Mark Dever Interviews Jonathan Leeman about “Don’t Fire Your Church Members”
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 02.07.2017Would you believe it if someone told you church structure actually plays a crucial role in your individual discipleship?
Living in the “Nevertheless”: Pastoral Reflections on Peace
By Aaron Menikoff | 02.06.2017At its core, peace is not singing “Kumbaya” around a campfire with a dozen of your closest friends. The root of peace is the objective reality that God has adopted you into his family as his precious son or daughter.
Mailbag #48: How to Discuss Books as Elders; Advice for Husband & Wife Who Can’t Agree about Church
By Jonathan Leeman | 01.13.2017— You’ve mentioned before the value of elders reading books together. What’s the best way to go about that? — Do you have any advice for a husband and wife who can’t agree on which church to go to?
Mailbag #47: Applying Paul’s “Able to Teach” Qualification; Confidentiality between Pastors and Members?
By Jonathan Leeman | 01.06.2017— How gifted does someone have to be in order to be considered “able to teach”? — Can church members appeal to a kind of “pastor-member confidentiality”?
Mailbag #46: Tricky Membership Question about Immigration; Pastoring a Church with Lots of Divorcees
By Jonathan Leeman | 12.23.2016— A woman who came to the United States under false pretenses wants to join our church. What should we do? — How should a pastor proceed when he inherits a church with several divorcees?
Churches in India: A People “Formed for God”
By Aubrey Sequeira | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.12.2016As a result of a low view of preaching for many years, the health of churches in India has suffered. Yet through a growing number of faithful shepherds, faithful preaching, and your prayers, the Lord may bring to India the reformation its churches need.
Churches in Myanmar: Fighting the Fear of Man and Glorying in God
By Justin Caudill | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.12.2016Though they may never receive the fame of an Adoniram Judson, faithful workers across Myanmar are quietly laboring to build up the church.
Churches in South Africa: Hoping in the Word, Not the World
By Gustav Pritchard | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.12.2016Despite unhelpful Western influences, over-spiritualized leadership, and even a struggling economy, the Lord is establishing his kingdom in South Africa through churches feasting on his Word.
Churches in Spain: A Smoking Flax He Will Not Quench
By Andrew Birch | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.12.2016Though many of the churches in Spain often confuse or lose the gospel in their preaching, there is a small and growing network of churches who love gospel clarity and church health.
Churches in the Philippines: Taking Seriously the Joy of the Lord
By Alvin Litonjua | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.12.2016The Philippines prides itself on being fun and happy, and so churches are often tempted by happy, superficial solutions. Yet churches are gaining humble, careful pastors who take seriously instructing their people in the joy of the Lord.
A Guide for Praying Nation by Nation
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.12.2016One of our hopes for this Journal is that it will spur you on in prayer for our brothers and sisters around the globe. To that end, we’ve compiled a list of prayer requests from our contributors.
A Church in an Undisclosed Location: Slowly and Waveringly Maturing
By Brother John | 9Marks Journal: Healthy Churches around the World | 12.12.2016Here is the story of one church in one of the least reached corners of the world slowly and waveringly growing into maturity by the grace of God.
Mailbag #44: Applying “Husband of One Wife”; Leaving the Church but Attending Bible Study; Women Voting in the Church
By Jonathan Leeman | 12.09.2016— What does “husband of one wife” mean? That a prospective elder must have never been divorced? — Someone who left our church still wants to attend our church’s ladies’ Bible study. Is that okay? — Does 1 Timothy 2:12 forbid women from voting in congregational matters?
1500-Year-Old Pastoral Wisdom from John Chrysostom
By Eric Beach | 12.05.2016Despite the more than 1500 years between us, I couldn’t help but notice the wisdom John Chrysostom offered for pastors today.
Raising up Leaders in Cross-Cultural Settings (Part 2)
By Todd Jamison | 11.29.2016Raising up Christ-like leaders―while primarily a work of the Holy Spirit―happens in the context of healthy churches full of loving relationships.
