Polity
Pastors’ Forum: Are Denominations Worth It?
9Marks | 9Marks Journal: Church and Churches | 05.10.20139Marks asked a roundtable of pastors the same question: Are denominations worth it? Here are their answers. Tom Ascol Are denominations worth it? That depends on what your definition of … keep reading…
Book Review: Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City, by Tim Keller
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Pastoring Christians for the Workplace | 02.12.2013Center Church is Tim Keller’s magnum opus.
Book Review: Baptist Distinctives and New Testament Church Order, by Kevin Bauder
Review by Kevin Wilkening | 9Marks Journal: Lay Elders: A User’s Guide—Part 2 | 01.03.2013What is a Baptist? This is not a rhetorical question. This is a test.
The Power and Importance of Polity
By H. Powell, J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.31.2012Jonathan Leeman asks Hunter Powell and Mark Dever about authority in the church. What authority does the congregation have? What about the elders? And what did the congregationalists at the Westminster Assembly have to say about it?
Book Review: Church 3.0, by Neil Cole
Review by Geoff Chang | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Moves | 12.23.2010If you want to acquaint yourself with a leading voice of the house church movement, read this book, but then turn elsewhere for what Scripture teaches about the local church.
Book Review: Baptism—Three Views
Review by Jonathan Leeman | 10.23.2010I was convinced of the believers’ baptism picking up the book, and I remain convinced of it setting it down, maybe even more so.
Theological Critique of Multi-Site: What Exactly Is a “Church”?
By Jonathan Leeman | 9Marks Journal: Multi-site Churches | 09.30.2010What’s the difference between a church and three Christian friends throwing Frisbee at the local park?
Does the New Testament pattern of a plurality of elders in every church preclude the position of senior pastor?
9MarksIn the New Testament, the normal pattern is for churches to have a plurality of elders (Acts 14:23; Phil. 1:1; Jas. 5:14). Does this mean that no single man among them should be called the “senior pastor” and possess a larger measure of relational and institutional authority?
