Young Pastors: Where Do You Begin?
A Pastor’s Priorities for Day One
By Bob Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are five priorities you should bring to your first day of ministry.
The Goals and Benefits of an Installation Service
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010What were my goals for the day? I wanted to begin shepherding the congregation.
Young Pastors: What Did You Inherit?
8 Steps for Dealing with Difficult Leaders
By Ken Swetland | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are eight principles for dealing with difficult people.
Young Pastors: How Do You Lead Change?
Is This a Hill Worth Dying On?
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010How do you know which issues are essential and which are not? Which hill are you willing to die on?
What I Can and Cannot Live With as a Pastor
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010Something can be true, yet we can decide as pastors that our congregations are not ready to act tomorrow in a way they might be ready to act in a year.
Love Your Church More than its Health
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010If you love your children, you want them to be healthy. But if you love your children, you love them whether they are healthy or not.
Should Pastors Change Anything in the First Year?
By Phillip Jensen | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010We should not leave the sheep where we found them. That would be a dereliction of duty.
Young Pastors: How to Persevere!
WWJD – What Would Jim Do?
By Phil Ryken | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010I was privileged to serve with Jim Boice for five years at Tenth Presbyterian until his sudden death from liver cancer in 2000.
Shepherding and Trust
By Robert Norris | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010The most effective ministries usually take time, since the most effective ministry usually occurs after earning the congregation’s trust.
Why I Love the Temporariness of My Pastoral Ministry
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010I love thinking about the temporariness of my pastoral ministry.
Miscellaneous Book Reviews
Book Review: Evangelism: Doing Justice and Preaching Grace, by Harvie Conn
Review by Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 09.02.2002For a mature Christian who is thinking through these issues, Conn’s discussion will spark thoughts and will at least begin to chart a course in the right direction.
Book Review: Jesus the Evangelist, by Richard Phillips
Review by Byron Straughn | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 03.02.2010Jesus the Evangelist is worth reading and recommending to others. Let me tell you why.
Book Review: The Heart of Evangelism, by Jerram Barrs
Review by Geoff Chang | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 03.03.2010This book is a challenge for Christians to thoughtfully, humbly, and graciously engage non-Christians as they seek to share the gospel with the
Book Review: Vibrant Church, by Thom Rainer and Danny Akin
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 03.03.2010In short, Vibrant Church provides a very useful tool for strengthening, energizing, and equipping God’s people for the 21st century.
Book Review: Simple Church, by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger
Review by Graham Shearer | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 03.03.2010Simple Church is not a bad book. It just strikes me as an unnecessary book. It points church leaders in the wrong direction—statistical research.
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