Jeramie Rinne
Elders—The Church’s Lead Disciple-Makers
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012The goal of shepherding is the maturity of the members. Therefore, elders should be the church’s lead disciple-makers.
Book Review: The Measure of Our Success, by Shawn Lovejoy
Review by Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012It pains me to write this, but perhaps the book’s greatest flaw is its use of the Bible.
Conversion and Your Church’s Architecture
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: The Underestimated Doctrine of Conversion | 02.29.2012Despite our building woes, the Holy Spirit had been at work converting people through that gospel ministry. We hadn’t built it, yet they had come.
Be a Tortoise, not a Hare
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Revitalize: Why We Must Reclaim Dying Churches—and How | 10.27.2011Perhaps seminaries should offer a class in the exegesis of Aesop. Too often, pastors come to a new congregation and shoot off at a hare’s pace to turn the church around.
Dear Staff, Sincerely, the Senior Pastor
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 1 | 06.28.2011The last thing any senior pastor needs is an associate playing Absalom at the gate with disgruntled members.
Senior Pastor as Servant’s Servant’s Servant
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 1 | 06.28.2011It’s important to ask your own staff, “How can I serve you better as your senior pastor?”
For the Church: How Can You Support Parachurch Ministries?
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Church and Parachurch: Friends or Foes? | 03.01.2011The most vital thing we can do to help the parachurch is to foster healthy, biblical churches.
Staying to the Glory of God: One Preacher’s Death Wish
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Moves | 12.20.2010I’m arguing that instead of asking, “Why stay long-term?” we should be asking, “Why leave?”