Leadership
Book Review: Vibrant Church, by Thom Rainer and Danny Akin
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 03.03.2010In short, Vibrant Church provides a very useful tool for strengthening, energizing, and equipping God’s people for the 21st century.
Book Review: Advanced Strategic Planning, by Aubrey Malphurs
Review by Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Corporate Prayer | 03.03.2010I’m not sure if Malphurs’s solution, his strategic planning program, is the cure-all for the church’s various maladies that he conceives it to be.
Book Review: Rethinking the Church, by James White
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.02.2010This kind of thinking thinking subtly leads us into the futility of dependence on synthetic technique and the idolatry of dependence on self, culture, and business theory.
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: Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church, by Mark DeYmaz
Review by Ben Wright | 9Marks Journal: Family & Parenting | 03.02.2010This book is a worthwhile read. But absorb its biblical-theological argumentation with a discerning eye.
A Pastors’ and Theologians’ Forum on Selecting Elders
By B. Keisling, E. Roberts, F. Catherwood, J. MacArthur, M. Lawrence, P. Newton, T. R. Schreiner | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 1) | 03.01.2010A Pastors’ and Theologians’ Forum:
What lessons have you learned the hard way in selecting elders?
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Questions for Pastoral Candidates
By Paul Alexander | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Moves | 03.01.2010What are some questions specific to pastoral fidelity that churches should be asking pastoral candidates? Here’s a starter set. Can you think of more?
A Pastor’s Forum
By Forum | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 03.01.2010Do local churches have the responsibility to help raise up the next generation of pastors, and if so, why?
The first steps in changing church leadership structure
By Phil Newton | 03.01.2010Changes in the leadership structure require devotion to the church and willingness to endure whatever unsettling times might follow.
How to Change Your Church
By Mark Dever | 03.01.2010As a pastor, your greatest power to help your congregation change comes not through your forceful personality, but through years of faithful, patient teaching.
The Greatest Danger Facing the Church
By Jim Hamilton | 9Marks Journal: The Church's Mission | 03.01.2010In our day, the greatest danger facing the church may well come from well-meaning pastors.
Class VIII: Church Leadership
By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Living As a Church | 03.01.2010Through submission we model the godly humility that should characterize us as a church, and we maintain our Christian unity in the midst of disagreement.
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…
Who is responsible for planning weekly worship services?
By Tom Nettles | 03.01.2010An ongoing study of the hymn repertoire, past and present, is a task that the pastor should make a part of his duties.
Loving Questions for Pastors of Seeker-Sensitive Churches #2
By Aaron Menikoff | 03.01.2010Which came first: the seeker-sensitive service philosophy or a commitment to sound biblical exposition?