Basic Expectations for Lay Elders

A Job Description for Lay Elders

By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User's Guide - Part 1 | 11.13.2012

Okay, you’re an elder. So now what are you supposed to do?

How Much Time Can a Lay Elder Give to Ministry?

By Sebastian Traeger | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User's Guide - Part 1 | 11.13.2012

Job + family + ministry = a serious time crunch for the lay elder. How can he navigate it?

Training Lay Elders

Raising Up Elders: Three Areas to Address

By Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User's Guide - Part 1 | 11.13.2012

How can you raise up elders for your church? Train men in content, character, and competence.

Raising Up Elders: Four Foundational Principles

By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User's Guide - Part 1 | 11.13.2012

While there’s no magic formula for raising up leaders, there are some ways to identify and train men to be elders. Here are four to get you started.

Equipping Lay Elders

Four Ways to Equip New Elders

By Garrett Kell | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User's Guide - Part 1 | 11.13.2012

To set your new elder up for success, get him a brother, some books, and a budget—then put him on a billboard.

Besetting Sins of Lay Elders

By Steve Boyer | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User's Guide - Part 1 | 11.13.2012

What Demas, Judas, the Pharisees, and King Saul teach us about how (not!) to serve as elders.

How Pastor Mark Delegates Authority

By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User's Guide - Part 1 | 11.13.2012

Giving away authority is one of the best ways a senior pastor can equip his lay elders and create a gospel culture in his church. Here’s a profile of a pastor who does it well.

Book Reviews

Book Review: Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics, by Ross Douthat

Review by Matt McCullough | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User's Guide - Part 1 | 11.13.2012

This book is a call for a renewed, robust, public confidence in the power of Christian orthodoxy. All faithful pastors should resonate with this plea.

Book Review: Christ-Centered Biblical Theology: Hermeneutical Foundations and Principles, by Graeme Goldsworthy

Review by Stephen J. Wellum | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User's Guide - Part 1 | 11.13.2012

In this book Goldsworthy has once again done a service for the church, despite the caveats I raise.

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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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The Heart of the Gospel: Penal Substitutionary Atonement

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Ecclesiology for Calvinists

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Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures

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Church Life: Our True Political Witness

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Church Discipline: Medicine for the Body

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The Reformation and Your Church

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Healthy Churches around the World

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The Church Praying

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Vanishing Church?

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Biblical Theology: Guardian and Guide of the Church

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The Church Singing

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Prosperity Gospel

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The Underestimated Doctrine of Conversion

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Don’t Be Too Cool for Sunday School

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Young Pastors

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Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors

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The Gospel

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Elders (Part 2)

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