To seal the deal, the prospective member must formally agree to submit to the "authority" of the Mars Hill leadership.

Driscoll, the church's cofounder and public face, has made a name for himself with his strutting, macho interpretation of Christianity, one in which men are unquestioned heads of their households and "chick-ified church boys," as he calls them, need not apply.

The Deliberate Church “is not something you can plug into your church and press PLAY” (20). (3) The Gospel both enables and informs our participation in God’s purposes . .[and] (4) Faithfulness to the Gospel must be our measure of success, not results.” (27-28).

What it does focus on is “the Word building the church” (20). On the solid foundation of these theological-methodological convictions, the authors present guidelines and suggestions for ordering the life, worship, and ministry of the local church.

It's no secret that marriage is on the decline in the United States.

The most recent Census revealed that 32 million Americans are now in single households, and that married people are no longer the majority.

Some are single by necessity or life circumstances, others by choice or career aspirations.

"I started discovering that the love I need, it's in here," Nadine Schweigert said, pointing to her heart. The professor would walk into a class full of students (some of which I had never seen) and give some insights about the impending test. The lies surrounding it are ruining lives and marriages. Miss review day, and it would be foolish to expect a passing grade. Writing from their own leadership experience at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D. Their guidelines are as practically useful as they are biblically faithful and develop in four sections: Gathering the Church, When the Church Gathers, Gathering Elders, and When the Elders Gather.C., the authors say, “we are trying to be careful about building our church according to the pattern that God has given us in Scripture” (21). Chapter one begins by outlining “The Four P’s” which are basic to any ministry: preaching, prayer, personal discipling relationships, and patience.