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Mark of a Healthy Church: Expository Preaching
Mark of a Healthy Church: Expository Preaching A healthy church is a church that hears God speak from his Word and trusts in it. That is why a healthy church must be committed to expository preaching. By “preaching” we mean … Continue reading
John MacArthur’s Practical Advice on Your First Years of Pastoral Ministry
9Marks and Mark Dever recently did a conference called, “The First Five Years” instructing and encouraging pastors on their first years in a new pastorate or church. I was really blessed by it though I missed Thabiti’s message. His is … Continue reading
Six Sample Church Covenants
I just read of a consultation videos that is being advertised to help churches renew membership processes to revitalize their churches. I saw that most of the content being sold or advertised is online for free. So I wanted to … Continue reading
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9marks on Church Membership at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Session 1: Jonathan Leeman Jonathan Leeman, editorial director for 9Marks, starts this years 9Marks at Southeastern conference by teaching from the book of Matthew. Download Audio Download Video Session 1 Panel Discussion Speakers gather together to discuss topics explored in … Continue reading
Mark Driscoll, John Piper, and a Problem in Evangelicalism and its Lack of Churchmanship
Image credit: Churchleaders.com Mark Driscoll has relaunched his former website pastormark.tv as markdriscoll.org. You might think he was changing the name because he is no longer a pastor. If you do, you’re wrong. Apparently, Mark Driscoll is still promoting the … Continue reading
A Church without Corrective Discipline or Meaningful Membership is Like a…
“A good illustration of this is when we were driving around in Northwest DC and there was this beautiful home on the right (I don’t know if you remember this), but the walk came down from it, and there was … Continue reading
A Response JD Greear’s Biblical Argument for Multi-site Churches
JD Greear argues that multi-site churches can be biblical. His two thoughts in response to the critique of multi-site churches are: (1) The question—our primary point of disagreement with ‘single service only’ advocates—is whether the New Testament mandates that we must all … Continue reading
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How can I lead my church toward meaningful membership? Help from Mark Dever
How can I lead my church toward meaningful membership? Mark Dever addressed this at an SEBTS 9Marks conference (30:23). So I listened to that section and used this web page to expand what I learned. 1. Proclaim the gospel. Preach about God’s … Continue reading
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Free Helpful and Faithful Resources on Elders (think Lay Pastor-Elders) in the Local Church
As we gear up for our upcoming TGC LA EQUIP Quarterly Meeting on 5/27/14 on Raising Up Lay Elders in Your Church I thought I’d post some free resources online that I’ve found helpful. I plan on publishing another blog … Continue reading
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