{"id":256,"date":"2007-07-09T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-09T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=256"},"modified":"2013-06-27T16:07:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T20:07:30","slug":"what-is-a-healthy-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=256","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Healthy Church?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_xECWNO6yc9I\/RpKOxPxIfrI\/AAAAAAAAAIA\/TE0lMvlntKQ\/s1600-h\/what+is+a+healthy+church.jpg\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085283905952054962\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: hand;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_xECWNO6yc9I\/RpKOxPxIfrI\/AAAAAAAAAIA\/TE0lMvlntKQ\/s200\/what+is+a+healthy+church.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Mark Dever has released an updated version of his popular booklet, &#8220;9 Marks of a Healthy Church.&#8221;\u009d The updated edition is titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FWhat-Healthy-Church-Mark-Dever%2Fdp%2F1581349378%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1184009750%26sr%3D1-1&amp;tag=thechildrshou-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">What is a Healthy Church?<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"swgwboykwavboxrscnkx\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thechildrshou-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> And is in the form of a little hardback (similar to many Mahaney titles). I really like this format and this tool continues to be extremely helpful in introducing people to conversations about church health. I could not tell what all has been adjusted in this edition, but overall this format seems like it would be more layman friendly. I do not mean to suggest something negative about the previous editions, but I think more laypeople will pick this one up and see it as something for them. It will be a great resource to have available in bulk at your church.<\/div>\n<p>Here are some things that I think are new since the last edition I saw (at least). First, Dever now divides his 9 marks into essential (expositional preaching, biblical theology, biblical understanding of the good news) and important marks. This is helpful. There are also to &#8220;Quick Tips&#8221;\u009d pages titled &#8220;If You&#8217;re thinking about leaving a Church&#8221;\u009d and &#8220;How to find a good church.&#8221;\u009d These are very helpful brief application points. I think there is even more in this edition about not seeking personal preferences but looking for biblical essentials.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great tool and I am grateful for Dever and Crossway for making it available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Dever has released an updated version of his popular booklet, &#8220;9 Marks of a Healthy Church.&#8221;\u009d The updated edition is titled What is a Healthy Church? And is in the form of a little hardback (similar to many Mahaney titles). I really like this format and this tool continues to be extremely helpful in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=256\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;What Is a Healthy Church?&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3458,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/3458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}