Finding a Local Church with Mark Dever
Journeywomen
Hunter Beless
4.8 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode of the Journeywomen podcast, I’m chatting with Dr. Mark Dever about finding a healthy church. So you’ll know him a little better, Dr. Mark has served as the senior pastor of CHBC (Capitol Hill Baptist Church) since 1994 and as president of 9Marks (a ministry to churches and church leaders) since its founding in 1998. He’s married to Connie and they have two adult children, both married, and one grandchild. Dr. Mark has authored a number of books, including 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. Whether you’re on the hunt for a church or if you’re already involved somewhere, we think you’ll walk away from this conversation with Mark encouraged to follow Jesus with his people for his glory.
MARK’S RESOURCES
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
The Church: The Gospel Made Visible
Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions
The Christian Ministry by Charles Bridges
MARK’S SIMPLE JOYS
Wife
Kids and grandkids
Reading history
People
Architecture
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
Galatians 5
John 13:34-35
Hebrews 10:19-25
Hebrews 12
1 Corinthians 11:28
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- What are the elements of a healthy church?
- Why is it important to exercise community within the context of a local church?
- What is the difference between a healthy and unhealthy church?
- What is the gospel and what does that look like presented in the local church?
- What are you going to do or implement as a result of what you’ve learned this week?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Journey Women Podcast. I'm your host, Hunter Beelis. |
| 0:07.9 | Life's a journey we were never meant to walk alone. We all need friends along the way. |
| 0:12.4 | On the Journey Women Podcast, we'll chat with mentors about gracefully navigating the |
| 0:16.3 | seasons and challenges we face on our journeys to glorify God. |
| 0:20.9 | Hey, welcome back to our conversations on the church. If you're new on the scene, be sure |
| 0:25.4 | to check out our last two episodes on the Global Church with Gloria Ferman and the local |
| 0:29.5 | church with Susan Hunt. Now that we've laid the foundation on what the church actually |
| 0:33.2 | is, we figured we'd better offer some insight on how you can find a healthy local church |
| 0:38.0 | to be a part of. Today I'm chatting with Dr. Mark Devar, the senior pastor of Capitol Hill |
| 0:42.9 | Baptist Church and the president of Nine Marks, a ministry to churches and church leaders. |
| 0:48.4 | Whether you're on the hunt for a church or if you're already involved somewhere, we think |
| 0:51.6 | you'll walk away and encourage to follow Jesus with His people for His glory. He said, |
| 0:57.2 | you need to assume that Christ loves His church. When we've seen First Corinthians, we see |
| 1:01.8 | Ephesians, we see Romans, He mentions gifts that He gives His church. He gives those gifts |
| 1:06.6 | exactly because He loves the sheep for whom He died. He wants to see them built up. So He |
| 1:12.0 | gives elders and teachers to churches exactly to bless people. So I think there's no reason |
| 1:17.8 | you would try to live the Christian life apart from the blessing of Christian teaching by |
| 1:22.0 | the very people that God by His Spirit is given to teach His people. So you just, you wouldn't |
| 1:27.6 | want to do that. You would want to go to a place where there is the evident work of God's spirit |
| 1:33.2 | giving gifts of people who understand the word well and can teach it well and that encourages you |
| 1:38.6 | in your own walk with the Lord. Our prayer is that you will find this conversation a helpful tool as |
| 1:43.6 | you pursue local church involvement and service for the glory of God. But you know before we dive |
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