Missional Perspectives for Church Leaders 02 – EMERGENT CHURCH Part of the following Ministry Resource Guides: Missional Resources and Church Leadership, Philosophical Foundations. It discusses perspectives that were important to the first edition of the site, and is now part of the site archive. When the first edition of the site was published in 2012,
Ruth Haley Barton, Pursuing God’s Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups (Transforming Center Set). IVP Books, 2012. Referenced in: Church Staff, Ministry Staff, Leadership Teams Ministry Transitions (Pastoral Search) Plural Elder Church Leadership (Elder Selection) LifeandLeadership.com Summary In the introduction, Barton provides some important definitions. First, she says of discernment, Discernment literally means
Gary L. McIntosh, There’s Hope for Your Church: First Steps to Restoring Health and Growth. Baker Books, 2012. Referenced in: Traditional Church Renewal Church Leadership Foundations – Research on Effective Churches Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a distillation of McIntosh’s four decades of consultations with over 1,000 churches and his experience as a
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
Danny E. Morris and Charles M. Olsen, Discerning God’s Will Together: A Spiritual Practice for the Church. Revised and Updated. Alban Institute, 2012. Related volumes: Olsen and Morseth, Selecting Church Leaders: A Practice in Spiritual Discernment Olsen and Morris, Transforming Church Boards Into Communities of Spiritual Leaders Referenced in: Church Staff, Ministry Staff, Leadership Teams
Susan Beaumont, Inside the Large Congregation, Alban Institute, 2011. Referenced in: Church Size Dynamics LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an insightful text based on the author’s research and consultations on the major systems at work in large congregations, and how each functions and changes for a church to be effective in its size, and to successfully
Lyle E. Schaller and Warren Bird, Wisdom from Lyle E. Schaller: The Elder Statesman of Church Leadership. Abingdon Press, 2012. Referenced in: Church Leadership Foundations, Church Dynamics, Church Research Church Leadership Strategies, Overview of Approaches LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a distillation of best insights from a man known as the “Dean of Church Consultants,” who
Patrick M. Lencioni, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business. Jossey-Bass, 2012. Related Volumes: Lencioni, Five Dysfunctions of a Team Lencioni, Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars Lencioni, Death by Meeting Referenced in: Leadership and Organizational Culture Strategic Planning, Leader-Driven Ministry Teams, General Resources LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an excellent, usable tool to
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
