Jonathan Leeman
FAQ on Elder Ratio
By Jonathan Leeman | 07.20.2014To: The members of Capitol Hill Baptist Church From: Jonathan Leeman, for the CHBC elders Date: July 20, 2014 The elders of Capitol Hill Baptist propose the following … keep reading…
Raising Up Leaders
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 07.01.2014Mark Dever answers Jonathan Leeman’s questions about his strategies for raising up elders in the church.
To Godly Seminary Professors Everywhere
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.16.2014This is a letter to any of you who are godly seminary professors. I’ve want to write you about this for a while now. What sparked it recently is the announcement of a … keep reading…
Transcendence and Immanence in Parenting, Pastoring, Evangelism, and Discipleship
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.12.20141. Transcendence and Immanence in Parenting The topic of parenting isn’t something I choose to think about. It’s something that’s thrust upon me day by day, even minute by minute. Praise God for … keep reading…
Mistakes Pastors Make in Practicing Church Discipline
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.12.20141.They fail to teach their congregation what church discipline is and why to practice it. 2.They fail to teach about and practice meaningful membership. This involves cultivating a culture of … keep reading…
Beware Your Seminary Professors
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.12.2014A seminary professor is not the same thing as a church elder. That was probably the main thing I observed at last week’s Gordon Conwell Seminary conference “Renewing the Evangelical … keep reading…
The Logical Fallacy of Centered-set Churches
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.12.2014Everyone puts up boundaries. The inclusivist mindset of our day likes to think it doesn’t, but it does. It just excludes those who hold a little too strongly to something … keep reading…
Church Disciplines 575 Members
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.11.2014I recently asked David King, who is a pastor in Tennessee, about his church’s work of cleaning up their membership roles.
Word Ministry and Deed Ministry (1 of 3)
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.11.2014About a year ago, a group of us at 9Marks decided to meet together semi-regularly to discuss that thorny bramble of a topic—the mission of the church. It’s a … keep reading…
Word Ministry and Deed Ministry (2 of 3)
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.11.2014At the risk of redundancy with the first post in this series, here’s an excerpt from something I wrote which explores a little more deeply this question of whether … keep reading…
Word Ministry and Deed Ministry (3 of 3)
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.11.2014Here’s part 1 of this series, and here’s part 2. Now, here’s part 3: The word “mission” gets caught up in this question about the relationships of words and deeds. Some people say that … keep reading…
A Non-assembled Assembly
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.10.2014Gregg Allison recently posted on the topic of multi-site churches. Honestly, I hesitate to say anything at all because (i) we all agree that this issue is not the most important one … keep reading…
Congregationalism Is Used by Satan…Like He Uses Everything Else
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.10.2014Did you catch James MacDonald’s critique of congregationalism yesterday morning? It’s not clear to me if he was referring to hyper-congregationalism or congregationalism in general, but since most of us at 9Marks … keep reading…
Clarifying “Congregationalism”
By Jonathan Leeman | 06.10.2014Like his first post on congregationalism, James MacDonald’s second post serves us who are congregationalists. First, it’s always a blessing to have friendly critics seriously engage with your ideas. Second, polity is important. A … keep reading…