Howard E. Friend, Recovering the Sacred Center: Church Renewal from the Inside Out. Judson Press, 1998. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal: Integrated Spiritual/Strategic LifeandLeadership.com Summary Howard Friend provides a rare blend in this work. He integrates postmodern cultural sensitivity, theological reflection, contemplative spiritual practices, leadership development, and corporate visioning into a very thoughtful approach
Loren Mead, More Than Numbers: the Way Churches Grow. Alban Institute, 1993. Referenced in: Congregational Renewal – Integrated Spiritual/Strategic LifeandLeadership.com Summary This text on church development and renewal that has enjoyed wide use among both Evangelicals and Protestants. It is a healthy challenge to our obsession with numerical growth, and while respectful of that dimension,
Mel Lawrenz, Whole Church: Leading from Fragmentation to Engagement. Jossey-Bass / Leadership Network. Jossey-Bass, 2009. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal – Integrated Spiritual/Strategic LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a guide for churches to become completely integrated toward God’s vision in all it does, rather than a fragmented collection of vaguely acquainted individuals isolated into ministry
N. Graham Standish, Becoming a Blessed Church: Forming a Church of Spiritual Purpose, Presence, and Power. Alban Institute, 2004. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal – Integrated Spiritual/Strategic LifeandLeadership.com Summary If you have ever been frustrated with books on church renewal through spirituality not because you disliked the emphasis, but because of the almost universal
