Church Membership

October 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Grace Baptist Church  of Cape Coral, Florida (pastored by Tom Ascol) shares on its website the following list of recommended books on Church Membership.

  • Life in the Body of Christ: Privileges and Responsibilities in the Local Church by Curtis C. Thomas.
  • Life in the Father’s House: A Member’s Guide to the Local Church by Wayne A. Mack and Dave Swavely.
  • Stop Dating the Church: Fall in Love with the Family of God by Joshua Harris.
  • What Is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever.
  • Spiritual Disciplines within the Church: Participating Fully in the Body of Christ by Donald Whitney.
  • Membership Matters: Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation by Chuck Lawless.
  • The Church Member’s Guide by John Angell James
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Healthy Church Members

July 13, 2008 By testertwo Leave a Comment

What Is a Healthy Church Member?

What Is a Healthy Church Member?
Thabiti M. Anabwile

List: $12.99 … WTS $9.74

“This book provides an excellent and much-needed focus on the individual church member.”
R. C. Sproul, Ligonier Ministries

“Given the state of so many of our churches today, this book arrives not a moment too soon.”
R. Albert Mohler, President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Read the Series Preface, Introduction & Mark 1 (PDF)

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Church Discipline / Church Membership

November 18, 2007 By testertwo Leave a Comment

9Marks includes the following titles pertaining to CHURCH DISCIPLINE/MEMBERSHIP on their reading list for pastors:

Handbook of Church Discipline, Jay Adams

The Compromised Church, ed., John Armstrong

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Mark Dever

Polity: Biblical Arguments on How to Conduct Church Life, ed., Mark Dever

The Reformation of the Church, ed., Iain Murray

Democratic Religion, Greg Wills

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