Gary McIntosh, One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Bringing Out the Best in Any Size Church. Revell, 1999. Referenced in: Church Leadership – Size Dynamics and Transitions LifeandLeadership Summary While this volume has been significantly updated in McIntosh’s Taking Your Church to the Next Level, there is still value in this classic text. He discusses the
Gary McIntosh, Taking Your Church to the Next Level: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Baker, 2009. Referenced in: Church Leadership – Size Dynamics and Transitions LifeandLeadership Summary Taking Your Church to the Next Level is a significant expansion on the material in McIntosh’s earlier volume, One Size Doesn’t Fit All, long regarded
Peter Bush, In Dying We Are Born: The Challenge and Hope for Congregations. Alban Institute, 2007. Referenced in: Church Leadership – Size Dynamics and Transitions LifeandLeadership Summary This does not address “size transitions” in the sense we typically think of. It deals with the issue of churches that are on the brink of becoming extinct,
Lyle E. Schaller, The Middle-Sized Church: Problems and Prescriptions. Abingdon Press, 1985. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership Summary Schaller is one of the most prolific authors in the field of church leadership, and if he has written a book on a subject, it usually makes sense to read it. He also ministered in several
Lyle E. Schaller, The Small Church is Different. Abingdon Press, 1982. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership Summary Schaller is one of the most prolific authors in the field of church leadership, and if he has written a book on a subject, it usually makes sense to read it. He also ministered in several small
Lyle E. Schaller, The Small Membership Church: Scenarios for Tomorrow (Ministry for the Third Millennium). Abingdon Press, 2000. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership Summary Schaller is one of the most prolific authors in the field of church leadership, and if he has written a book on a subject, it usually makes sense to read
Lyle E. Schaller, Small Congregation, Big Potential: Ministry in the Small Membership Church. Abingdon Press, 2003. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership Summary Schaller is one of the most prolific authors in the field of church leadership, and if he has written a book on a subject, it usually makes sense to read it. This
Carl S. Dudley, Effective Small Churches in the Twenty-First Century Revised edition. Abingdon Press, 2003. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is completely updated from the 1978 edition by Carl S. Dudley and Douglas Alan Walrath, Developing Your Small Church’s Potential. Many of the insights in this revised edition are based on The
David Ray, The Indispensable Guide for Smaller Churches. Pilgrim Press, 2003. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is the closest thing to an “Encyclopedia of Small Church Development” one may find. Ray takes the best concepts covered by most other authors on the subject and ties them into one text. In a survey
Anthony G. Pappas, Entering the World of the Small Church: A Guide for Leaders, Revised and Expanded Edition. Alban Institute, 2000. Referenced in: Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This book is the quintessential primer on understanding small church dynamics, written with Pappas’ characteristic balance of sensitivity for the present and vision for the future. He
