Elder Training
Lessons in Shepherding 1: God, Moses and David
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010The man who is a shepherd of God’s people must know that he is a guardian of God’s fame, a fact in which he should find tremendous confidence.
Lessons in Shepherding 2: Jeremiah and Ezekiel
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010
Lessons in Shepherding 3: The Gospels
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010To say that Jesus is the shepherd of his flock is to say that he’s a ruler.
Lessons in Shepherding 4: Acts, 1 Peter, and Revelation
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010Why must an elder pay close attention to himself? Isn’t that selfish? No. It’s responsible.
Seminary Smarties — Now Showing At A Website Near You
By Bill Mounce | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010As we know, the one qualification that separates elders from other roles in the church is that they be “able to teach” (1 Tim. 3:2).

Book Review: Shepherds After My Own Heart, by Timothy Laniak
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.05.2010This book is excellent, and should be read by every thoughtful and thoughtless pastor, so that they might better understand both the Word and their own role.

Book Review: Called to the Ministry, by Edmund Clowney
Review by Ken Barbic | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.05.2010Clowney applies larger issues of guidance and decision making to the realm of vocational Christian ministry, and he does so in a succinct but powerful manner.
Living with Elders
Ninth Mark of a Healthy Church Member — Follows Leadership
By Thabiti Anyabwile | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010Church members are the people who generally make or break a local church.
Disagreements and Differences Among Elders
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010What do you do when you struggle to get along with a fellow elder?
An Elders’ Forum
By Forum | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.01.2010Thinking back to when you first became an elder, what initial lesson(s) most stand out in equipping you to elder well?
Caring for the Pastor: The Sabbatical
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 02.26.2010The role of pastor-preacher, if done faithfully, is one of the most taxing jobs in the world.

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