Church Planting and Revitalization

Should Pastors Change Anything in the First Year?

We should not leave the sheep where we found them. That would be a dereliction of duty.

Sending Overseas Missionaries in Community

By C. Bug, G. Tissiere | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010

God’s desire is to reach the nations for his glory through church planting.

Is This a Hill Worth Dying On?

By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.26.2010

How do you know which issues are essential and which are not? Which hill are you willing to die on?

Developing Missions Networks Without a Denomination

By Jeremy Pace | 9Marks Journal: Missions | 02.26.2010

The institutionalized structure of denominations at least lessens the biblical responsibility of a local church to equip ministers of reconciliation with the message of reconciliation.

Church Planting with Mike McKinley

By M. Dever, M. McKinley | 09.24.2008

Mark Dever asks church planter Mike McKinley about the travails of planting and why we should plant churches WITHOUT a vision statement.

Church Reform and Black Churches (with Ken Jones)

By K. Jones, M. Dever | 02.29.2004

How do you preach for change in a church with social gospel roots? Ken Jones, pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church in Compton, CA, takes the hot seat across from Mark Dever on the shape of reform in African-American churches.

Modern Church Reform I (with Mark Dever)

By M. Dever, M. Schmucker | 04.13.2003

Modern Church Reform I with Mark Dever

On Missions Work in Asian Sub-continent, with Clyde Davidson and Tom Roberts (Missions Talk, Ep. 16)

A Few Ways Pastors’ Wives Serve Their Husbands