Leadership
Corporate Aspects of the Lord’s Prayer
By Phil Ryken | 9Marks Journal: Corporate Prayer | 02.25.2010Since the Lord’s Prayer is a family prayer, we not only pray with one another, we also pray for one another.
The Pastor’s Wife: A Position or Juxtaposition?
By Connie Dever | 9Marks Journal: Marriage & Pastors' Wives | 02.25.2010“What will your wife do if you become our pastor?”
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Lakeview Baptist Church
By Al Jackson | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010To help our readers catch a vision for what that might look like, we asked several organizations closely tied to one or several local churches how they fulfill this mission.
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Cornhill Training Course
By Christopher Ash | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are the Cornhill Training Course’s answers submitted by Christopher Ash. The Cornhill Training Course is based out of London, England.
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Charles Simeon Trust
By David Helm | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are the Charles Simeon Trust’s answers (submitted by David Helm and Robert Kinney). The Simeon Trust is based out of Chicago, Illinois.
What Should Pastors Do with Fear, Medication, & Addiction
By Edward T. Welch | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 02.25.2010Are psychiatric medications sinful? Are they wise? Are they wrong? How should we view such things?
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Capitol Hill Baptist Church
By Ben Wright | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are the answers for the Capitol Hill Baptist Church internship program (submitted by Ben Wright). Capitol Hill Baptist Church is located in Washington, D. C.
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Bethlehem College and Seminary
By Tom Steller | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are the Bethlehem College and Seminary’s answers (submitted by Tom Steller). BCS is based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
A Pastor’s Priorities for Day One
By Bob Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are five priorities you should bring to your first day of ministry.
Why I Love the Temporariness of My Pastoral Ministry
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010I love thinking about the temporariness of my pastoral ministry.
A Pastor Defends His Multi-Site Church
By J. D. Greear | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.25.2010Here is why we enthusiastically embrace the multi-site strategy as biblically sound, practically wise, and pastorally helpful.
8 Steps for Dealing with Difficult Leaders
By Ken Swetland | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are eight principles for dealing with difficult people.
“Why Are We Joyfully Committed?”
By Tom Steller | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Why are the pastors at Bethlehem Baptist Church joyfully committed to pastoral mentoring?
“Look, It’s the Church’s Job”
By Al Jackson | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010I am persuaded that training for pastoral ministry, as it’s currently practiced in the United States, does not adequately prepare God-called pastors for service in our churches.
How to Become a Theological Liberal Without Attending Harvard Divinity School
By Michael Lawrence | 02.24.2010I love my sheep, and I love myself. And it’s those two loves, wrongly focused, that tempt me down a gospel-denying path.