What are some of the challenges of pastoring a multi-ethnic church?
9MarksIn a multi-ethnic church it can be particularly difficult to:
Should pastors try to be cool?
9MarksMany people assume that the best way to reach people is to be like them. So, if pastors want to reach cool people, they should try to be cool. But there are several problems with the idea that pastors should try to be cool:
How important is it for pastors to follow the latest bands and movies in order keep up with culture?
9MarksNot very.
How should biblical theology inform pastoral counseling?
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Book Review: Why Men Do Not Go to Church, by Cortland Myers (1899)
Review by Ken Barbic | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology | 03.08.2010Today is the age of target marketing. Savvy advertisers constantly ask themselves, "How can we make our product more desirable to the various groups who are presently unaware of its benefits?"
It’s in this vein that Cortland Myers raises the question in his book by the title, "Why do men not go to church?" This is, he says, "one of the burning questions of the hour."
Book Review: Why Men Hate Going to Church, by David Murrow
Review by Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology | 03.06.2010Churches have shifted toward a style that is comfortable for the stereotypical woman—at the expense of the stereotypical man.
Book Review: Manly Dominion: In a Passive-Purple-Four-Ball World, by Mark Chanski
Review by Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Biblical Theology | 03.06.2010This book is superb. It will train the godly men of today to raise the godly men of tomorrow.
Book Review: The Multi-Site Church Revolution
Review by John Hammett | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 1) | 03.06.2010Much of what this book contains can be transferred to a church planting model, thus accomplishing many of the same goals and relieving many of the troubling ecclesiological questions.
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.
Book Review: Leading Turnaround Teams, by Gene Wood and Daniel Harkavy
Review by Will Kynes | 03.05.2010The church is not a business. Yet the fact that pastors and seminarians are routinely barraged with books that promise growth based on business principles testifies to the triumph of … keep reading…
Book Review: The Gospel According to Starbucks, by Leonard Sweet
Review by Byron Straughn | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 03.05.2010Pastors, please don’t model your church after Starbucks, Disney, or Toyota. Teach your flock what God has to say to the church.
Book Review: Biblical Eldership, by Alexander Strauch
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.05.2010Alexander Strauch breathes fresh air into the church leadership discussion with his book Biblical Eldership.
Book Review: Perimeters of Light, by Elmer Towns and Ed Stetzer
Review by Flynn Cratty | 03.05.2010If one had to identify a simple thesis of the book, it would probably be the statement that “God has no preference regarding style, but highly regards motives and outcomes.”
