Leadership
The Church as Classroom: The History of Master’s Seminary
By Nathan Busenitz | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.26.2010Churches need seminaries and seminaries need churches.
Should Pastors Change Anything in the First Year?
By Phillip Jensen | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010We should not leave the sheep where we found them. That would be a dereliction of duty.
Shepherding and Trust
By Robert Norris | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010The most effective ministries usually take time, since the most effective ministry usually occurs after earning the congregation’s trust.
Raising Up Pastors Is the Church’s Work
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.26.2010Seminaries are not made to make pastors. Churches make pastors.
Love Your Church More than its Health
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010If you love your children, you want them to be healthy. But if you love your children, you love them whether they are healthy or not.
Is This a Hill Worth Dying On?
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010How do you know which issues are essential and which are not? Which hill are you willing to die on?
How to Get Businesspeople into Missions
By Anonymous | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010It’s the members with real business skills who may provide the best access for Christians to obtain access to closed or restricted countries.
30 Practical Ways For Pastors to Love Their Wives & Families
By Forum | 9Marks Journal: Marriage & Pastors' Wives | 02.26.2010Here are several practical ideas to help motivate you to love and serve your wife and children more effectively
Hierarchy in the Church?
By Benjamin Merkle | 02.26.2010Today there is much debate as to whether the office of elder is really the same as the office of overseer or bishop.
Contemplating Cool
By Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: Church & Culture | 02.26.2010It is now an unexamined assumption in many quarters: the best way to reach people is to be like them.
Prayer in the Life and Ministry of the Pastor
By Mark Dever | 02.26.2010In times that are hard, we encourage ourselves by praying, remembering that this is ultimately God’s work.
The Pursuit of Christ in the Devotions of a Pastor
By Mike Gilbart-Smith | 02.26.2010A pastor can recognize the necessity of a healthy devotional life, but have unhealthy motives for making sure that it happens.
Praying Beyond Health Concerns
By David Powlison | 02.26.2010Why don’t church members pray beyond the sick list? Often because their pastors have not taught or modeled otherwise.
Things I’ve Seen and Heard — When Pastors Gather
By Matt Schmucker | 02.26.2010When the leadership of your church gathers, what typically happens?
