Mark Dever on What I CAN and CANNOT Live With as a Pastor

From Mark Dever:

So, given that long warning, what things can I and can’t I live with as a pastor? Let me throw out a bunch of different examples that are relevant to my particular situation: organs, female elders, universalism, altar calls, humor, multi-site campuses, drums, the KJV, stained glass, racism, infant baptism, no formal membership, sermons limited to 10 minutes, large and high pulpits, TV studio-like acoustics. My goal in what follows is not to give you a sacrosanct playbook, but to illustrate how I go about thinking through practical matters. Let’s take each one in order.

Read more at What I CAN and CANNOT Live With as a Pastor – 9Marks. (HT:Tim Challies)

Dr. Dever’s inclusion of infant baptism has stirred up a bit of controversy. Justin Taylor links to some of the discussion, and to Mark Dever’s response. Rick Phillips also weighs in.