Mark Dever

Mark has served as the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church since 1994 and as president of 9Marks (a ministry to churches and church leaders) since its founding in 1998. He’s married to Connie and they have two adult children, both married, and one grandchild. Mark has authored a number of books, including Nine Marks of a Healthy Church.

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Books Mark has written

• Richard Sibbes: Puritanism and Calvinism in Late Elizabethan and Early Stuart England (2000)
• Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (orig. 2001; 4 editions; 9 translations)
• Polity: Biblical Arguments on How to Conduct Church Life (2001), editor
• How to Build a Healthy Church (2005), co-authored with Paul Alexander (formerly The Deliberate Church)
• The Message of the New Testament: Promises Kept (2005)
• A Display of God’s Glory: Basics of Church Structure (2006)
• By Whose Authority: Elders in Baptist Life (2006)
• The Message of the Old Testament: Promises Made (2006)
• What is a Healthy Church? (2007)
• The Gospel and Personal Evangelism (2008)
• In My Place Condemned He Stood (2008), co-authored with J.I. Packer
• Twelve Challenges Churches Face (2009)
• What Does God Want of Us Anyway? (2010)
• It Is Well: Expositions on Substitutionary Atonement (2010), co-authored with Michael Lawrence
• Preach: Theology Meets Practice (2012), co-authored with Greg Gilbert
• The Church: The Gospel Made Visible (2012)
• The Compelling Community: Where God’s Power Makes a Church Attractive (2015), co-authored with Jamie Dunlop
• Understanding the Great Commission and the Church (2016)
• Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus (2016)
• Why Should I Join a Church? (2020)
• How Can Our Church Find a Faithful Pastor? (2020)