Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical. Zondervan, 2006. Referenced in: Shane Claiborne on Social Ministry, New Monasticism / Ordinary Radicals Spirituality and Social Ministry – Shane Claiborne, New Monasticism/Ordinary Radicals From the Publisher Many of us find ourselves caught somewhere between unbelieving activists and inactive believers. We can write a check
Samuel Wells and Marcia Owen, Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence (Resources for Reconciliation). IVP Books, 2011. Referenced in: Series: Resources for Reconciliation – Duke University Divinity School Missional Discipleship and Spirituality – Spirituality and Social Ministry Theological and Philosophical Foundations of Social Ministry From the Publisher With senseless violence occurring
Reggie McNeal, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church. Jossey-Bass/Leadership Network Series, 2009. Sequels: McNeal, Missional Renaissance McNeal, Missional Communities Referenced in: Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a very accessible and candid call to a missional engagement with culture. Written on a popular level, it is not of the same academic weight
Eddie Gibbs, LeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture. InterVarsity Press, 2005. Referenced in: Missional Philosophy Missional Leadership Strategies From the Publisher Our culture is constantly changing, often faster than we can adapt to it. Christian leaders struggle not only to acquire new skills and insights but also to unlearn what they already know. As
George R. Hunsberger and Craig Van Gelder, Editors, The Church Between Gospel and Culture: The Emerging Mssion in North America. (Gospel and Our Culture Series). Eerdmans, 1996. Referenced in: Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is one of a series of volumes published by Eerdmans in association with the Gospel and Our Culture Network. As the
Darrell Guder, Editor, Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Eerdmans, 1998. Referenced in: Ecclesiology, Contextualized Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary Relative to the missional movement, this collection of essays is regarded as the book that started it all. It is another of several volumes published by Eerdmans in association
Craig Van Gelder and Dwight J. Zscheile, The Missional Church In Perspective: Mapping Trends and Shaping the Conversation (Allelon Missional Series). Baker Academic, 2011. Referenced in: Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a thorough review of the missional movement from its inception until now. Better than any book before, it explains the common terms, the
Alan J. Roxburgh and M. Scott Boren, Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One. Baker Books, 2009. Referenced in: Missional Philosophy Missional Communities, Convergent With Attractional Missional Leadership/Strategies by Alan Roxburgh LifeandLeadership.com Summary Alan Roxburgh is one of most significant leaders in the missional conversation through his books,
Phyllis Tickle, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. Baker Books, 2008. Seqel: Tickle, Emergence Christianity Referenced in: Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary Tickle provides a very helpful discussion of the magnitude of the missional/emergent shift. She may overstate the case by seeing emergents as the “once every 500 years” sort of change. She
William C. Placher, Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on Vocation. Eerdmans, 2005. Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality – Spirituality of Life Calling Pastoral Theology LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an anthology of classic writers over the centuries who have addressed the notion of life calling. It is not limited to the “ministerial call,” but
