Many pastors conceive of the church budget as primarily a financial tool, but in fact it is primarily a pastoral tool. A church's philosophy of ministry is locked into its budget, and so the budget will either stifle or accelerate any attempts to move a congregation toward a biblical model of church health. As such, the church budget is a far more potent pastoral tool than many church leaders realize. Budgeting for a Healthy Church examines each section of the budget in light of Biblical principles to show how a church budget can lock in healthy approaches to ministry. Whereas most books on church budgeting are "how" books, explaining how the budgeting process should work, this is a "what" book, helping church leaders determine the pastoral implications of what they choose to fund in their budgets.

Budgeting for a Healthy Church: Aligning Finances with Biblical Priorities for Ministry (9Marks)

Business & Money

Dunlop, Jamie

Finance

Zondervan

What does a community that testifies to God's power look like?
God’s people are called to a togetherness and commitment that transcends all natural boundaries―whether ethnic, generational, or economic. But such a community can be enjoyed only when it relies on the power of God in the gospel.
In The Compelling Community, pastors Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop cast a captivating vision for authentic fellowship in the local church that goes beyond small groups. Full of biblical principles and practical advice, this book will help pastors lead their congregations toward the kind of community that glorifies God, edifies his people, and attracts the lost.

The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive (9Marks)

Religion & Spirituality

Dever, Mark

Christian Books & Bibles

Crossway

Jamie Dunlop addresses the question&nbsp;Why should I give to my church?,&nbsp;demonstrating how giving to the local church is spiritually rewarding, accomplishes God's purposes, and brings&nbsp;God glory.

Why Should I Give to My Church? (Church Questions)

This companion study guide covers all 12 chapters of&nbsp;The Compelling Community, featuring the main idea of each chapter, a Bible passage to study, questions for reflection and discussion, and more.

The Compelling Community Study Guide (9Marks)

This practical guide shares 8 truths to show readers how they can cultivate God-exalting unity by loving those in the church who, if they're honest, sometimes drive them crazy.&nbsp;

Love the Ones Who Drive You Crazy: Eight Truths for Pursuing Unity in Your Church (9Marks)

Bottom line: the local church,institutionally speaking, is calledto teach. That is its job. Lose that,you lose everything. But that institutionis made up of humanbeings who must go and do. Andwhere institutional resources(staff time, budget monies, etc.)are available for something morethan teaching, they might bewisely and wonderfully stewardedin helping church membersto pursue the good deeds that Jesuscommands them to do.For these reasons, 9Markswants to offer constructive helpfor how local churches mightpursue such organized mercyministry.

Mercy Ministry in the Church | 9Marks Journal: Where Mercy Ministry Fits Into the Church

Leeman, Jonathan

KELLER, Timothy

McKinley, Mike

DeYoung, Kevin

Apple, David

Emadi, Sam

Holcomb, Justin

Lauber, Jonathan

Wilder, Layla

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Churches kick adult Sunday school to the curb for a host of reasons: they don’t have enough teachers; they don’t want to burden Sunday schedules; they believe it’s a relic of the past. Basically, adult Sunday school is a dinosaur, right? That’s why young churches often don’t have them, and mature churches let them carry on as they’ve always done. But wait! Do you know what you might be missing? What if we could use it to pack gospel-centered biblical content into our congregations? And equip the saints for the work of ministry? And change our church cultures in everything from dating, to evangelism, to knowing God’s will? If we content ourselves with a 45 minute Sunday sermon for instructing the saints, we’re letting the Friday night movie beat out our time investment into them by double. That’s why we want to push the retro envelope and encourage you to reclaim adult Sunday school. If you don’t have it, get it. If you have it, consider how you might make more of it.

Don't Be Too Cool For Sunday School | 9Marks Journal

Wax, Trevin

Sánchez, Juan

Jamieson, Bobby

Kell, Garrett

Kelley, Michael

Stiles, J. MacK

Pennington, Jonathan

Stetzer, Ed

There’s more here than you might expect. That was true for me. I’ve been hearing the argument for church revitalization for years, and it has always sounded like a conversation about practical matters. There are practical reasons to sometimes plant a new church. And there are practical reasons to sometimes revitalize an old church. But reading through the articles for this edition of the Journal I discovered something larger, something older, something more basic. Church revitalization, it occurred to me, goes to the very heart of what it means to pastor. And the desire to see churches revitalized, I dare say, should be a constituent part of a Christian’s heart. Could it be that we’ve been missing something as basic as evangelism and discipleship, even if it’s rarer?  Church planting is a great thing, and there’s no need to take anything away from it. But there should also be a default setting in a Christian’s heart that always longs to see dying churches revitalized. It’s not like the debate in your head about whether to fork over $2000 to the mechanic to fix your clunker of a car or to just buy a new one. It’s more like a decision about whether to walk away from a dear but difficult relationship. Our hearts should never want to do that, even if once in a great while we must. 

The Pastor and His Staff: Part 2: | 9Marks Journal

Taylor, Patrick

Schmucker, Matt

Jensen, Philip

Greear, J.D.

Manley, Josh

Townsend, Ryan

Jesus came to deacon (Mark 10:45; Rom. 15:8). So did Paul, Apollos, and Tychicus (1 Cor. 3:5, 6; Eph. 3:7; 6:21; Col. 4:7). And the greatest among us will be deacons (Mark 10:43). It’s not a badlabel to wear, apparently.The New Testament only mentions this unassuming office two, maybe three times (Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:8-13; cf. Rom. 16:1). But pay attention. It also seems to direct the deacon’s attention to the church’s physical good, which in turn will serve the church’s spiritual good. The deacon is a unity builder—and shock absorber! There should be nothing unspiritualabout a deacon.What about your church? Do you officially recognizeanyone as a deacon? Doing so publicly holds forth models of Christian love and service.We hope these articles will stimulate you to considerwhy and how to employ such individuals in your congregation.

Deacons Are Shock Absorbers | 9Marks Journal

Jamieson, Bobbie

Newton, Phil

Merkle, Benjamin

Ingold, John

Barbic, Ken

Many Christians think that you just can't serve the kingdom of God at work, and that kingdom work happens "after hours"-volunteering at the church nursery, attending small group, going on a mission trip, serving at the soup kitchen. Our work is a necessity that must be endured to put bread on the table. God's interest in the fruit of our labors is primarily that we tithe off of it.The Bible offers quite a different perspective. Scripture teaches us how to serve God through our work, not just after work. The Bible speaks clear and radical words to people in the workplace, showing us that even the most menial of jobs has an essential role in the mission of God.In fact, it is surely not coincidental that most of the parables that Jesus told had a workplace context, and that of the forty miracles recorded in the book of Acts, thirty-nine of them occurred outside of a church setting. The God of the Bible seems as concerned with displaying his power outside the walls of the church as he does within it.

Pastoring Christian for the Workplace | 9Marks Journal

Wright, Benjamin

Emadi, Samuel

Traeger, Sebastian

Greer, J.D.

Naugle, Lukas

Nichols, Bari

Bratcher, Drew

Lingle, Nik

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