Pastor Mark Hallock, one of our beloved Applied Theology profs, unpacks some practical ways to lead with love on his Leading Church Revitalization podcast.
Developing and Deploying Leaders
We are happy to announce the upcoming publication of Assistant Professor of Applied Theology Mark Hallock’s newest book, the Perseverance of a Faithful Minister, which will be available February 15. In it, Mark speaks specifically to pastors in church revitalization contexts about the crucial importance of perseverance for a thriving ministry. This excerpt comes from a chapter entitled “Developing and Deploying Leaders.”
A Few Books from our Shelves
We can’t help but agree with C.S. Lewis, who said, “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” All of us at Tennent are book lovers, and it is largely by reading that we have been shaped to know and love Christ, to engage the world’s great thinkers, to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. From time to time we would like to share a few favorite titles from our own bookshelves for your reading pleasure. Here’s a small sample of books that are fascinating, encouraging, challenging, and lively. Enjoy!
Hurt by the Church
Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness, small faith, and difficulty; if on the contrary, we only keep complaining to God that everything is so paltry and petty, so far from what we expected, then we hinder God from letting our fellowship grow according to the measure and riches which are there for us all in Jesus Christ.” In their upcoming book, Why Church Matters: Going All In with the Broken Yet Beautiful Body of Christ, Mark Hallock and Aaron Weber address the reality of hurt caused by the church, while also offering hope from God’s Word. We are happy to share an excerpt from their book here today.
Engaging Ecclesiastes
Pastor Mark Hallock of Calvary Englewood Church just wrapped up a sermon series on the book of Ecclesiastes, a rarely-preached and often misunderstood corner of the Bible. We asked him to share a little about his experience. As he says, “If you’re gospel-centered, all of it's a springboard to our joy in the Lord: Jesus is better, Jesus transcends all this, Jesus is our King and he reigns over all these things.”
