Pastoring

The Heart of a Disciple-Making Pastor

What is the essential quality of a disciple-making pastor? Rejoicing in others’ ministry.

The Pastoral Practices of Martyn Lloyd-Jones

By I. H. Murray, M. Dever | 08.24.2012

What was Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ day-to-day ministry like? Find out in this interview with Iain Murray.

How to Start a Mercy Ministry in your Church

By Layla Wilder | 9Marks Journal: Mercy Ministry in the Church | 06.27.2012

If you want your church to help poor people, decide how you are going to help, find people to serve, and tell them about Jesus as you do.

The “Regulated Free Market” Approach to Mercy Ministry

By Jamie Dunlop | 9Marks Journal: Mercy Ministry in the Church | 06.26.2012

When it comes to mercy ministry in the church, both the programmed and the organic approaches have their limitations. Here is a third way.

Book Review: The Measure of Our Success, by Shawn Lovejoy

Review by Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012

It pains me to write this, but perhaps the book’s greatest flaw is its use of the Bible.

Closer than a Brother: Why I Belong to Acts 29

By Robert Greene | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012

Pastors need to care for each other. Here’s how that care found one pastor when he needed it most.

Rescued from Isolation: The Columbia Baptist Minister’s Association

By Justin Runyan | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012

A young pastor found relief from self-imposed isolation through a new local association of ministers. Here’s how.

Coming Together: The Pastoral Fellowship for Practical Theology

By Brian Croft | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012

From the four corners of Louisville, a growing number of pastors have been gathering for fellowship, teaching, and prayer. Here’s their story, and some of the unexpected fruits they’ve seen.

The Story of Sojourn Network

By Daniel Montgomery | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012

How can a church raise up and sustain pastors who are faithful over the long haul? That’s a question Sojourn Network is trying to answer.

The Birth of a Gospel Partnership: Evangelium21

By Matthias Lohmann | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012

Here’s how a group of likeminded pastors came together to promote gospel growth in German churches. First step? Invite John Piper to dinner.

Pray for Revival—In the Other Guy’s Church

By Andy Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012

Our love for Jesus never shines brighter than when we rejoice in the progress of the gospel—in others’ churches.

The Great Commission Is Bigger than Your Church

By Bobby Jamieson | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012

The great commission is bigger than your local church. How should that shape your priorities and posture as a pastor?

Wanted: Apostolic Pastors

By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Wanted: Apostolic Pastors | 05.08.2012

How many times have pastors made remarks that seem to show that their dreams and hopes begin and end at the doors of their own church?

Revitalizing a Church

By A. Davis, M. Dever | 05.08.2012

Andy Davis, a pastor in North Carolina, recounts the stirring story of his church’s revitalization.

Six Ways to Give Your People False Assurance

By Mike McKinley | 9Marks Journal: The Underestimated Doctrine of Conversion | 02.29.2012

Don’t preach moralism. Ever. Preach the gospel every week. And then, with the indicatives of the gospel firmly in place, preach the imperatives that necessarily follow.

Book Review: The Church, by Erin Wheeler

Four Reasons to Preach the Psalms as a Book