of ministers’ libraries in the Netherlands during the seventeenth century. Here are three lessons we ought not neglect.

Connecting Evangelism and Church

By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.17.2024

Is evangelism an individual sport or a team sport? Really, it’s both.

Must Every Christian Evangelize?

By Tim Beougher | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.15.2024

Church members sometimes wonder if they should just leave evangelism to the “professionals.”

They Will Listen: Evangelistic Confidence in a Cynical Age

By Paul Billings | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 01.12.2024

Whatever your experience has told you about evangelism, take hope from Acts  28:28.

Best Books for Pastors in 2023

By Alex Duke | 12.29.2023

We asked pastors around the world a simple question: what books did you read in 2023 that helped you be a better pastor?

When Did Multiple Services Begin?

By Caleb Morell | 12.20.2023

Before adopting a new practice, churches should always ask: what impact would this have on the church if continued indefinitely?