Church Elders
How to Shepherd God's People Like Jesus
9Marks
- By: Jeramie Rinne & Bob Souer
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 2 hours 48 minutes
Description
What does effective church leadership look like?In this conversational book, pastor Jeramie Rinne sets forth an easy-to-understand “job description” for elders drawn from the Bible’s teaching on church leadership.Offering practical guidance for new elders and helping church members better understand and support their spiritual leaders, this succinct volume will encourage elders to embrace their calling with grace, wisdom, and clarity of vision.
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9Marks Series

Church Discipline
By: Jonathan Leeman & Bob Souer
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 2 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Church discipline is essential to building a healthy church. So how exactly do we practice church discipline?Jonathan Leeman helps us face the endless variety of circumstances and sins for which no scriptural case study exists, sins that don’t show up on any list and need a biblical framework to be corrected appropriately in love.Here is a... Read more »
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Why Trust the Bible?
By: Greg Gilbert & Adam Verner
Narrated by: Adam Verner
Length: 3 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
The Bible stands at the heart of the Christian faith. But this leads to an inescapable question: why should we trust the Bible? Written to help non-Christians, longtime Christians, and everyone in between better understand why God’s Word is reliable, this short book explores the historical and theological arguments that have helped lead millions... Read more »
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Church Elders
By: Jeramie Rinne & Bob Souer
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 2 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
What does effective church leadership look like?In this conversational book, pastor Jeramie Rinne sets forth an easy-to-understand “job description” for elders drawn from the Bible’s teaching on church leadership.Offering practical guidance for new elders and helping church members better understand and support their spiritual leaders, this... Read more »
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Missions
By: Andy Johnson
Narrated by: David Cochran Heath
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Every local church should be engaged with global missions, even if most individuals in the church aren't called to go overseas. But what does this engagement actually look like? How can local churches train, send, and support missionaries well? Unpacking principles from the Bible and applying them in the context of real life in a local church,... Read more »
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Evangelism
By: J. Mack Stiles
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 2 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Evangelism is more than a program.Every few years, churches jump into the latest evangelistic fad. Leaders administrate the new program, and members go on a raid. But picture a church where evangelism is simply part of the culture. Leaders share their faith consistently and openly. Members follow, encouraging one another to make evangelism an... Read more »
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Gospel
By: Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. & Bob Souer
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 2 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
How does the church portray the beauty of Christ?The gospel is a theological message. But this message also creates human beauty—beautiful relationships in our churches, making the glory of Christ visible in the world today.In this timely book, Pastor Ray Ortlund makes the case that gospel doctrine creates a gospel culture. In too many of our... Read more »
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Expositional Preaching
By: David R. Helm & Bob Souer
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 2 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
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Prayer
By: John Onwuchekwa
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 3 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
What is the role of corporate prayer in the church?
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This book focuses on the necessity of regular... Read more »
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Sound Doctrine
By: Bobby Jamieson & Bob Souer
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 2 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
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Church Membership
By: Jonathan Leeman & Bob Souer
Narrated by: Bob Souer
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Why should you join a church?Becoming a member of a church is an important, and often neglected, part of the Christian life. Yet the trend these days is one of shunning the practice of organized religion and showing a distaste or fear of commitment, especially of institutions.Jonathan Leeman addresses these issues with a straightforward... Read more »
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What Is a Healthy Church Member
By: Thabiti M. Anyabwile
Narrated by: JD Jackson
Length: 3 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Biblically and practically instructs church members in ways they can labor for the health of their church.
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Discipling
By: Mark Dever & Maurice England
Narrated by: Maurice England
Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
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Gospel and Personal Evangelism
By: Mark Dever
Narrated by: Mark Dever
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Evangelism is not only misunderstood, it is often unpracticed. Many Christians want to share the gospel with others, but because those Christians don't grasp the fundamentals of witnessing, they feel intimidated and incapable of sharing the truth of the gospel.Yet those believers fail to recognize that God has already established who and how we... Read more »
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