What Ties Churches Together?
A Church and Churches: Independence
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013To understand how local churches relate to each other we first need to ask, who holds the keys?
A Church and Churches: Integration
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013Local churches have the same Christ, same confession, and same commission. Here are ten practical implications of these connections.
Testing the Glue that Binds Churches Together
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013In an allegedly post-denominational age, what binds churches together? Does that glue work?
Cooperative Ministry in the New Testament
By Chad Brand | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013Share, help, support, send—New Testament churches cooperated in all these ways and more. We should too.
How Can Churches Work Together?
When Disaster Strikes: How Other Churches Helped Ours
By Toby Jenkins | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013On March 2, 2012, this church’s town was flattened by a tornado. But other area churches sprang to their aid and set an example for all of us.
Why I Pray Publicly for Other Churches
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013Why pray publicly for other churches? To crucify the spirit of competition, to show we’re on the same team, and to strengthen friendships.
Churches Cooperating in Pastoring
By Deepak Reju | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013Sometimes shepherds need to get on the phone in order to care together for straying sheep.
Churches Cooperating in Missions
By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013You cannot cooperate with everyone in the work of missions, but when you do, you help to clarify the gospel.
Churches Cooperating in Discipline
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.2013No, most churches don’t cooperate in church discipline. Yes, they probably should. And imagine what would happen to Christian nominalism if they did.
Book Reviews
Book Review: The Imperative of Preaching, by John Carrick
Review by David King | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 03.28.2013If you love biblical theology, if preaching in light of redemptive history is your jet fuel, if the gospel is life to you and not just a trendy buzzword, then you really need to read this book.
Book Review: Sensing Jesus: Life and Ministry as a Human Being, by Zack Eswine
Review by Kevin Wilkening | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 04.17.2013This book reminds you that you are not God, and yet you are gloriously human—just what God created you to be.
Book Review: Pastoral Leadership Is…, by Dave Earley
Review by Colin Adams | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 04.15.2013Something is wrong with pastoral ministry—at least Dave Earley thinks so.
Book Review: Brothers, We Are Not Professionals, by John Piper
Review by Nathan Knight | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 04.04.2013This book will provide a laser-sharp vision for a young pastor just getting his feet wet in the ministry.
Book Review: The Creedal Imperative, by Carl Trueman
Review by Peter Hess | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 03.22.2013Trueman demonstrates both the value of creeds and confessions for the life of the local church and the serious consequences that follow if we refuse to make our doctrinal beliefs explicit in writing.
Pastors’ Forum: Are Denominations Worth It?
9Marks | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.20139Marks asked a roundtable of pastors the same question: Are denominations worth it? Here are their answers. Tom Ascol Are denominations worth it? That depends on what your definition of … keep reading…
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