Audio Articles — A podcast by 9Marks

How do you shepherd the hearts of those who are sent? What about those who stay? Shepherding the Heart in Sending

Do you actively work to partner with other local churches to fulfill the Great Commission? Or do you act as if your church can take the gospel to the ends of the earth all by yourselves? Wanted: Catholic Pastors

International churches can work as strategic platforms for enhancing existing gospel work in a city. International Churches as Strategic Gospel Multipliers

Trends should become norms only when they arise from biblical roots. Five Trends in Church Planting

Preaching in a Church Planting Context by Clint Darst

The Great Commission is bigger than your local church. How should that shape your priorities and posture as a pastor? The Great Commission Is Bigger Than Your Church

How to Use Prayer Meetings to Promote Catholicity by Ben Lacey

Labor on developing polity before starting a church. Why Bad Polity Hurt My Church Plant

Meaningful membership upholds glad-hearted catholicity. Catholicity and the Church Membership Process

Yes, plant churches. But do so after counting the cost. Why Not to Plant Churches

For all the good of catholicity, an over-realized catholicity is potentially poisonous. When Catholicity Leads to Compromise

Against the Reformation's backdrop of such vehemence and occasional violence, there are also sterling examples of Christian partnership and catholicity. Martin Bucer as a Cooperating Pastor

Here are five lessons I have learned in the decade since I first arrived in an unfamiliar city with my husband, who had the task of planting a new church. Lessons Learned from a Church Planter’s Wife

Pastors developing future leaders can help using these seven diagnostic questions. Sending Out Future Leaders Strategically

Six church planters—national and international—explain how they wish they had counted the cost, which yields counsel for the rest of us. Church Planting Roundtable: Counting the Cost

What do our churches mean by “catholic” when we recite the Nicene creed (381) and declare our belief in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church? What Is Catholicity and What Does It Require?

While churches are independent and autonomous, they also are interdependent for the sake of those who don’t know the Lord. Partnering Together to Plant

Here are four clear reasons why you should consider not joining a new church plant. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Advice for Members on Church Plants

I see a strong and growing catholicity among persecuted churches in China that churches in freer environments could learn from. Cooperating Under Persecution 

Emphasizing the acumen of Wall Street and the values of Silicon Valley in what to look for in a planter distracts us from paying attention to the New Testament’s emphases—who a man is. Pastor, Not Entrepreneur