Neil Cole, Organic Leadership: Leading Naturally Right Where You Are. Baker Books, 2010. Prequels: Cole, Organic Church Cole, Church 3.0 Sequel: Cole and Helfer, Church Transfusion Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary Neil Cole’s Organic Church model has spawned a significant movement worldwide. This is part of series by Cole beginning with
Neil Cole, Church 3.0: Upgrades for the Future of the Church. Jossey-Bass, 2010. Prequel: Cole, Organic Church Sequels: Cole, Organic Leadership Cole and Helfer, Church Transfusion Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is the next-step volume to Neil Cole’s popular work, Organic Church (click prequel link above for summary), providing answers
Neil Cole, Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens. Jossey-Bass, 2005. Sequels: Cole, Church 3.0 Cole, Organic Leadership Cole and Helfer, Church Transfusion Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary This was the first volume by Neil Cole to describe the Organic Church. Cole addresses the hard reality that in the postmodern era,
Frank Viola and and Leonard Sweet, The Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Christ. Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2010. Prequels: Viola, Pagan Christianity Viola, Reimagining Church Viola, From Eternity to Here Viola, Finding Organic Church Viola, The Untold Story of the New Testament Church Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary The
Frank Viola, The Untold Story of the New Testament Church: An Extraordinary Guide to Understanding the New Testament. Destiny Image Publishers, 2005. Prequels: Viola, Pagan Christianity Viola, Reimagining Church Viola, From Eternity to Here Viola, Finding Organic Church Sequel: Viola and Sweet, The Jesus Manifesto Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary The Untold
Frank Viola, Finding Organic Church: A Comprehensive Guide to Staring and Sustaining Authentic Christian Communities. David C. Cook Publishing, 2009. Prequels: Viola, Pagan Christianity Viola, Reimagining Church Viola, From Eternity to Here Sequels: Viola, The Untold Story of the New Testament Church Viola and Sweet, The Jesus Manifesto Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church
Frank Viola, From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of God. David C. Cook Publishing, 2009. Prequels: Viola, Pagan Christianity Viola, Reimagining Church Sequels: Viola, Finding Organic Church Viola, The Untold Story of the New Testament Church Viola and Sweet, The Jesus Manifesto Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary From Eternity
Frank Viola, Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity. David C. Cook Publishing, 2008. Prequel: Viola, Pagan Christianity Sequels: Viola, From Eternity to Here Viola, Finding Organic Church Viola, The Untold Story of the New Testament Church Viola and Sweet, The Jesus Manifesto Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary Reimagining Church
Frank Viola and George Barna, Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of our Church Practices. Barna Books, 2008. Sequels: Viola, Reimagining Church Viola, From Eternity to Here Viola, Finding Organic Church Viola, The Untold Story of the New Testament Church Viola and Sweet, The Jesus Manifesto Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary Pagan
Robert Schreiter, Constructing Local Theologies. Orbis Books, 2002. Referenced in: Theology of Mission, Localized Theologies/Contextualization LifeandLeadership.com Summary There is a strong emphasis in missional church practice in constructing “local theologies,” often called contextualization. This text by Schreiter, alongside the less academic work by Clemens Sedmak’s Doing Local Theology, are the most frequently recommended guides in
