Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Nine Marks of a Healthy Church Saturday, August 1 2009.

• What makes for a healthy church? A large congregation? Plentiful parking? Vibrant music? You may have read books on this topic before-but not like this one. This new expanded edition of Nine Marks of a Healthy Church is not an instruction manual for church growth. It is a pastor's recommendation of how to assess the health of your church using nine crucial qualities that are neglected by many of today's churches. Whether you're a church leader or an involved member of your congregation, you can help cultivate these elements in your church, bringing it new life and health for God's glory. "If you are a Christian leader, be careful of the work you are now holding in your hand: it may change your life and ministry." -D. A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School "This is a foundational work which I highly recommend." -John MacArthur, Pastor-Teacher "I want God's word about the church. I turn with hope and confidence to Mark Dever's radically biblical commitment. Few people today have thought more or better about what makes a church biblical and healthy." -John Piper, Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church "This is the best book I have read on this topic of critical importance." -C. J. Mahaney, Sovereign Grace Ministries "Nine Marks of a Healthy Church is required reading for my students in ecclesiology." -Paige Patterson, President, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary "<This book> belongs in the hands of every faithful pastor and all those who pray for reformation in this age." -R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "Nine Marks of a Healthy Church is a biblical prescription for faithfulness." -J. Ligon Duncan III, Senior Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS

Shelfari edited the contributors of Nine Marks of a Healthy Church Sunday, July 26 2009.

• Added a contributor: Mark Dever: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Nine Marks of a Healthy Church Friday, July 17 2009.

• This is how I began my sermon one Sunday morning in January, not too long ago: So, how's it going?