Cross-Cultural Ministry
By J. Mack Stiles, M. Dever | 12.19.2011Five Christian workers from three continents discuss the power, challenges, and joys of cross-cultural ministry.
Book Review: Renovation of the Church, by Kent Carlson and Mike Luken
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Revitalize: Why We Must Reclaim Dying Churches—and How | 10.28.2011This book tells the story of how and why the authors turned a seemingly thriving seeker church into a church in which forming mature disciples of Jesus is the central concern.
Book Review: The U-Turn Church, by Kevin Harney and Bob Bouwer
Review by Brian Croft | 9Marks Journal: Revitalize: Why We Must Reclaim Dying Churches—and How | 10.28.2011Here are a few ways this book can help pastors who are reforming churches, as well as cautions you will want to consider as you read.
Book Review: Radical Together, by David Platt
Review by J. D. Greear | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 2 | 08.29.2011All in all, this book represents what I believe to be God’s gracious work of calling his church back to the simple and revolutionary power of the gospel.
Business Practices and the Church
By J. Hardin, M. Dever | 08.01.2011What does it mean to view a church like a business? Is it wrong to market your church? Mark Dever asks John Hardin these questions and more based on his recent doctoral work on church marketing.
Book Review: MissionShift, ed. by David Hesselgrave and Ed Stetzer
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: The Pastor and his Staff, Part 1 | 06.28.2011The great strength of this volume is that it serves as a fairly accessible introduction to a number of critical issues in contemporary evangelical missiology.
Book Review: Loving the Church, by John Crotts
Review by Brian Croft | 9Marks Journal: Church Membership: Holding the Body Together | 04.28.2011This book speaks a piercing word to pastors. It reminds us of the biblical standard to which God calls us.
The Two Kingdoms and the Natural Law with David VanDrunen
By D. VanDrunen, M. Dever | 04.04.2011Mark Dever asks David VanDrunen for a tutorial on the complex but important topic of a church's role in political society.
Book Review: The Gospel Commission, by Michael Horton
Review by Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Church Membership: Holding the Body Together | 04.03.2011This book is theologically rich, carefully critical, and it throbs with a missionary heartbeat. Reading it will both instruct and inspire you to go and make disciples of all nations.
