What is a Healthy Church, and how can we help the church become better?

This past summer I read a short little book by Mark Dever, What is a Healthy Church? It was a quick, good read, and I highly recommend the book.

Recently, permission was given to New Attitude to post the first chapter of the book, free to read and download (PDF). Find it here.

Much of Dever’s ministry is emphasizing and developing nine marks of healthy churches.

I have grown in my understanding, appreciation and devotion to the local church. God had to tear down my pride, humble me by painful circumstances and bring confusion before allowing me to see the light of the beauty of His Bride, the Church, and her geographical representative, the local church assembly. I want to see her become better.

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