Churches in Madagascar: Growing Deeper and Wider
By Tim Cantrell | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 04.27.2016Please join me in rejoicing at how God’s Word is at work in Madagascar, and also in praying for the spread of his Word in that needy place.
Should You Stay or Go?
By Mark Dever | 04.26.2016Is the point of all this to say that some of you should leave your churches? Kind of. Some should go to help struggling churches. Some should plant new ones. Some should go overseas. And some should stay.
A Sample Template for Conducting a Membership Interview
By 9Marks | 04.22.2016Here’s a template to use for new member interviews.
Not Satisfied with our Shepherding, Yet—But Making Some Progress
By Bob Johnson | 04.18.2016We are still not satisfied with our shepherding, but we are grateful for the progress that we are making.
Reverse Mailbag: What Counsel Would You Give?
By Jonathan Leeman | 04.01.2016Will you help us help this pastor?
5 Questions on Church Incorporation
By David Gibbs | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.29.2016Many pastors are forced to think through this potentially confusing topic. David Gibbs from the Christian Law Association provides some help.
Your Constitution Is a Theological Document
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.29.2016A constitution is not just a technocratic document demanded by your state’s tax office, nor a necessary evil for avoiding conflict in a church. It’s a deeply theological and even spiritual document.
7 Tips for Writing (Or Revising) Your Church Constitution
By A. Nichols, M. Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.29.2016Writing (or revising) your constitution is not really lawyer’s work, and it need not be drudgery. In fact, it can and should be invigorating.
Not Them! Who You Don’t Want to Revise Your Documents
By Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.29.2016Here are the five kinds of people that you might be tempted to put on your document revision committee, but should avoid if at all possible.
27 Ways to Use Your Confession and Covenant
By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.29.2016The ways we can use Statements of Faith and Church Covenants in our churches are many, but what matters most is that if we have them, we use them to help each other follow Jesus.
Two Pastors Who Chose To Renovate not Rewrite Their Constitutions
By C. Hill, M. Vroegop | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.29.2016Don’t give up on that old constitution just yet. Consider renovating it first.
Does Anyone Know Robert? Rules of Order in Church Members’ Meetings
By Bob Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.29.2016Rules of order help to ensure that members’ meetings flow smoothly. As formal as they might feel, in a church of any size, they help to prevent fights, and facilitate unity.
20 Quotes from Jonathan Leeman’s New Book on Elder-Led Congregationalism
By Matt Smethurst | 03.28.2016Here are 20 quotes from Jonathan Leeman’s new book, Understanding the Congregation’s Authority.
Don’t Be Embarrassed to Be Church in Public
By Graham Beynon | 03.24.2016Perhaps if there was more family life within our worship times we might help people live out being church together in the rest of life.
Why I Love My Book of Church Order
By Guy Prentiss Waters | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 03.21.2016Saying that you love a polity manual like the Book of Church Order is like saying you love your slide rule or your calculator. But in this case, it’s true.
