Church Planting and Revitalization
Should pastors change anything in the first year?
9MarksThe answer to that question depends on the kind of church a pastor is stepping into.
How do pastors know what hills are worth dying on?
9MarksNo doubt questions like this must be answered on a case by case basis, but here are seven general areas in which pastors may be called upon to stake their job:
What tips do you have for dealing with bad leaders that you inherit in a new pastorate?
9MarksHow should you deal with a bad statement of faith, church covenant, or church constitution that you inherit in a new pastorate?
9MarksIt depends on your circumstances. But here are four different tactics that you might find helpful.
Book Review: Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: Five Views, ed. by Paul Engle and Gary McIntosh
Review by Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: The Church's Mission | 03.08.2010This, I think, is the key takeaway from this book: If you start with man, you won’t rise above man-made theories.
Book Review: Leading Turnaround Teams, by Gene Wood and Daniel Harkavy
Review by Will Kynes | 03.05.2010The church is not a business. Yet the fact that pastors and seminarians are routinely barraged with books that promise growth based on business principles testifies to the triumph of … keep reading…
Book Review: The Gospel According to Starbucks, by Leonard Sweet
Review by Byron Straughn | 9Marks Journal: The Gospel | 03.05.2010Pastors, please don’t model your church after Starbucks, Disney, or Toyota. Teach your flock what God has to say to the church.
Book Review: Twelve Keys to an Effective Church, by Kennon Callahan
Review by Thabiti Anyabwile | 03.05.2010A pastor would do well to invest his time in a more faithful work than this.
Book Review: Who Can Save the Incredible Shrinking Church?, by Frank Page
Review by Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 03.03.2010Frank Page wants to do nothing less than save struggling, shrinking churches everywhere.
Book Review: Simple Church, by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger
Review by Graham Shearer | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 03.03.2010Simple Church is not a bad book. It just strikes me as an unnecessary book. It points church leaders in the wrong direction—statistical research.
Book Review: Natural Church Development, by Christian Shwarz
Review by Byron Straughn | 9Marks Journal: Corporate Prayer | 03.02.2010Schwarz’s low view of Scripture is also seen in his desire to place natural observations and research along side of or verifying Scripture.
Book Review: The Market-Driven Church, by Udo Middleman
Review by Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.02.2010Skip it and go read something by David Wells.
