Pastoring
What weight should pastors give to numerical growth?
9MarksWhat is success in ministry? How can it be measured?
9MarksThat’s a tough question to answer because competing principles are at play.
1. Measuring the supernatural? Supernatural fruitfulness cannot always be measured.
2. Success equals faithfulness. One of our most important criteria for success should be whether or not a man is faithfully preaching the Word and living a life of conformity to the Word.
What unique opportunities are afforded by pastoring a multi-ethnic church?
9MarksPastoring a multi-ethnic church affords a unique opportunity to:
What are some of the challenges of pastoring a multi-ethnic church?
9MarksIn a multi-ethnic church it can be particularly difficult to:
Should pastors try to be cool?
9MarksMany people assume that the best way to reach people is to be like them. So, if pastors want to reach cool people, they should try to be cool. But there are several problems with the idea that pastors should try to be cool:
How important is it for pastors to follow the latest bands and movies in order keep up with culture?
9MarksNot very.
Book Review: The Multi-Site Church Revolution
Review by John Hammett | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 1) | 03.06.2010Much of what this book contains can be transferred to a church planting model, thus accomplishing many of the same goals and relieving many of the troubling ecclesiological questions.
Book(s) Review: This Little Church . . . Went to Market & Stayed Home, by Gary Gilley
Review by Flynn Cratty | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 1) | 03.06.2010In the end, this emphasis on the Bible as the norm for life and doctrine is the most helpful thing in these two books.
Book Review: Shepherds After My Own Heart, by Timothy Laniak
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.05.2010This book is excellent, and should be read by every thoughtful and thoughtless pastor, so that they might better understand both the Word and their own role.
Book Review: Called to the Ministry, by Edmund Clowney
Review by Ken Barbic | 9Marks Journal: Elders (Part 2) | 03.05.2010Clowney applies larger issues of guidance and decision making to the realm of vocational Christian ministry, and he does so in a succinct but powerful manner.
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: Faith of My Fathers, by Chris Seay
Review by Bruce Keisling | 03.05.2010Another reason to read this book is to expose the sad multigenerational commitment to “whatever produces results at the moment.”
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: Biblical Eldership, by Alexander Strauch
Review by Paul Alexander | 03.05.2010Alexander Strauch breathes fresh air into the church leadership discussion with his book Biblical Eldership.
