Membership
Church Membership Among Former Mormons? A 9Marks Mailbag
By Matt Emadi | 04.29.2021Church membership isn’t a control mechanism, it’s a barrier to authoritarianism.
Forbear with One Another
By Dan Miller | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021Members of the blood-bought church of Jesus Christ have a holy calling to put up with one another.
Be Like Batman: Guard the Gospel
By Sam Emadi | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021You don’t need a seminary education. You don’t have to be an ordained minister or a spiritual superstar. All you need is the Holy Spirit, and you have that! It’s time to suit up and start guarding the gospel.
Be a Good Witness in the Community
By Marwan Aboul-Zelof | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021When we think of being a good witness, we should do so with other believers in mind so that our witness might be amplified.
Evangelize the Lost
By Eric Bancroft | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021Do you remember what happened in the Garden of Eden after Adam disobeyed? He pursued him—and he’s has been doing that with sinners ever since.
Don’t Muzzle the Ox
By Ken Mbugua | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021God’s Word languishes in the pulpit because churches have been taught to invest in buildings and projects, not men who have given themselves to the ministry of the Word.
Maintain a Good Relationship with Christians from Other Churches
By Jonathan Worsley | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021When it comes to the Christian life, when it comes to how members of different gospel-preaching churches ought to relate to one another, we need to change our strategy.
Pray for Other Members
By Ty Gooch | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021We all know how terribly trite it feels to ask God over and over again to help out your fellow church members with their health, safety, or money problems. So how do we pray without just repeating ourselves?
Pursue Wandering Sheep
By Jeff Lacine | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021In Matthew 18:10–20 Jesus isn’t merely calling pastors or church leaders to corral wandering sheep. He’s calling every church member. In other words, he’s calling you.
Work for Unity
By Harry Fujiwara | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021Go and make every effort to pursue unity. I know it’s hard. But it’s good for you.
Put Others’ Interests Above Your Own
By Brian Vickers | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021Coming up with a list of what makes a good church member seems like an easy enough thing to do—until you try it.
Rejoice with Those Who Rejoice; Weep with Those Who Weep
By Paul Martin | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021To really love another is a spiritual exercise. It requires massive internal commitment to kill every visible sin, to resist every temptation, to cling to every good, and to reject every evil.
Associate with the Lowly
By Joel Kurz | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021Who are the outcasts in your community? Who is overlooked? And when are they coming over for dinner?
Enter into the Trials of Fellow Church Members
By Derek Minton | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021If Paul’s words, “If one member suffers, all suffer together” are realized in our churches, it will be through the labor of Spirit-empowered imagination.
Invite Your Pastors into Your Life
By Omar Johnson | 9Marks Journal: How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members | 03.30.2021Don’t let your pastors live on a ministry island. Let them get to know you, and the Lord’s love for them through you. They need you.
