Pastors Who Make Disciples

The Heart of a Disciple-Making Pastor

By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Discipling in the Church | 08.27.2012

What 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 | 08.27.2012

Podcast 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 | 08.27.2012

The 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 | 08.27.2012

Here 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 | 08.27.2012

Disciples 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 | 08.27.2012

Ever 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 | 08.27.2012

As 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 | 08.27.2012

It 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 | 08.27.2012

Here 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 | 08.27.2012

What 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 | 08.27.2012

Here 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 | 08.27.2012

Would 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 | 08.27.2012

Apart 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 | 08.27.2012

People who read the book should heed its wise advice, yet tread carefully with some of the underlining assumptions.

Evangelism

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Catholicity

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Church Planting

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A New Christian Authoritarianism?

4 月 2023
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The Church’s Ministries

12 月 2022
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The Pastor and Church Administration

9 月 2022
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Pursuing Revival While Avoiding Revivalism

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Expressive Individualism in the Church

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Sound Doctrine: The Foundation for Faithful Ministry

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The Ordinary Means of Grace—Or, Don’t Do Weird Stuff

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How to Build Up Your Church: A Guidebook for Members

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Heaven: Rejoicing in Future Glory

12 月 2020
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Pastoring Through Political Turmoil

September 2020
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Shepherding: The Work & Character of a Pastor

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What’s Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today?

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Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning

Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning

12 月 2019
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The Heart of the Gospel: Penal Substitutionary Atonement

August 2019
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Church Membership: Following the Lord Together

Church Membership: Following the Lord Together

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Ecclesiology for Calvinists

2 月 2019
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The Pastor and Pornography

The Pastor and Pornography

10 月 2018
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Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures

7 月 2018
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Church Life: Our True Political Witness

Spring 2018
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Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body

1 月 2018
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The Reformation and Your Church

Fall 2017
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Church Mergers and Plants

Summer 2017
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Pastoring Singles

Spring 2017
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Healthy Churches around the World

Fall / Winter 2016
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Authority: God’s Good and Dangerous Gift

Summer/Fall 2016
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The Church Praying

Spring 2016
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Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church

Winter 2016
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Missions: Adding Wisdom to Zeal

12 月 2015
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Multi-Ethnic Churches

Summer/Fall 2015
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Expositional Preaching

Spring 2015
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Complementarianism & the Local Church

Winter 2015
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Vanishing Church?

Fall 2014
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Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church

Summer 2014
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The Church Singing

May–June 2014
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Prosperity Gospel

January–February 2014
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Evangelism – Part 2

November–December 2013
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Evangelism – Part 1

September–October 2013
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Is Scripture Enough?

July–August 2013
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Church and Churches

May—June 2013
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Pastoring Christians for the Workplace

March—April 2013
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Lay Elders: A User’s Guide—Part 2

Jan—Feb 2013
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Lay Elders: A User’s Guide – Part 1

November—December 2012
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Discipling in the Church

September—October 2012
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Mercy Ministry in the Church

July—August 2012
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Wanted: Apostolic Pastors

May—June 2012
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The Underestimated Doctrine of Conversion

March—April 2012
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Don’t Be Too Cool for Sunday School

January—February 2012
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Revitalize: Why We Must Reclaim Dying Churches—and How

November—December 2011
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The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2

September—October 2011
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The Pastor and his Staff, Part 1

July—August 2011
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Church Membership: Holding the Body Together

May—June 2011
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Church and Parachurch: Friends or Foes?

March—April 2011
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Pastoral Moves

January—February 2011
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Book Reviews on the Mission of the Church

November—December 2010
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Hell: Remembering the Awful Reality

September—October 2010
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Pastoring Women

July—August 2010
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Journal about Deacons

Deacons

May - June 2010
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A New Evangelical Liberalism

January—February 2010

Church Discipline (Part 2)

November—December 2009

Church Discipline (Part 1)

September—October 2009

Missions

July—August 2009

Multi-site Churches

May—June 2009

Young Pastors

March–April 2009

Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors

January–February 2009

Counseling in the Church

November–December 2008

Family & Parenting

September–October 2008

Marriage & Pastors’ Wives

July—August 2008
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Living As a Church

May–June 2008

Cooperation

March–April 2008

Corporate Prayer

January–February 2008

Church & Culture

November–December 2007

Race and Ethnicity

September—October 2007

The Gospel

July–August 2007

Preaching

May–June 2007

Elders (Part 2)

March–April 2007

Hospitality & Friendship

January 2007

Elders (Part 1)

February 2007

Biblical Theology

November–December 2006

The Church’s Mission

October 2006

The Emerging Church

September 2006

Miscellaneous Articles

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