What distinctively marks a really good church? Is it a large congregation? Plentiful parking? Engaging music?
Maybe you’ve read books on this topic before—but not like this one. First published in 2004, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church isn’t an instruction manual for church growth. It’s a pastor’s model for how to assess the health of your church using nine crucial qualities that are too often neglected.
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Sample Chapter 1 and view the Table of Contents:
1. Expositional Preaching
2. Biblical Theology
3. The Gospel
4. A Biblical Understanding of Conversion
5. A Biblical Understanding of Evangelism
6. A Biblical Understanding of Church Membership
7. Biblical Church Discipline
8. A Concern for Discipleship and Growth
9. Biblical Church Leadership
[...] Thursday: Mark Dever Edition Today’s Trackback Thursday features Mark Dever’s 9 Marks of a Healthy [...]
Pingback by Trackback Thursday: Mark Dever Edition « Εις Δοξαν — August 27, 2009 @ 7:38 am
In september this book from Mark Dever will published in german. I’m wait eagerly to read it. But the original is maybe better.
Comment by Eduard Klassen — August 27, 2009 @ 1:38 pm
Thanks for the article! Just browsing around online I get into some cool stuff. Anyways, back to school work…
Comment by Luis Giagni — June 25, 2011 @ 10:31 pm