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How to Pray for Your Pastor During Lockdown

By Christopher Ash | 05.08.2020

This global lockdown affects us all differently. We live under widely varying regulations in different countries or even in different counties within the same country. But there are some things you can pray for your pastor—regardless of his circumstance.

How One Texas Church Reopened Their Services

By Rodney Brown | 05.08.2020

Pastoral reflections on how Metro Bible Church in South Lake, TX, reopened.

How the Lord Prepared Our Church for a Global Pandemic

By Juan Sanchez | 05.07.2020

The Lord had been preparing us for this global pandemic through the ordinary means of pastoral ministry.

How Can We Love Our Non-Christian Neighbors During COVID-19?

By A. Ziafat, B. Johnson, J. Kurz, P. Tibayan | 05.05.2020

We asked pastors how they’d been serving their non-Christian neighbors since the pandemic disrupted regular ministry.

Can We Celebrate Communion Online?

By Bobby Jamieson | 05.04.2020

It’s not the case that a virtually mediated, physically dispersed Lord’s Supper is less than optimal: it’s simply not the Lord’s Supper. 

When Should Churches Reject Governmental Guidelines on Gathering and Engage in Civil Disobedience?

By Jonathan Leeman | 05.02.2020

If the government continues to say we cannot meet, when do we as churches engage in civil disobedience by gathering anyway?

How Can We Care for Our Older & At-Risk Members?

By Aaron Menikoff | 05.01.2020

This pandemic should not be squandered. While we’re all stuck at home, let’s minister to our homebound members with renewed vigor.  

Pastoring in a Pandemic Episode 1: Shepherding Scattered Sheep with Bob Johnson

By B. Johnson, J. Leeman | 05.01.2020

Jonathan Leeman chats with Bob Johnson, a pastor in the Detroit area, about practical ways he and his elders have tried to shepherd their scattered sheep during COVID-19.

How Can We Care for Our Church Members During COVID-19?

By B. Johnson, C. Mwanza, J. Wiesner, K. Edward Copeland, M. Lohmann, T. Shepherd | 05.01.2020

We asked pastors how they’d been serving their people since the pandemic disrupted regular ministry. 

How Can We Celebrate Communion When Our Churches Start Gathering Again?

By Sam Emadi | 05.01.2020

9Marks surveyed several pastors to see how they intended on serving communion once their church starts gathering again.

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Episode 125: On “What Should I Do Now That I’m a Christian?” (with Sam Emadi)

By J. Leeman, M. Dever, S. Emadi | 04.28.2020

You’re a new Christian. What’s the first thing you should do? Join a church!

What If We Have to Cut Our Budget?

By Jamie Dunlop | 04.27.2020

Lord willing, none of this will prove useful for your church.

Episode 124: On The Case Against Multisite in One Assembly

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 04.21.2020

Mark asks Jonathan to make his best case from the Bible against multi-site and multi-service churches.

Identity Politics and the Death of Christian Unity

By Jonathan Leeman | 04.15.2020

Identity politics is a useful ally, but it’s also a misleading ally. I pray the Lord would give us discernment to know one from the other, as well as his love and a commitment to his truth.

Episode 123: On Why We Pick the Multisite Fight in One Assembly

By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 04.14.2020

Jonathan’s new book One Assembly argues against multi-site and multi-service churches. What motivated him to write a whole book on the topic? Isn’t this much ado about very little?