Pastoring
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Lakeview Baptist Church
By Al Jackson | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010To help our readers catch a vision for what that might look like, we asked several organizations closely tied to one or several local churches how they fulfill this mission.
Pastors’ and Theologians’ Forum
By B. Johnson, D. Newkirk, P. Ryken, T. Ascol, W. Price | 9Marks Journal: Miscellaneous Articles | 02.25.2010I have learned that nothing brings greater joy to a pastor’s heart than a sinner who truly repents.
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Cornhill Training Course
By Christopher Ash | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are the Cornhill Training Course’s answers submitted by Christopher Ash. The Cornhill Training Course is based out of London, England.
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Charles Simeon Trust
By D. Helm, R. Kinney | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are the Charles Simeon Trust’s answers (submitted by David Helm and Robert Kinney). The Simeon Trust is based out of Chicago, Illinois.
Twenty Ways to Cultivate a Culture of Counseling
By Deepak Reju | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 02.25.2010By equipping your members to counsel one another, you enable them to do the front-line work of ministry. Here are twenty ways to cultivate a culture of counseling and discipleship in your church.
What Should Pastors Do with Fear, Medication, & Addiction
By Edward T. Welch | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 02.25.2010Are psychiatric medications sinful? Are they wise? Are they wrong? How should we view such things?
Churches Raising Up Pastors – Capitol Hill Baptist Church
By Ben Wright | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are the answers for the Capitol Hill Baptist Church internship program (submitted by Ben Wright). Capitol Hill Baptist Church is located in Washington, D. C.
Premarital Counseling, Pornography, and Marriage
By Winston T. Smith | 9Marks Journal: Counseling in the Church | 02.25.2010I think one of the ways churches should work against the threat of pornography, very simply, is to start talking about it.
A Pastor’s Priorities for Day One
By Bob Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are five priorities you should bring to your first day of ministry.
Why I Love the Temporariness of My Pastoral Ministry
By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010I love thinking about the temporariness of my pastoral ministry.
A Pastor Defends His Multi-Site Church
By J. D. Greear | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 02.25.2010Here is why we enthusiastically embrace the multi-site strategy as biblically sound, practically wise, and pastorally helpful.
8 Steps for Dealing with Difficult Leaders
By Ken Swetland | 9Marks Journal: Young Pastors | 02.25.2010Here are eight principles for dealing with difficult people.
“Look, It’s the Church’s Job”
By Al Jackson | 9Marks Journal: Raising Up the Next Generation of Pastors | 02.25.2010I am persuaded that training for pastoral ministry, as it’s currently practiced in the United States, does not adequately prepare God-called pastors for service in our churches.
How to Become a Theological Liberal Without Attending Harvard Divinity School
By Michael Lawrence | 02.24.2010I love my sheep, and I love myself. And it’s those two loves, wrongly focused, that tempt me down a gospel-denying path.
The Church, Counting Numbers, & You
By Matt Schmucker | 02.24.2010What has happened to our understanding of evangelism, conversion, church discipline, and discipleship that allows people to remain on the roles of a Christian church but never attend?
