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Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal
Quick-list of Resources
- Sam Rainer, The Church Revitalization Checklist: A Hopeful and Practical Guide for Leading Your Congregation to a Brighter Tomorrow. Tyndale Momentum/Church Answers, 2021.
- Brian Croft, Biblical Church Revitalization: Solutions for Dying and Divided Churches. Christian Focus Publications, 2020.
- Thom S. Rainer, Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 12 Ways to Keep Your Church Alive (B & H Books, 2014) and Anatomy of a Revived Church: Seven Findings of How Congregations Avoided Death (Tyndale Momentum, 2022).
- Mark Clifton, Reclaiming Glory: Revitalizing Dying Churches. B & H Books, 2016. This book is considered the seminal work on church replanting. It is an inspiring must-read for all pastors leading revitalization work. There are several companion volumes in the Practical Shepherding Series.
- Andrew M. Davis, Revitalize: Biblical Keys to Helping Your Church Come Alive Again. Baker, 2017. An excellent resource to provide spiritual help for pastors leading struggling churches.
- Tom Cheyney, The Seven Pillars of Church Revitalization and Renewal. Renovate Publishing Group, 2016. Cheyney is the Founder & Directional Leader of the Renovate National Church Revitalization Conferences, and Renovate Resources. He is leader of the RENOVATE Church Revitalization Virtual Coaching Network where he mentors pastors, churches, and denominational leaders in Church Revitalization and Renewal all across North America. The Seven Pillars is one of several volumes in the Church Revitalization Leadership Library.
- Before It All Comes Crashing Down: Revitalizing a Church That Waited Too Long (2022)
- re.CLAIM.ing: A Handbook for Developing a Restorative Culture in Your Church (2020)
- Your First 120 Days in Church Revitalization and Renewal (2020)
- Cultivating a Generous Church: How to Inspire Congregational Generosity and Increase Weekly Offerings (2019)
- The Whatever Life Hack: Three Secret Biblical Investments for Successful Living (2019)
- Life After Death: A Strategy to Bring New Life to a Dead Church (2019)
- Church Revitalization in Rural America: Restoring Churches in America’s Heartland (2018)
- Preaching Towards Church Revitalization and Renewal (2018)
- Resuscitate: How to Breathe New Life into a Gasping Church (2018)
- Practical Tools for Reinventing the Dying Church (2017)
- An Uphill Journey: One Small Church’s Journey to Revitalization (2016)
- The Church Revitalizer as Change Agent (2016)
- Slaying the Dragons of Church Revitalization: Dealing With Critical Issues that are Hurting Your Church (2017)
- The Nuts and Bolts of Church Revitalization (2015)
- 38 Church Revitalization Models for the Twenty-First Century (2014)
Theological Foundations for Church Leadership and Renewal
Philosophical Foundations for Church Leadership and Renewal, Introduction
- Philosophy – Church Growth
- Philosophy – Missional/Missio Dei
- Philosophy – Emergent and Evaluating-Emergent
- Philosophy – Other Missionally Responsive Trajectories (includes Convergent With Conventional, Resurgent Reformed, Convergent With Attractional, Responsive – Evangelical, and Responsive-Eclectic)
Practical Foundations for Church Leadership and Renewal
- Understanding Church Dynamics and Research
- Congregational Culture, Church Identity
- Size Dynamics and Transitions
- Research and Case Studies on Effective Churches
Special Situations – Small Church Leadership
Strategies for Church Leadership and Renewal – Index (covers each of the areas below)
- Missional
- Leader-Directed Vision Casting
- People-Directed Vision Emergence
- Strategic Planning, Leader/Participatory
- Strategic Planning, Congregational Discernment
- Congregational Health Cycle
- Traditional Church Renewal
- Spiritual Revival
- Integrated Spiritual/Strategic
- Diagnostic/Prescriptive
- Diagnostic/Prescriptive — Disciple-Making
- Simple, Minimalist
- Seasonal, Rhythmic
- Large Group/Whole Systems Design (Future Search, Appreciative Inquiry, Asset-Based Planning, Scenario Planning, etc.)
- Organic Church
- Mergers
Related Ministry Resources
Other Ministry Resources on for Church Leaders
- Church Administration
- Transition and Change in the Church
- Church Conflict
- Elders, Church Governance Models for Church Leaders
- Evangelism
- Church Giving, Tithing, and Financial Stewardship
- Involvement, Spiritual Gifts for Ministry in Church
- Christian Leadership
- Managing Volunteers
- Church Staff, Ministry Teams
- Ministry Transitions, Interim
- Missional Communities
- Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality
- Missional Perspectives, Intro
- Missional Philosophy
- Missional Strategies
- Missional Theology
- Pastoral Theology for Church Leaders
- Social Ministry, Social Justice
- Spiritual Formation for Church Leaders
- Theology of Mission and Ministry
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