9Marks Leadership Interviews

Join Mark Dever as he interviews church leaders from around the world on topics that will challenge you to be a better leader.

Pastors’ Talk podcast
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 08.08.2018Pastors’ Talk is a weekly conversation between Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever about practical aspects of the Christian life and pastoral ministry.

9Marks at 9: Women and the Local Church
By A. Morse, B. Berrus, K. McCutcheon, K. Folmar | 07.16.2018Equiping women to know what a healthy church looks like, and how they can work to build up the local church as members.

What temptations encourage a pastor to accelerate church growth?
With Sugel Michelén | 01.03.2018Pastors need to understand that church growth isn’t the work of one day, one month, or one year. It’s a lifetime work.

A Conversation about Missions with Andy Johnson
By A. Duke, A. Johnson | 09.13.2017Our editorial manager Alex Duke sat down with author Andy Johnson to talk about his new book Missions and the importance of being intentional in our missionary endeavors.

Music for the Church: Mark Dever Interviews Keith Getty
By K. Getty, M. Dever | 07.18.2017Mark Dever recently sat down with hymn writer and musician Keith Getty to talk about music for the church. Listen to the interview below.
Audio Interviews: 9Marks at 9 with ERLC; 9Marks at 9 with Mohler, Akin, and Charles
By A. Mohler, D. Akin, H. B. Charles, J. Leeman, M. Dever, P. Bethancourt, R. D. Moore | 06.23.2017Audio from two recent 9Marks events at 2017’s Southern Baptist Convention.

Race, Political Partisanship, and the Unity of the Church
By C. Woods, I. Adams, J. Leeman, K. DeYoung, R. D. Moore | 04.13.2017A workshop from TGC’s 2017 national conference.
Participants: Jonathan Leeman, Isaac Adams, Curtis Woods, Russell Moore, Kevin DeYoung

Mark Dever Interviews Jonathan Leeman about “Don’t Fire Your Church Members”
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 02.07.2017Would you believe it if someone told you church structure actually plays a crucial role in your individual discipleship?

Western Missions and the Global Church: An Interview with Two International Christians
With Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.22.2016In this 9Marks interview, missions pastor Andy Johnson sits down with two international Christians—”Arnold” and “Vincent”—to discuss the role the Western church plays in the growth of Christianity abroad, particularly in the Muslim world and China.

Conversion & Its Costs: An Interview with Rosaria Butterfield
By M. Dever, R. Butterfield | 10.31.201620 years ago, Rosaria Butterfield was a tenured English professor, an activist, and a lesbian. Now, she’s a pastor’s wife, a mom, and a Christian. What happened?

Discipling: A Conversation Between Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 07.27.2016“If you say you’re a Christian, but you’re not helping other Christians follow Jesus, I’m simply not sure what you mean.”

God, Politics, and Other Easy Topics—A Conversation with Russell Moore and Mark Dever
By J. Leeman, M. Dever, P. Bethancourt, R. D. Moore | 07.18.2016Russell Moore and Mark Dever sit down at this year’s SBC to chat about God, Politics, and Other Easy Topics.

The Shocking, Abysmal, and Embarrassing Failure of Churches to Pray
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: The Church Praying | 06.10.2016Prayerlessness is a problem in so many churches. What can we do about it?

Church Discipline: A Difficult and Necessary Task
By J. Leeman, L. Duncan, M. Dever, M. McConnell | 04.25.2016Practicing church discipline is difficult. Perhaps this is why many churches seem to have neglected it.

Lessons for Fools: Mark Dever Asks Os Guinness about His New Evangelism Book
By M. Dever, O. Guinness | 03.08.2016Christians should be persuasive, and with his new book Fool’s Talk, Os Guinness offers a comprehensive presentation of the art and power of creative and distinctly Christian persuasion.
How should this desire to be persuasive affect our evangelism? Does God expect us to know the answers to every question? And how can we do this while remaining humble, recognizing that salvation is all of grace?
For our most recent 9Marks interview, Mark Dever sits down with Guinness to talk with him about these questions and more. We hope you’ll find it useful.