J. R. Woodward, Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World. IVP Books, 2012. Referenced in: Missional Leadership Strategies Church Leadership Foundations: Congregational Culture, Identity LifeandLeadership.com Summary Much of the literature on leading missional communities is heavily conceptual. This is helpful, but when leaders start new missional efforts or seek
Nelson Searcy and Jennifer Dykes Henson, Connect: How to Double Your Number of Volunteers. Baker Books, 2012. Related volume: Searcy, Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church Referenced in: Managing Volunteer Ministry in Church Involvement, Spiritual Gifts in Christian Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary While the subtitle suggests a focus on “volunteers,” the emphasis
Jonathan McKee and Thomas W. McKee, The New Breed: Understanding and Equipping the 21st Century Volunteer. Second Edition. Group Publishing, 2012. Referenced in: Managing Volunteer Ministry in Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a must read for those who work with ministry volunteers. While most who work in these positions prefer to elevate ministry involvement beyond
Daniel Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. Riverhead, 2011. Referenced in: Involvement, Gift-Based Ministry Managing Volunteer Ministry in Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary Pink is known for his research about how the mind works, especially his book about the place of right brain thinking in the new economy, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers
Ed Stetzer, Subversive Kingdom: Living as Agents of Gospel Transformation. B and H Books, 2012. Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality Theology of Mission LifeandLeadership.com Summary I have always liked Ed Stetzer’s writings. In my opinion, this is one of his best. It is an excellent, readable integration of theology of mission, ecclesiology, and missional
Amy Sherman, Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good. IVP Academic, 2012. Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality, Missional Theology of Work LifeandLeadership.com Summary Sherman presents a well-researched and theologically grounded call for Christians to faithfully serve the world. It is designed to help church leaders equip their congregations to integrate faith and work.
Eric O. Jacobsen, Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith. Brazos Press, 2003. Related volume: Jacobsen, The Space Between Referenced in: Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is not a book on urban ministry, but will help those involved in urban settings by conveying the special and desirable features of urban life over
Hugh Halter, Sacrilege: Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus (Shapevine). Baker Books, 2011. Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality LifeandLeadership.com Summary Halter’s focus is on the incarnational life of Jesus. He “exposes Jesus as the least religious person you would have ever met, and show how his non-churchy ways and his absolute sacrilege
Stephen Pate and Gene Wilkes, Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community (TCP Leadership Series). Chalice Press, 2008. Referenced in: Evangelism – Guides to Practice LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an excellent description of Community-Based Servant Evangelism (CBSE), which is about “living out the Great Commandment and the Great Commission in our network of relationships in
Robert Linthicum, Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference in Your Community. IVP Books, 2003. Referenced in: Urban Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary Linthicum encourages us to possess a “power” that is rooted both in nutritive relationships with the needy and exemplary and influential relationships with decision makers toward making a difference in our communities. From
