Book Review: Church Order in the New Testament, by Eduard Schweizer
Review by Simeon Williams | 09.11.2017Schweizer’s arguments for a perpetually developing polity are unpersuasive because they depend on faulty arguments regarding differences among the apostles.
What do baptism and the Lord’s Supper have to do with the corporate gathering?
By Juan Sanchez | 08.29.2017Baptism implies the local church gathering. It’s an act in which both the church *and* the new believer participate.
VIDEO: Should every Christian be a member of a local church?
By Aaron Menikoff | 07.20.2017Should every Christian be a member of a local church?
Episode 19: Church Mergers and Plants
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017We just released a Journal on church planting and church mergers. Because neither Mark nor Jonathan wrote an article for it, we devoted this episode of Pastors’ Talk to the topic.
What 9Marks Purists Should Know About Church Planting
By Ed Stetzer | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017I love gospel clarity and biblical ecclesiology, but I’m concerned about the anti-practical nature we sometimes see in the 9Marks community.
Lessons Learned from Church-Planting by Peaceable Division
By Colin Clark | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.20.2017Our three-year old church had 84 members. In order to plant a church, we split in half.
You Can’t Plant a Church If You Don’t Know What a Church Is
By Nathan Knight | 9Marks Journal: Church Mergers and Plants | 06.19.2017Ecclesiology can’t be assumed nor should it be considered a distraction to the church planter’s “mission.”
The Danger of “Church Shopping”
By Brett McCracken | 06.12.2017When a church becomes less about the demands of Scripture on our lives and more about our demands on the church to fit our preferences, it loses its power to transform us and subvert our idols.
Episode 17: On How to Receive and Dismiss Members
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 06.06.2017One of the most important and time-consuming tasks for a church and its pastors involves receiving and releasing members. And yet, it’s almost never talked about in books on the church or in seminary.
Mailbag #62: How to Encourage Attendance at Members’ Meetings; The Relationship between Baptism & Church Membership
By Jonathan Leeman | 05.19.2017— Could you provide some wisdom for how to handle situations where members are consistently neglectful of attending members’ meetings? — I understand that baptism should precede church membership. But must membership always follow baptism?
Why You Will Join the Wrong Church
By Sam Emadi | 05.15.2017Personal relationships were never meant to serve as the foundation for our sense of church commitment.
Mailbag #59: Two Questions on “Re-Baptism”; The Importance of a Church’s Architecture
By Jonathan Leeman | 04.14.2017— What are some of the pastoral principles, pitfalls, and guidelines when dealing with church members who doubt their baptism took place after their conversion? — A church member wants his daughter to be baptized twice, in two different churches. How should I respond? — As a church considers planting or revitalizing, how much should they take into account a building’s architecture?
Episode 7: How to Leave Your Church Well
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 03.28.2017Jonathan chats with Mark about good and bad reasons to leave a church, and offers principles for leaving well once the decision has been made.
