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:
Robert Lewis, Wayne Cordeiro, and Warren Bird, Culture-Shift: Transforming Your Church from the Inside Out. Jossey-Bass/Leadership Network, 2005. Referenced in: Approaches to Church Leadership and Renewal: Organic Church Congregational Culture, Church Identity LifeandLeadership.com Summary Most ministers have felt the frustration of attending a conference on church leadership, being informed and encouraged with ideas that have
Robert D. Dale, Seeds for the Future: Growing Organic Leaders for Living Churches. Chalice Press, 2005. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal – Organic LifeandLeadership.com Summary Most books on church renewal discuss leadership, but few are as targeted in discussing the kind of leadership necessary for effective church transformation as this one by Robert Dale.
Christian Schwarz, Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches, 3rd Edition. Church Smart Resources, 2006. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal – Diagnostic/Prescriptive Strategies for Church Renewal – Organic LifeandLeadership.com Summary Natural Church Development (NCD) is one of the more widely used approaches to church development, perhaps second only to
Bob Whitesel, Inside the Organic Church: Learning from 12 Emerging Congregations. Abingdon Press, 2006. Referenced in: Missional Communties – Organic Church LifeandLeadership.com Summary This book was chosen by Outreach Magazine as a finalist for Resource of the Year in Postmodern Outreach. Whitesel is an academic, and brings responsible scholarship to the issues of postmodernity, emergent
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
