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Customer Reviews for Crossway Books & Bibles What Is a Healthy Church? - eBook
Crossway Books & Bibles What Is a Healthy Church? - eBook
What is an ideal church, and how can you tell? How does it look different from other churches? More importantly, how does it act differently, especially in society? Many of us aren't sure how to answer those questions, even though we probably have some preconceived idea. But with this book, you don't have to wonder any more.
Author Mark Dever seeks to help believers recognize the key characteristics of a healthy church: expositional preaching, biblical theology, and a right understanding of the gospel. Dever then calls us to develop those characteristics in our own churches. By following the example of New Testament authors and addressing church members from pastors to pew sitters, Dever challenges all believers to do their part in maintaining the local church. What Is a Healthy Church? offers timeless truths and practical principles to help each of us fulfill our God-given roles in the body of Christ.
Author Mark Dever seeks to help believers recognize the key characteristics of a healthy church: expositional preaching, biblical theology, and a right understanding of the gospel. Dever then calls us to develop those characteristics in our own churches. By following the example of New Testament authors and addressing church members from pastors to pew sitters, Dever challenges all believers to do their part in maintaining the local church. What Is a Healthy Church? offers timeless truths and practical principles to help each of us fulfill our God-given roles in the body of Christ.
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Customer Reviews for What Is a Healthy Church? - eBook
Review 1 for What Is a Healthy Church? - eBook
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A great starting place for reforming your church!
Date:September 20, 2012
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This book is the first of a series of small volumes dealing with church reformation/revitalization produced by 9Marks, the ministry of Mark Dever, Senior Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church. Together these volumes provide a wonderful resource for the pastor who knows that his church needs a return to the biblical pattern but needs help in getting there. "What Is a Healthy Church?" is something of a "Cliff's Notes" version of Dever's larger volume, "9 Marks of a Healthy Church." The pastor who finds agreement with Dever in this smaller book will want to pursue his larger volume , as well. Each of the books in this series should come with a "WARNING" label because the authors rip off the scabs of cultural tradition that have virtually robbed the Church of its effectiveness in being the visible representation of its Lord. Most pastors should expect to be challenged if he attempts to implement the "9 Marks" too quickly. But if you are ready to trust God and have your ecclesiastical world rocked, then start here. This isn't a comprehensive work, but it is sufficient to whet the appetite of the church leader who is not afraid to sacrifice his or his church's "sacred cows" and reinstate the Bible to its rightful place of authority.
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Review 2 for What Is a Healthy Church? - eBook
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This book is a great resource for any church.
Date:July 11, 2011
PadrePapa
Location:Hannibal, Mo
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This book was recommended to me by a fellow Pastor that had taken a church riddled with conflict and turned it around by using this book as a Sunday evening study for several weeks. I read the book and was not dissapointed that I did. Every chapter was informative, inspiring and led to many affirmations of concerns I already had for my congregration and myself. This resource not only aided me in identifying issues and infirmities within myself and members, but laid out discussion questions for reflection to point us in the direction we need to move toward to glorify God.
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Review 3 for What Is a Healthy Church? - eBook
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For those seeking an understanding re Church
Date:June 26, 2011
GodsWoman7
Location:Sacramento, CA
Age:55-65
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I have bee so awed at the writings of Mark Dever. What a blessing this book has been to me in understanding church, church protocol, etc.
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Worth reading
Date:December 13, 2010
Jim Cantrell
Location:Okla.
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Short and to the point this book is a helpful presentation outlining the Christian Church.
"What is a healthy church"
"Essential marks of a healthy church"
"Important marks of a healthy church"
and "Where the rubber meets the road"
"What is a healthy church"
"Essential marks of a healthy church"
"Important marks of a healthy church"
and "Where the rubber meets the road"
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Date:February 25, 2009
Gene Payne
An excellent (book) because many church members do not actually (know) what the church, as a whole, is seeking to do in having their regular services. Frankly, my goal is to build the church up with the Word of GOD and trust this will lead them to active service for the LORD.
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Date:August 1, 2008
Linus Chua
Dever's book on the healthy church is excellent. Those who are new to the church or are looking for one should read it. Those who have been in the church for many years should read it too for at least two reasons. Firstly, we tend to forget or lose sight of many of the simple truths about the church which this book covers. Secondly, the book also offers some interesting insights that perhaps we've never thought about. Get a copy and read it, and then buy many more copies for your fellow Church mates. They'll be needing it as well!
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