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What is Church Matters?

Church Matters is a quarterly journal for pastors. Each issue works to equip and encourage biblical thinking among pastors for the purpose of helping them build healthy churches.

It may look and feel like a book, but Church Matters is a journal made up of twenty to thirty articles focused on specific topics related to the church. The unique benefits to the journal format are at least three-fold for pastors: 

  1. Range and specificity. The journal format allows 9Marks to treat in briefer compass a wider range of subjects than would often be considered for books. Each issue treats a topic from dozens of different angles ranging from theology to practice. Church Matters covers more topics closer up and from many different angles. 
  2. Written by pastors. Each issue of Church Matters depends on the hard-won insights of 25-plus practitioner-pastors. This many trusted authors naturally means a diversity of perspectives due to geography, demographics, church context, and so forth. 
  3. Written for pastors. 9Marks has always aimed to write for pastors. Whether covering foundational subjects like church membership or more time-sensitive topics like Christian Nationalism, each issue aims to equip, encourage, train, and support healthy pastoral ministry. Church Matters is unique because it’s for pastors.

Why should I subscribe?

  1. More than just the senior pastor. Church Matters is also for the staff pastor in your church who focuses on missions, youth, adult education, etc. It’s for the lay elder who goes to work every day as a mechanic, lawyer, engineer, etc. It’s for missionaries and anyone who aspires to ministry.
  2. Convenience. While any one of these folk could order a copy for themselves or go online to read the selected free articles, the likelihood is that they won’t—or at least not consistently. This is why 9Marks wants to automatically send your church as many printed copies of Church Matters as you have pastors and aspiring pastors and missionaries. Subscription makes Church Matters convenient. 
  3. A training tool. Printed copies make it easier for you to use Church Matters as a training tool in your staff and elders meetings, while providing a better reading experience. And just like commentaries, the Church Matters journal can serve as an accessible, practical reference tool that sits in your pastoral library so you can refer to it as needed during studies, preparation, counseling, and pastoral meetings, etc.

What will I receive when I subscribe?

You will receive:

  1. A physical copy of the latest Church Matters issue. You will receive four issues each year of subscription, as they are released. 
  2. Exclusive Content. Each issue will contain a number of articles which are not published online.
  3. Video call with the editors. Along with the release of every issue, the editors of the journal will host a video call for journal subscribers to answer their questions and further discuss topics contained in the latest issue.

Your subscription will automatically renew after a year. You will receive an email notification from 10ofThose before this renewal.

How can I subscribe?

  1. Purchase your subscription through our distribution partner, 10ofThose. You can follow this link here or click on the “Subscribe Today” button above. Remember, each “subscription” means you will receive one copy of every issue for one year.
  2. Stand-alone copies are also available for purchase through 10ofThose.
  3. International Distribution. The subscription is available in Canada here and in the UK here. The subscription can also be purchased from other countries through the UK site, although this may incur additional shipping charges.

How can I get additional help?

  • Customer service. Please contact 10ofThose for any customer service issues related to the subscription. You can call (502) 265-0492 or email info.us@10ofthose.com. They also offer live chat assistance through their website.
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Latest Issue

It’s sobering to think that people can be sincere but not saved.

That they can belong to our churches but not to Christ. That they can be nice without being made new. That’s why pastors and churches must have a clear understanding of what the Bible has to say about conversion.

This issue of Church Matters addresses some of the most important biblical and theological aspects of conversion and then helps pastors apply these truths to everyday ministry. After all, what we believe about conversion affects everything from preaching and evangelism to missions and membership interviews.

“So for the sake of unbelievers and the health of our churches, when people ask, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ we must be ready to answer like the apostle Paul: ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved?” (Acts 16:30–31)

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