Episode 1: On Gospel Growth Beyond Your Church

Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

9Marks

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In the inaugural episode of our new podcast Pastors’ Talk, Jonathan Leeman sits down with Mark Dever to talk about seeing the gospel grow in your city, not just your church.

SHOW NOTES:

– What do you do when the revival you’ve been praying for breaks out . . . at the church down the street? (1:08)

– Is it always carnal to desire your own church to grow? (3:02)

– What are some of the signs of a wrongful “turfiness” that pastors should watch out for in their own hearts and ministries? (4:38)

– Why do you pray for other churches by name in CHBC’s services? (6:25)

– Explain how you can structure a staff and budget to help other churches. (8:35)

– What role might ministerial fellowships play in local gospel growth? (12:24)

– Are multi-site and multi-service churches necessarily “turfy”? (14:30)

– What about church planting and revitalizing? (18:49)

– Any last lessons for promoting gospel growth locally? (24:30)

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's the nine marks intro for a nine marks conversation.
0:09.4	This is Jonathan Lehman.
0:10.5	And Mark Devere.
0:11.8	And I'm going to ask Mark questions about, I actually haven't told him yet.
0:16.1	Do you have any guesses?
0:18.3	I don't.
0:18.8	One guess.
0:19.5	I don't.
0:20.0	I don't.
0:20.4	There's so many things going on.
0:21.4	I'm going to ask him about seeing the gospel grow in your city, not just your church.
0:26.3	Okay.
0:26.7	So gospel growth locally.
0:28.1	I've just been the last hour.
0:29.7	Doing what?
0:30.7	Conversation with two other pastors.
0:32.2	In this area?
0:34.2	Any highlights?
0:35.8	Oh, one brother, just trying to figure out kind of next steps for him in his church
0:39.7	in some challenging situations and some parish church agencies have been less than helpful to him
0:44.9	he's expressing some frustration appreciation for the fruitfulness he's seen here and in churches
0:50.2	that have been born out of here wondering how he can kind of get more in sync with that?
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