Church Essentials (Workbook)

Church Essentials: What Is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever is a 6-session Bible study for adults that helps the people of your congregation understand the essential marks of a healthy church.

What does it mean to be a healthy church? Church Essentials provides a framework and description of the characteristics to be incorporated into the life of a church. Whether you’re a church leader or an involved member of your congregation, you can help cultivate these elements in your church, bringing it new life and health for God’s glory.

6 Sessions:

1. A Vision for Healthy Churches
2. The Truths on Which Churches Build
3. Connecting the Church’s Inward Purity and Outward Witness
4. Guarding the Church’s Front Door and Opening Its Back
5. Real Church Growth
6. Leading and Following in the Church

Features:

• Detailed and thorough explanation of the nature of the church
• Specific details about a church member’s responsibilities to the church
• Writing from one of the foremost experts in ecclesiology

Benefits:

• Church members will gain a higher love and appreciation for the church
• Church members will be motivated to become more involved in the life of the church
• Church leaders can equip their congregations with a biblically accurate understanding of the ministry of the church

Author: Mark Dever serves as the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. A Duke graduate, Dr. Dever holds a MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a ThM from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a PhD in Ecclesiastical History from Cambridge University. He is the president of 9Marks Ministries.