Leadership
Five Key Texts and Pastoral Application
By PJ Tibayan | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism: A Moment of Reckoning | 12.10.2019Here are five passages dealing with manhood and womanhood that we must teach and apply for pastoral faithfulness.
Some Counsel for Christians Leaving Toxic Church Environments
By Lucas O'Neill | 11.15.2019Recovery for genuine believers who have been damaged by failed churches is a grueling process.
9 Suggestions for Better Members’ Meetings
By Brad Wheeler | 10.28.2019Do member’s meetings always have to end in bitterness and bickering? I don’t think so. Here are nine suggestions to help set members’ meetings on the right track.
“Is This a Sin?”: Ethical Triage and Church Discipline
By Andrew T. Walker | 10.02.2019When it comes to ethical conflicts facing local churches, we need to carefully distinguish categories of “may” (permissible), “should/should not” (advisable), and “must” (obligatory).
Pastor, Don’t Waste Your Spiritually Dry Seasons
By Jeff Mooney | 09.09.2019Every Christian—and every pastor—has spiritually dry seasons. How do we handle them?
Mailbag #88: Must Elders Agree on Tongues & Prophecy? . . . How Can We Wisely Hire a Pastor from Outside the Church?
By D. Russell, J. Rinne | 08.09.2019— How much agreement must elders have on the issue of tongues and prophecy? — In a congregational church, how should we hire a new pastor from the outside? How can we give enough time for the church to properly vet the candidate?
Book Review: Parenting with Words of Grace, by William P. Smith
Review by Nick Dorsey | 07.25.2019Parenting with Words of Grace is an enormous help for believers fighting the war of words and tasked with shepherding young hearts.
Episode 93: On 1 Timothy 2:12 and Recent Complementarian Kerfuffles
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 06.25.2019What does 1 Timothy 2:12 specifically forbid? How can we have charitable conversations about our differences?
A Few Creeds Plus the Bible: How to Shepherd a Church toward the Use of Confessions
By Raymond Johnson | 06.24.2019Evangelicals prioritize preaching. However, an emphasis on the expositional teaching of the Bible will naturally and organically result in a defined confessionalism
What Lay Elders Need to Know
By Bradley Larson | 06.10.2019Lay eldership is a high calling. But elders must recall that while the office they hold is important, they’re merely there to do Christ’s bidding.
Without Exception: How to Handle Exceptions to the Statement of Faith
By Michael Lawrence | 9Marks Journal: Church Membership: Following the Lord Together | 05.07.2019What do we do when someone takes exception to our church’s statement of faith?
How Church Membership is Misunderstood, Misapplied, and Abused
By Juan Sanchez | 9Marks Journal: Church Membership: Following the Lord Together | 05.07.2019Pastors committed to the importance of church membership need to be cautious. In our righteous zeal to address deficient views of the church, we may be tempted to an unrighteous zeal.
Mailbag #81: Helping a Church Grow in Discipling . . . How to Receive Members Who Left a Former Church Poorly.
By B. Johnson, J. de Koning | 04.19.2019— How can I help my church grow in discipling? — Receiving members who left their former church on bad terms.
Book Review: How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge by Clay Scroggins
Review by Phil Newton | 01.11.2019While it is certain that Scroggins’ book will get wide readership, I think the book fits best outside of local church leadership structures.
The Pastor and Difficult Bioethical Decision Making
By Jeremy Meeks | 12.10.2018Here are eight maxims pastors ought to remember as they shepherd people through difficult bioethical decisions.
