Leadership
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Book Review: Why Men Do Not Go to Church, by Cortland Myers (1899)
Review by Ken Barbic | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology | 03.08.2010Today is the age of target marketing. Savvy advertisers constantly ask themselves, "How can we make our product more desirable to the various groups who are presently unaware of its benefits?"
It’s in this vein that Cortland Myers raises the question in his book by the title, "Why do men not go to church?" This is, he says, "one of the burning questions of the hour."
Book Review: Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: Five Views, ed. by Paul Engle and Gary McIntosh
Review by Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: The Church's Mission | 03.08.2010This, I think, is the key takeaway from this book: If you start with man, you won’t rise above man-made theories.
Book Review: The Multi-Site Church Revolution
Review by John Hammett | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 1) | 03.06.2010Much of what this book contains can be transferred to a church planting model, thus accomplishing many of the same goals and relieving many of the troubling ecclesiological questions.
Book(s) Review: This Little Church . . . Went to Market & Stayed Home, by Gary Gilley
Review by Flynn Cratty | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 1) | 03.06.2010In the end, this emphasis on the Bible as the norm for life and doctrine is the most helpful thing in these two books.
Book Review: Shepherds After My Own Heart, by Timothy Laniak
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.05.2010This book is excellent, and should be read by every thoughtful and thoughtless pastor, so that they might better understand both the Word and their own role.
Book Review: Called to the Ministry, by Edmund Clowney
Review by Ken Barbic | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.05.2010Clowney applies larger issues of guidance and decision making to the realm of vocational Christian ministry, and he does so in a succinct but powerful manner.
Book Review: Leading Turnaround Teams, by Gene Wood and Daniel Harkavy
Review by Will Kynes | 03.05.2010The church is not a business. Yet the fact that pastors and seminarians are routinely barraged with books that promise growth based on business principles testifies to the triumph of … keep reading…
Book Review: Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church, by D. A. Carson
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.05.2010What good is evangelistic ministry if we lose the evangel?
Book Review: Faith of My Fathers, by Chris Seay
Review by Bruce Keisling | 03.05.2010Another reason to read this book is to expose the sad multigenerational commitment to “whatever produces results at the moment.”
Book Review: The Gospel According to Starbucks, by Leonard Sweet
Review by Byron Straughn | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 03.05.2010Pastors, please don’t model your church after Starbucks, Disney, or Toyota. Teach your flock what God has to say to the church.
Book Review: Biblical Eldership, by Alexander Strauch
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.05.2010Alexander Strauch breathes fresh air into the church leadership discussion with his book Biblical Eldership.
Book Review: Perimeters of Light, by Elmer Towns and Ed Stetzer
Review by Flynn Cratty | 03.05.2010If one had to identify a simple thesis of the book, it would probably be the statement that “God has no preference regarding style, but highly regards motives and outcomes.”
Book Review: The Purpose Driven Church, by Rick Warren
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.05.2010We do not need more purpose driven churches. We need more gospel driven churches.
