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9Marks is a ministry dedicated to equipping church leaders with a biblical vision and practical resources. The goal of 9Marks is simple: churches that display the glory of God.

John MacArthur's in-depth Bible teaching brings the life-transforming truth of God's Word to millions of people every day.

Founders Ministries is a ministry of teaching and encouragement promoting both doctrine and devotion expressed in the Doctrines of Grace and their experiential application to the local church, particularly in the areas of worship and witness. Founders Ministries takes as its theological framework the first recognized confession of faith that Southern Baptists produced, The Abstract of Principles. The Founders desire to encourage the return to and promulgation of the biblical gospel that our Southern Baptist forefathers held dear. 

Answers in Genesis is an apologetics (i.e., Christianity-defending) ministry, dedicated to enabling Christians to defend their faith and to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ effectively. They focus particularly on providing answers to questions surrounding the book of Genesis, as it is the most-attacked book of the Bible. They also desire to train others to develop a biblical worldview, and seek to expose the bankruptcy of evolutionary ideas, and its bedfellow, a “millions of years old” earth (and even older universe).

The Gospel Coalition is a fellowship of evangelical churches in the Reformed tradition deeply committed to renewing faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming ministry practices to conform fully to the Scriptures. The Gospel Coalition has become deeply concerned about some movements within traditional evangelicalism that seem to be diminishing the church’s life and leading believers away from historic beliefs and practices. 

CCEF works to restore Christ to counseling. Each of us has personal and interpersonal struggles. Jesus Christ knows those struggles, cares about strugglers, and enters in. CCEF sees him bring about significant change in people's lives every day. This passion for Christ's relevance in counseling is CCEF's heritage and heartbeat.

The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) certifys biblical counselors to ensure doctrinal integrity and to promote excellence in biblical counseling. ACBC serves all pastors, professors, and other Christian servants who desire to be trained in their gospel-responsibility to be disciple-makers.