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One Assembly
Jonathan Leeman’s book One Assembly is just that, a biblical case for a church being one assembly.
Church in Hard Places
“For this reason, it is our conviction that churches that are content to merely provide material assistance to needy people are missing an opportunity to minister to them at a deeper level.” - Mez McConnel
The Trellis and the Vine
Basically, you have structures for leadership, trellis work, and you have true gospel growth, vine work. I love this picture and it gives great language to think through the questions, is my leadership structure focused on helping the vine grow?
The Compelling Community
We all desire community. We were created to live in community. We know this and our churches know that there is a need to worship God as the church. But what is godly community?
Discipling
Dever defines discipling as, “helping someone follow Jesus by doing deliberate spiritual good in his or her life” (p. 47).
Church Discipline
This book is a great resource for pastors and members of churches that already have a view of church discipline.
Church Membership
Leeman’s book is great for understanding why church membership matters and what it looks like.