Scott A Bessenecker, The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World’s Poor. IVP Books, 2006. Sequel: Bessenecker, Living Mission: The Vision and Voices of the New Friars Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an inspiring and convicting description of young Christians who are part of the New Friars movement that
Scott A. Bessenecker, Editor, Living Mission: The Vision and Voices of the New Friars. IVP Books, 2010. Prequel: Bessenecker, The New Friars Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality LifeandLeadership.com Summary This takes up where The New Friars left off, by offering more commentary on the five “signs” of their movement, and by recounting stories of
Michael W. Goheen, A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story. Baker Academic, 2011. Referenced in: Theology of Mission LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an excellent theology of mission from a missional/missio Dei perspective. There are four strengths of this text. First, Goheen demonstrates the continuity of the Old and New Testaments’
Michael Frost, The Road to Missional: Journey to the Center of the Church (Shapevine Series). Baker Books, 2011. Referenced in: Missional Strategies Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary Frost acknowledges the popularity of the “missional” ethos, but laments that the more common the term becomes, the less clarity it conveys. He discusses six areas where leaders may
Matthew Lee Smith, Growing Missional Leaders: Biblical Strategies to Reach Your World For Christ. CreateSpace, 2010. Referenced in: Missional Leadership, Strategies Leadership Development in Congregations LifeandLeadership.com Summary In a motivational, inspirational tone, Smith offers twenty-four principles on leadership development. From the Publisher Matthew Smith, pastor of multi-ethnic and multi-generational churches in urban, suburban and rural
Frank Viola, Revise Us Again: Living from a Renewed Christian Script. David C. Cook, 2011. Prequels: Volume 1 – Frank Viola and George Barna, Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of our Church Practices Volume 2 – Frank Viola, Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity Volume 3 – Frank Viola, From Eternity to Here:
Scot McKnight, Peter Rollins, Kevin Corcoran, and Jason Clark, Church in the Present Tense, with DVD: A Candid Look at What’s Emerging. Brazos Press, 2011. Referenced in: Missional Communities LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a description of the current state of the emerging church, its philosophical roots, theological emphases, worship practices, and use of the Bible
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
Alan Hirsch and Tim Catchim, The Permanent Revolution: Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series). Jossey-Bass, 2012. Referenced in: Missional Leadership Strategies LifeandLeadership.com Summary Alan Hirsch is very instrumental in renewing the 21st century church’s grasp of the five-fold ministry of Ephesians 4, using the currencies of apostle, prophet,
Mark Labberton, The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus. IVP Books, 2010. Prequel: Labberton, The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God’s Call to Justice (2007) Referenced in: Missional Lifestyle, Discipleship, Spirituality Social Ministry Strategies LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is as a prophetic but gracious, gentle, theologically informed, and personal
