9Marks Audio: Building Healthy Churches

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Why is pastoring in a city full of mega-churches both a blessing and a challenge? Aaron Menikoff explains.

Pastoral authority is derived from God, it’s rooted in his Word, and it should be shared among a plurality of elders.

The overarching goal of a church budget is faithfulness, not funds.

If you believe God is totally sovereign in conversion, then that should affect your philosophy of ministry—how you preach, how you evangelize, and even how you structure your membership process.

The apostles responded to the Great Commission by planting churches. And so should we.

Switzerland was once the birthplace of the Reformation. But what happens when we trade this legacy for liberalism? Swiss church leader Christian Schmidt explains.

When Mack Stiles became the pastor of a church in Iraq, he decided to preach through the entire book of 1 Corinthians. Here, he explains the value of expositional preaching in an international context.

Those duped by the prosperity gospel don’t just need arguments against the texts they misunderstand. They need healthy churches that explain to them the entire revelation of God, and how that narrative is working toward something quite glorious.

If we leave off the gospel in our sermons and only preach moral imperatives, then we reduce our message to moralism.

Humility is critical for pastors because leadership means our weaknesses are just as visible as our strengths. Humility shapes how we react to criticism.

A roundtable with Mark Dever, Danny Akin, R. Albert Mohler Jr., and H.B. Charles.

A live Q&A recorded during the Southern Baptist Convention.