Definition / Marks of the church

Mark Driscoll’s eight-point definition of the church from Adrian Warnock’s blog

  1. Regenerated Church Membership
  2. Qualified Church Leadership
  3. Gathering Regularly for Preaching and Worship.
  4. Rightly Administered Sacraments
  5. Unity and Affection, which is evidence of the Holy Spirit
  6. Discipline for Holiness
  7. Obey the Great Commandment to Love—Church and Neighbor
  8. Obey the Great Commission to Evangelize and Make Disciples

These sure to line up well with the 9Marks

  1. Expositional Preaching
  2. Biblical Theology
  3. Biblical Understanding of the Good News
  4. Biblical Understanding of Conversion
  5. Biblical Understanding of Evangelism
  6. Biblical Understanding of Membership
  7. Biblical Church Discipline
  8. Promotion of Christian Discipleship and Growth
  9. Biblical Understanding of Leadership

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