Karen A. McClintock, Shame-Less Lives, Grace-Full Congregations. The Alban Institute, 2011. Referenced in: Minister Self-Care Burnout in Church Leaders Leadership Development Through Spiritual Formation Church Leadership Strategies, Integrated Spiritual-Strategic I’ve read a lot of books on shame, both to help myself and others. Most are written from the perspective of helping individuals address the shame-based
Andy Stanley, Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend. Zondervan, 2012. Referenced in: Missional Strategies, Convergent With Attractional Theology of Mission, Proposals and Formulations, Missional/Convergent With Attractional LifeandLeadership.com Summary As the subtitle suggests, this book is about building churches that unchurched people love to attend. In the words of the author, Andy
Neil Cole and Phil Helfer, Church Transfusion: Changing Your Church Organically, from the Inside Out. Jossey-Bass, 2012. Prequels: Cole, Organic Church Cole, Church 3.0 Cole, Organic Leadership Referenced in: Missional Communities – Organic LifeandLeadership.com Summary Neil Cole’s Organic Church model has spawned a significant movement worldwide. For those who understand the organic model and have
Ross Barnett, Editor, Discovering the Mission of God: Best Missional Practices for the 21st Century. IVP Academic, 2012. Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Missionally Responsive/Evangelical LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an exhaustive, substantive theology of mission from conservative evangelical scholars. Most of the authors live and work cross-culturally, with half of them still field-based. It covers
Bill Easum and Bill Tenny-Brittian, Effective Staffing for Vital Churches: The Essential Guide to Keeping the Right People. Baker Academic, 2012. Referenced in: Ministry Staff and Leadership Teams LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a very prescriptive process for staff development designed for missional effectiveness. The authors’ starting point is that more than anything else, how a
Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson, Eric Bramlett, The Big Idea: Aligning the Ministries of Your Church through Creative Collaboration (Leadership Network Innovation Series). Zondervan, 2007. Referenced in: Approaches to Church Renewal – Simple, Minimalist LifeandLeadership.com Summary The premise of this book is that churches often suffer from “idea overload.” We are bombarding people with “too many
Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, World Café Community, The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations that Matter. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal – Whole Systems, Large Group LifeandLeadership.com Summary This book discusses World Café, a Whole Systems approach to organizational renewal that has been useful in churches. It is popular worldwide.
SENGE, Corporate Culture, Learning Organization Part of the ministry resources on Christian Leadership, Empowerment, and Transformational Leadership. See also a related ministry resources on Church Identity / Culture. Introduction Culture Creation as Transformational Leadership and Empowerment Resources Related Ministry Resources Introduction An important part of missional leadership is shaping the corporate culture of a group
EMOTIONAL SYSTEMS, SELF-DIFFERENTIATION, NON-ANXIOUS PRESENCE Part of the follow ministry resources: Christian Leadership, Empowerment, Transformational Leadership Closely related fields: Leadership and Intuition, Feelings, and Values; Leadership and Emotional Intelligence, Primal/Resonant Leadership Emotional Systems, Theory Emotional Systems and Emotional Intelligence, How are They Alike and Different? Resources for Understanding Churches as Emotional Systems Resources for Applying
Strategies for Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal – Church Merger This is part of the ministry resources Church Leadership, Church Health and Renewal. Mergers have always been considered as a valid and sometimes necessary option for missional effectiveness, but until recently, there has been a scarcity of definitive resources. Recent research from the Leadership
