What Should I Do With Those Who Are Unable or Unwilling to Attend Church When We Start Gathering?
By Nick Gatzke | 05.19.2020Gathering together again will be a great joy for many and a unique challenge for some. Let’s make sure that no one is left behind in the post-Covid church.
Has COVID-19 Made 9Marks Raise the White Flag on Multi-Site and Multi-Service Churches?
By Jonathan Leeman | 05.13.2020There’s a difference between short-term accommodations and permanent structures.
How the Lord Prepared Our Church for a Global Pandemic
By Juan Sanchez | 05.07.2020The Lord had been preparing us for this global pandemic through the ordinary means of pastoral ministry.
How Our Church Covenant Helps Us Care for One Another During the Pandemic
By Josh Manley | 05.04.2020It’s not only pastors who have responsibilities during this season. The church must continue to be the church.
Pastoring in a Pandemic Episode 1: Shepherding Scattered Sheep with Bob Johnson
By B. Johnson, J. Leeman | 05.01.2020Jonathan 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 | 05.01.2020We asked pastors how they’d been serving their people since the pandemic disrupted regular ministry.
Make Sure Your Members Are Christians, Not Just Immigrants
By Jeremy Yong | 04.30.2020This article is written to pastors who serve in an international setting. If that’s you, I have but one piece of counsel: you must make sure your church members are Christians, not simply immigrants or expats.
Episode 125: On “What Should I Do Now That I’m a Christian?” (with Sam Emadi)
By J. Leeman, M. Dever, S. Emadi | 04.28.2020You’re a new Christian. What’s the first thing you should do? Join a church!
Episode 124: On The Case Against Multisite in One Assembly
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 04.21.2020Mark asks Jonathan to make his best case from the Bible against multi-site and multi-service churches.
Opportunity or Accommodation? Thinking Through Cultural Practices in the Immigrant Church
By Geoff Chang | 04.10.2020Different cultural practices can create an opportunity for growth or lead to a compromise of the gospel. How can churches discern whether or not they’re on the road to compromising the gospel?
Why We Produced the Church Questions Series
By Sam Emadi | 04.09.2020The church isn’t just one aspect of the Christian life, it’s the context of our Christian life—it shapes all the other aspects of our Christian obedience.
The Deliberate Church
By M. Dever, P. AlexanderBuilding Your Ministry on the Gospel Mark Dever and Paul Alexander provide a model of a biblical church in this resource for pastors, elders, and others interested in the vitality of their church. This highly practical book proposes an attitude of complete reliance on and submission to the Gospel in building a healthy church.
Does the Book of Acts Teach Spontaneous Baptisms?
By Caleb Morell | 03.10.2020The claim that Acts demonstrates a uniform pattern of spontaneous baptisms is overstated.
Episode 118: On Spontaneous Baptisms (with Caleb Morell)
By C. Morell, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 03.10.2020Are spontaneous baptisms a good idea? Does the book of Acts prescribe them?
Episode 117: On the Connection Between Baptism & Church Membership
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 03.03.2020It should be exceedingly rare to baptize someone apart from local church membership.
