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You dont need to listen long to find someone - be it author, speaker, pastor, or professional consultant - with a ten-point plan for increasing effectiveness and growth within your church. Too often, the purpose of churches has gone from glorifying God to seeking more numbers as an outward sign of health. To that end, Dever challenges you to recover what the church is meant to be by suggesting nine marks that distinguish a healthy, biblical church from its less healthy sisters. These characteristics focus on certain crucial aspects that have grown rare in todays churches. Whether you are a pastor, a lay leader, or an involved member of a congregation, you can help cultivate these elements in your church, bringing it new life and health for Gods glory.
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The previous reviewer should have actually read the book,
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This review is from: 9 Marks Of Healthy Church (Paperback)
This book was written to address problems in the Church. A topic such as this is difficult to approach without actually pointing out specific issues that are plaguing the Church. That is the whole point of the book! I have read several related titles and this is the simplest and most straight forward (while also being biblical) treatment of the subject that I have encountered. Sure, I don't like the idea of setting aside nine marks as being important, but Dever is not writing a complete work on church polity. Rather he is addressing some of the most important issues that many modern churches do not practice. This is a very important book, enjoyable to read, and well worth your time.
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Very helpful for pastors and church leaders,
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This review is from: 9 Marks Of Healthy Church (Paperback)
Dever majors in the majors with this book by focusing on how pastors and other church leaders should approach preaching, theology, the gospel, conversion, evangelism, church membership, discipleship and leadership. It is a great read for those who don't just want to complain about the state of the church today, but who actually want some biblical, positive direction. The first chapter on expositional preaching is especially helpful because he provides a biblical foundation to the idea that the preaching the Word is the most fundamental duty of the church pastor. His chapters on membership and leadership are also great because he marshals a biblical argument for having high expectations of members and for elders as a biblical office, respectively. More than anything, after reading Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, I walked away understanding that God has given a lot more direction regarding the day to day operations of His church than I thought.
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Every Christian Should Read this Book,
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This review is from: Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (Paperback)
What makes a healthy church? Everybody has an idea; however, the problem is that most people do not get this from a careful study of the Scriptures. Mark Dever (MDiv Gordon-Conwell; ThM Southern; PhD Cambridge) actually studies the Scriptures carefully to discover what Biblical health looks like. Every Christian should read this book and give a copy to their pastor. It is encouraging, challenging, and refreshing.
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