Thomas Bandy, 95 Questions to Shape the Future of the Church. Abingdon Press, 2009. Companion volume: Bandy, Moving Off the Map Referenced in: Strategies for Congregational Renewal – Easum and Bandy’s Diagnostic on Thriving Congregations LifeandLeadership.com Summary Bill Easum and Tom Bandy have written extensively on how congregations may position themselves for effective ministry in
Thom Bandy, Coming Clean: The Study Guide to Kicking Habits. Abingdon Press, 2001. Companion volume: Bandy, Kicking Habits Referenced in: Strategies for Congregational Renewal – Easum and Bandy’s Diagnostic on Thriving Congregations LifeandLeadership.com Summary Bill Easum and Tom Bandy have written extensively on how congregations may position themselves for effective ministry in the twenty-first century.
Thomas G. Bandy, Kicking Habits: Welcome Relief for Addicted Churches, Upgrade Edition. Abingdon Press, 2001. Companion volume: Coming Clean, The Study Guide to Kicking Habits Referenced in: Strategies for Congregational Renewal – Easum and Bandy’s Diagnostic on Thriving Congregations LifeandLeadership.com Summary Bill Easum and Tom Bandy have written extensively on how congregations may position themselves
Thomas G. Bandy, Moving Off the Map: A Field Guide to Changing the Congregation. Abingdon Press, 1998. Referenced in: Strategies for Congregational Renewal – Easum and Bandy’s Diagnostic on Thriving Congregations LifeandLeadership.com Summary Bill Easum and Tom Bandy have written extensively on how congregations may position themselves for effective ministry in the twenty-first century. For
George W. Bullard, Jr., Pursuing The Full Kingdom Potential of Your Congregation (TCP Leadership Series). Chalice Press, 2006. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Leadership and Renewal – Congregational Health Cycle LifeandLeadership.com Summary George Bullard is an insightful church strategist, one of the best in my opinion. At the time he wrote this book, he was
Bill Easum, Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers: Ministry Anytime, Anywhere, By Anyone. Abingdon Press, 1995. Referenced in: Strategies for Congregational Renewal – Easum and Bandy’s Diagnostic on Thriving Congregations Empowering Leadership Involvement and Gift-Based Ministry LifeandLeadership.com Summary This was Bill Easum’s first attempt to describe permission-giving, servant-empowering, team-based congregational ministry systems. Easum’s more thorough treatment
Bill Easum, Unfreezing Moves: Following Jesus into the Mission Field. Abingdon Press, 2002. Referenced in: Strategies for Congregational Renewal – Easum and Bandy’s Diagnostic on Thriving Congregations Empowering Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary I would call this book, “Permission-Giving, Servant Empowering Congregational Cultures 101,” and although it may be too academic, it would be on target. Let’s
Sarah B. Drummond, Holy Clarity: the Practice of Planning and Evaluation. Alban Institute. 2009. Referenced in: Church Leadership Foundations, Church Dynamics, Research LifeandLeadership.com Summary Many ministers have had the experience of starting, or even finishing, a planning process, only to experience several layers of active or passive resistance. One of the chief reasons for this
Bill Easum, A Second Resurrection: Leading Your Congregation to New Life. Abingdon Press, 2007. Referenced in: Congregational Renewal – Integrated Spiritual/Strategic LifeandLeadership.com Summary In typical Easum no nonsense style, this volume addresses churches that cannot be renewed by any of the current models or ministry programs. Instead, they are not attuned to God’s purpose, and
William T. McConnell, Renew Your Congregation: Healing the Sick, Raising the Dead. Chalice Press, 2007. Referenced in: Congregational Renewal – Integrated Spiritual/Strategic LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an honest, no-holds barred, dead serious look at congregational renewal. From the standpoint of method, it combines the basic philosophy of Rick Warrens’s Purpose Driven Church, the findings of
