The Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

What does a healthy church look like? You may have read books on this topic before—but not like this one. Instead of a how-to manual for church growth, this classic text offers true and proven principles for evaluating the health of your church from a biblical perspective. Whether you are a pastor, leader, or committed member of your congregation, studying Nine Marks of a Healthy Church will help you cultivate new life and well-being in your local congregation for the glory of God and the benefit of His people.

“In an age when the church is commonly evaluated based on superficial and aesthetic aspects, it is vital to know how to determine its true health. Even corpses wear makeup! Mark Dever presents the biblical parameters for discerning the spiritual well-being of a church, not how it looks outwardly to the world, but how it is internally before God. This is a fundamental and highly recommended work.” —John MacArthur, Pastor of Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California

“Postmodern America is plagued by spirituality—but not authentic Christianity. Clear evidence of this fact is the loss of biblical ecclesiology in many sectors. The Church must always reform itself—and we must pray to see the Church reformed in our day. Mark Dever points toward a truly biblical recovery of the New Testament church in his manifesto Nine Marks of a Healthy Church. Every page is full of profound analysis and careful considerations. It should be in the hands of every faithful pastor and all those who pray for reform in this age.” —R. Albert Mohler, President and Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

This classic guide now includes a new foreword, as well as updated content, illustrations, and appendices.