Church Membership
Class XI: Serving and Giving
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010What do we mean by serving or giving? We mean spending yourself—your time, your gifts, your resources, your energy—for the good of the church.
Class II: Church Membership
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010I. INTRODUCTION Good morning and welcome! This is the second class in a thirteen-week course on living together as a church. This morning, we will consider the idea of church … keep reading…
Class I: Introduction
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010God calls us today—the very imperfect people who compose his Church—to the task of displaying the glory of his perfect character
Class XIII: Corporate Evangelism
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010Throughout the Bible and the history of the church, God has used the witness of the church to draw people to himself.
Class X: Encouragement
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010As Christians, and especially as fellow church members, we are accountable for each other.
Class IX: Church Discipline
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010How should we react to unrepentant sin in the church?
Class VII: Discontentment
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010Can you recall the last time you were deeply disappointed by another church member? What about the last time you felt like a church let you down?
Class VI: Fellowship
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010What does it mean to have healthy relationships in the church? Why should we care?
Church Membership in a World Without NASCAR
By Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: Hospitality & Friendship | 03.01.2010Even with the Christian church’s spotty record, we ignore the past at our own peril.
Wanted: Plotting and Provoking Church Members
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Hospitality & Friendship | 03.01.2010Because of everything Jesus has done, and because of everything that he is, Christians are to stir one another up to love and good works.
Class IV: Corporate Prayer
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010Given how central prayer is to our lives as Christians, it makes sense that prayer is a vital part of building unity in our church.
Why (and How) Your Church Should Hold the 1689 Confession
By Sam Waldron | 02.26.2010Should you use the 1689 London Confession in your church? Yes, and here’s why.
Cleaning Up the Rolls
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Church Membership: Holding the Body Together | 02.26.2010Bad records and outdated rolls trouble any faithful pastor’s existence. Yet before you sweep things clean, consider both why and how this should be done.
Cleaning Up the Rolls (Part 2): The Care List
By Matt Schmucker | 02.26.2010Why go to all this trouble? Too many times, we had seen Satan exploit the newness or suddenness of a motion for discipline in our meetings.
Dealing with Bad Documents
By Greg Gilbert | 9Marks Journal: Confessions, Covenants, and Constitutions: How to Organize Your Church | 02.26.2010Very often a new pastor will find a statement of faith like our church had—unclear at best and heretical at worst.
