Last year 9Marks provided two journals on looking at the relationships between pastors & their staff. This is the second (click here to see the first) and covers the tricky areas of hiring and firing, how much you should pay pastors, and other topics

Hiring and Firing

• When Should Ministry Be Staffed? By Jamie Dunlop

Last year 9Marks provided two journals on looking at the relationships between pastors & their staff. This is the first (click here to see the second), and covers topics such as managing staff.

For the Pastor

• The Obvious and Not-So-Obvious of Staff Management. By Mark Dever

The latest 9Marks journal focuses on Sunday Schools, and how to make sure they do justice for those attending them. You can read it online, or download a pdf. Most think of Sunday School as just for children, but this free journal is all about Sunday School for adults.

There are several articles written [...]

The latest free 9Marks journal is focused on Church Membership and includes articles from Matt Chandler and Thabiti Anyabwile.

Here is a list of the main articles:

Membership in the Bible and History

The latest 9marks journal is out and it focuses on the relationship between churches and parachurches.

Here are the main articles:

Getting a Vision for the Parachurch

The latest issue of the Christian journal 9Marks is now available for Jan/Feb 2011. This edition is focused on pastors leaving and joining churches, both from their perspective and if the churches involved.

Whether or not you’ll be interested in this will no doubt largely be down to whether you are in that situation, and [...]

The audio of the 9Marks Workshop in Northern Ireland with speakers Mark Dever, Colin Adams, and Mike Gilbart Smith is onlne but only for 60 days.

• Session 1 – Questions about the Church (Mark Dever)
• Session 1 – Q & A
• Session 2 – Preaching and Biblical Theology (Colin Adams)
• Session 2 – Q & [...]

The latest 9Marks eJournal is focused on overseas mission. As ever it is packed full of articles and resources. Here are the main sections:

• Thinking carefully about missions
• Missions partnerships between church and field

9Marks have released their latest eJournal, and this one covers Mulit Site churches and has a publishers note by Mike Dever. If you are interested in multi site churches or wonder how they can operate then this is undoubtably an amazing free pdf download.

Weighing in at 90 pages long there is enough content to [...]

9Marks have just released a new eJournal, “Young Pastors – Where Do You Begin?”. Mark Dever characterizes young pastors as having “Clear vision but little depth perception.”

That is perfectly understandable as they just won’t have the experience of more seasoned pastors. This journal aims to impart some wisdom, and help young pastors develop [...]