Pastors Who Make Disciples
The Heart of a Disciple-Making Pastor
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012What is the essential quality of a disciple-making pastor? Rejoicing in others’ ministry.
Discipling: More than a Podcast Preacher
By Jonathan Dodson | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012Podcast sermons can never replace in-person spiritual fathers. Here’s how to recover a relationally mediated gospel.
Elders—The Church’s Lead Disciple-Makers
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012The goal of shepherding is the maturity of the members. Therefore, elders should be the church’s lead disciple-makers.
How Can Pastors Raise Up Leaders?
By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012Here are thirteen ways you can help to raise up other leaders in your congregation.
Basics of Discipling
Discipleship According to the Scriptures
By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012Disciples are called to follow Christ, and following him means helping others follow him.
Discipling When You Need to Be Discipled
By Erin Wheeler | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012Ever feel like you have no business playing teacher because you’re still a student? The gospel reminds us that God’s power is made perfect in our weakness.
Discipleship and the Paradoxes of Growth
By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012As Christians, we live by dying and rest by striving. But how do these paradoxes practically play out in discipleship?
A Discipler’s Daily Itinerary
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012It is not always easy to figure out where discipling fits into the busy week. But here is a sample of what a day might look like.
Fruits of Discipling in the Church
Six Benefits of Evangelism for Discipleship
By Brian Parks | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012Here are six ways that treating evangelism as a necessary part of discipleship helps to grow mature disciples.
A Sacred Trust: Reflections on Discipling Women
By Jani Ortlund | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012What better legacy could you leave than generations of women who have learned to love Christ more?
Member Handout: Plugging Into Discipling Relationships
9Marks | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012Here is a sample church handout for teaching new members how to purse discipling relationships in the church.
Book Reviews
Book Review: Godly Conversation: Rediscovering the Puritan Practice of Conference, by Joanne Jung
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012Would I recommend the book? Perhaps. But I’d be more likely to recommend that you simply go read the Puritans yourself.
Book Review: Gospel Coach: Shepherding Leaders to Glorify God, by Scott Thomas and Tom Wood
Review by Bob Buchanan | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012Apart from what appears to be a baptized version corporate or life coaching, the authors have rightly discerned that ministers of the church need these kinds of friendships.
Book Review: There’s Hope for Your Church, by Gary McIntosh
Review by Zach Schlegel | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012People who read the book should heed its wise advice, yet tread carefully with some of the underlining assumptions.
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