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020			_a9781433575778 _q(trade paperback)
020			_a1433575779 _q(trade paperback)
020			_z9781433575785 _q(pdf)
020			_z9781433575792 _q(mobi)
020			_z9781433575808 _q(epub)
040			_aLBSOR/DLC _beng _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aBV652 _b.D455 2021
082	0	0	_a254 _223
100	1		_aDever, Mark,
245	1	0	_aHow to build a healthy church : _ba practical guide for deliberate leadership / _cMark Dever and Paul Alexander.
260			_aWheaton, Illinois : _bCrossway, _cc2021.
300			_a293 pages ; _c22 cm
500			_aincludes index: 281p - 293p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aThe four P's -- Beginning the work -- Doing responsible evangelism -- Taking in new members -- Doing church discipline -- Understanding the regulative principle -- Applying the regulative principle -- The role of the pastor -- Evangelistic exposition -- The roles of different gatherings -- The role of the ordinances -- Loving each other -- Music -- The importance of elders -- Looking for a few good men -- Assessment -- Why character is crucial -- Getting started -- Staffing -- The word and prayer -- The agenda : what to talk about -- Decision making : how to talk about it.
520			_a"How to Build a Healthy Church is a consideration of what the principles laid out in Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (Mark Dever) have looked like, at least in some of their practical details, in the life of the local church. American evangelicalism is dripping with different kinds of churches: The Emerging Church, The Purpose Driven Church, The Connecting Church, The Disciple-Making Church, a critical assessment called The Market Driven Church, and almost any other kind of church you could possibly want. The aim of this book is to hold up a way of doing things that has been recovered from centuries past-a church driven and governed by the gospel"--
650		0	_aChurch management.
650		0	_aChurch work.
700	1		_aAlexander, Paul, _d1973- _eauthor.
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