Living as a Church

Class 1: Introduction: Unity, God’s Goal for the Church
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 2: Church Membership: The Context for Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 3: Preaching: The Foundation of Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 4: Corporate Prayer: God’s Power Creates Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 5: Church Government: Godly Authority Fostering Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 6: Fellowship: Building a Bond of Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 7: Discontentment: A Test of Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 8: Church Leadership: Submission for the Sake of Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 9: Church Discipline: Preserving God-Glorifying Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 10: Encouragement: Safeguarding Unity in Holiness
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 11: Serving and Giving: Sacrifice for the Sake of Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 12: Worship: Praising God in Unity
by Jamie Dunlop

Class 13: Corporate Evangelism: A Harvest of Unity
by Greg Gilbert

Conversion

God Helps Those Who Help Themselves?
by Brad Wheeler

Editor’s Note:

There’s plenty of material out there on living the Christian life. But there’s not so much, from what we can tell, on living together as a church.

To help with that deficit, 9Marks is using this issue to present pastors and churches with what we believe is a useful tool, a short class on living together as a local church. If you’ve never provided your congregation with an opportunity to meditate together on what it means to live together as a church, we hope you’ll take a look at this material. Teach it yourself; let a young man you’re discipling teach it; or let it prompt you to write your own class. The thirteen classes below were originally taught in a Sunday School format, but feel free to change and adapt the material for whatever format best serves your purposes—small group, weekend retreat, maybe even a sermon series. All free.

Thanks from 9Marks goes to CHBC elders Jamie Dunlop and Papu Sandhu, as well as Third Avenue Baptist Church elder Greg Gilbert, for writing and re-writing this material.

—Jonathan Leeman