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The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry on the Gospel by Dr. Mark Dever and Paul Alexander.

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Contents Table

Section One • The Four P's • Beginning the Work • Doing Responsible Evangelism • Taking in New Members • Doing Church Discipline Section Two • Understanding the Regulative Principle • Applying the Regulative Principle • The Role of the Pastor • The Roles of the Different Gatherings • The Role of the Ordinances • Loving Each Other • Music Section Three • The Importance of Elders • Looking for a Few Good Men • Assessment • Why Character is Crucial • Getting Started • Staffing Section Four • The Word and Prayer • The Agenda: What to Talk About • Decision Making: How to Talk About It Conclusion

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Mark Dever is Senior Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church and Executive Director of 9Marks Ministries.

He is the author of numerous books including A Display of God's Glory, and The Deliberate Church.

Dr. Dever received his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Historical Theology from Cambridge University.

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You can read the Foreword to The Deliberate Church, as well as a Summary from the back cover.

The Deliberate Church retails for $14.99 in print form. The electronic version is published by Doxa Digital Press.

Dr. Dever's dissertation was a historical and theological study of puritan theologian Richard Sibbes.