Peter Bush and Christine O‘Reilly, Where 20 or 30 are Gathered: Leading Worship in the Small Church. Alban Institute, 2006. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is in the same genre as David Ray’s Wonderful Worship in Smaller Churches, which is still probably the best single volume on the subject. Yet, Bush and
David R. Ray, Wonderful Worship in Smaller Churches. Pilgrim Press, 2000. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Just as Ray’s volume, The Indispensable Guide to Smaller Churches is the closest thing to an “Encyclopedia of Small Church Development” one may find, so Wonderful Worship in Smaller Churches is the best overall guide to worship
Bruce G. Epperly and Daryl Hollinger, From a Mustard Seed: Enlivening Worship in the Small Church. Alban Institute, 2010. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Epperly is a practical theologian and Hollinger is a musician. Together, they provide a very thoughtful perspective on worship. They address small churches, and their suggestions assume congregations from
Rich Grassel, Help! I’m a Small Church Youth Worker: Achieving Big-Time Success in a Non-Mega Ministry. Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2002. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Grassel presents a realistic guide to youth ministry in churches of less than 150 members. In Part One, Grassel conveys clear (though at times overly critical) identification with issues
Marcey Balcomb, Single Digit Youth Groups 2: More Activities, Plus Mission Ideas. Abingdon Press, 2006. Prequel: Balcomb, Single Digit Youth Groups Referenced in: Small Church Leadership From the Publisher This Volume 2 follow-up to Single-Digit Youth Groups focuses on activities for volunteers in churches with only a few youth. This book offers activities that can
Marcey Balcomb, Single Digit Youth Groups: Working With Fewer Than 10 Teens. Abingdon Press, 2004. Sequel: Balcomb, Single Digit Youth Groups 2 Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Youth workers in small churches need encouragement and guidance on how to value and work with what they have, rather than operate from the assumption that
Rick Chromey, Youth Ministry in Small Churches: Creative How-Tos, Plus 20 Involving Activities. Group Publishing, 2009. Companion volume: Chromey, Energizing Children’s Ministry in the Smaller Church Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership Summary Chromey addresses the challenges and opportunities of youth ministry in churches of 100 members or less. He discusses how the unique features
Rick Chromey, Energizing Children’s Ministry in the Smaller Church (Energizing Small Churches Network). Standard Publishing, 2008. Companion volume: Chromey, Youth Ministry in Small Churches Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership Summary This covers the full scope of issues on creating vibrant children’s ministries in small membership churches. Topies include child development, class arrangement, VBS, children’s
Royal Speidel, Evangelism in the Small Membership Church. Abingdon, 2007. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership From the Publisher Evangelism is about introducing people to Jesus but also helping them to grow in Christ. Evangelism has nothing to do with church size, but everything to do with making disciples. Making disciples is a call from God
Anthony Pappas and Scott Planting, Mission: The Small Church Reaches Out (Small Church in Action Series). Judson Press, 1993. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership Summary This is a contribution to Judson’s Small Church in Action Series. Consult the resource guide on Small Churches for several other volumes in the series. The Resource Guide also
