Colin Marshall and Tony Payne, The Trellis and the Vine: The Ministry Mind-Shift That Changes Everything. Matthias Media, 2009. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal: Diagnostic/Prescriptive – Disciple-Making LifeandLeadership.com Summary This volume may not be as familiar to many readers, and is mainly available through its Australian publisher, Matthias Media. Nevertheless, it receives rave reviews
Jeffrey D. Jones, Traveling Together: A Guide for Disciple-Forming Congregations. Alban Institute, 2005. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal – Diagnostic/Prescriptive, Disciple-Making LifeandLeadership.com Summary Jones begins by surveying the marginalized state of today’s church alongside other characteristics of the “post” world that affect ministry. His essential message is that established ways of doing ministry simply
Greg Hawkins and Cally Parkinson, Reveal: Where Are You? Willow Creek Association, 2007. Companion volumes: Hawkins and Parkinson, Follow Me: What’s Next for You? Hawkins and Parkinson, Focus: The Top Ten Things People Want and Need from You and Your Church Hawkins and Parkinson, Move: What 1,000 Churches Reveal About Spiritual Growth Referenced in: Strategies
George Barna, Growing True Disciples: New Strategies for Producing Genuine Followers of Christ. Waterbrook Press, 2001. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal: Diagnostic/Prescriptive – Disciple-Making LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a result of The Barna Research Group’s study of two dozen churches that have been effective in developing genuine followers of Christ. Several sections of the
Greg Ogden on Discipleship Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal: Diagnostic/Prescriptive – Disciple-Making Dr. Greg Ogden is executive pastor of discipleship at Christ Church of Oak Brook in Oak Brook, Illinois. He also served for nine years as senior pastor of Saratoga Federated Church in Saratoga, California, where he developed a discipleship program used by
Bill Hull. The Disciple-Making Church, Updated Edition: Leading a Body of Believers on the Journey of Faith Baker Books, 2010. Closely related: Bill Hull and Dallas Willard, Choose the Life, T-Net Disciple-Making Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal: Diagnostic/Prescriptive – Disciple-Making LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is one of several volumes authored by Bill Hull built upon
Gene Edward Veith, God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life. Crossway Books, 2011. Referenced in: Missional Spirituality, Discipleship – Missional Spirituality of Work LifeandLeadership.com Summary This excellent theology of work is a good companion to Witherington, Work: A Kingdom Perspective. Veith is a very down-to-earth, practical theology. By his own admission, Veith
Miroslav Volf, A Public Faith: How Followers of Christ Should Serve Common Good. Brazos Press, 2011. Referenced in: Evangelism in Contemporary Culture – Special Challenges LifeandLeadership.com Summary Witherington offers a strongly biblical and practical theology of work. From the Publisher Most Christians spend most of their waking hours working, yet many regard work as at
Miroslav Volf, Work in the Spirit: Toward a Theology of Work. Wipf and Stock, 2001. Referenced in: Missional Spirituality, Discipleship – Missional Spirituality of Work LifeandLeadership.com Summary Most Christian theologies of work are rooted in what is often called the “Great Creation” (Gen. 1:28), i.e. that we are placed here to steward the earth God
Darrell Cosden, A Theology of Work. Wipf and Stock, 2006. Sequel: Cosden, The Heavenly Good of Earthly Work Referenced in: Missional Spirituality, Discipleship – Missional Spirituality of Work LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is the scholarly monograph behind the popular-level work by Cosden, The Heavenly Good of Earthly Work. From the Publisher Given that so much of
