9 Marks of a Healthy Church

December 28, 2025

1. Expositional Preaching
2. The object is to expound, explain its meaning and then apply it
3. Nehemiah 8:8
4. Acts 20:27
5. Biblical Theology
6. Sound = Reliable, Accurate, Faithful
7. 1 Timothy 6:3
8. 2 Timothy 1:13
9. 2 Timothy 4:3
10. Titus 1:9
11. The Gospel
12. The Gospel is the heart of Christianity
13. Genesis 1:26-28
14. Romans 3:23
15. Romans 5:8-9
16. Romans 4:25
17. Justification – the sovereign act of God whereby He declares a believing sinner righteous, while still in his sinning state
18. John 1:12
19. John 3:16-17
20. Conversion
21. A biblical understanding of conversion recognizes that only God can save
22. The Bible clearly teaches that we need:
23. Our hearts replaced
24. Our minds transformed
25. Our spirits given life
26. Ephesians 2:8-9
27. Evangelism
28. Biblically, evangelism is presenting the good news freely and trusting God to convert people
29. Acts 16:14
30. Jonah 2:9
31. John 1:12-13
32. 3 things to communicate in evangelism
33. The decision is costly - it must be carefully considered
34. Luke 9:62
35. The decision is urgent - it must be made
36. John 3:36
37. The decision is worth it - it should be made
38. John 10:10
39. Membership
40. A commitment every Christian should make to attend, love, serve and submit to a local church
41. Philippians 4:3
42. Discipline
43. The area of Biblical discipline is based off the fact that God desires that we lead holy lives
44. Broad Sense
45. Church discipline is everything the church does to help its members pursue holiness and fight sin
46. Narrow Sense
47. Church discipline is the act of correcting sin in the life of the body
48. Five reasons for corrective church discipline:
49. For the individual disciplined
50. For other Christians as they see the danger of sin
51. For the health of the church as a whole
52. For the corporate witness of the church
53. For our holiness to reflect the holiness of God (most important)
54. Discipleship
55. A healthy church has a concern with church growth
56. A healthy Christian is a growing Christian
57. 2 Corinthians 10:15
58. Ephesians 4:15
59. Colossians 1:10
60. 2 Thessalonians 1:3
61. God is glorified by churches that are growing
62. Leadership
63. Each local church should be led by a plurality of godly, qualified men called elders