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Nine Marks Ministries is committed to helping
local churches pursue, develop, and maintain nine of the most important marks of
any healthy church. In identifying and promoting these nine, we are not
intending to lay down an exhaustive or authoritative list. There are other
significant marks of healthy churches, like prayer and fellowship. We want to
pursue those ourselves as well, and we want you to pursue them with us. But
these nine are the ones we think are most neglected in most local churches
today, with the most damaging ramifications. So we think it is wise for us to
concentrate on these nine and let other parts of the Body universal promote
other important marks of a healthy local church. Here's a brief summary of what
we mean by each of the nine marks: 1. Expositional
Preaching
2. Biblical Theology
3. Biblical Understanding of the Good News
4. Biblical Understanding of Conversion
5. Biblical Understanding of Evangelism
6. Biblical Understanding of Membership
7. Biblical Church Discipline
8. Promotion of Christian Discipleship and Growth
9. Biblical Understanding of Leadership |
