Creating
Congregations of Generous People by Michael Durall
Published by the Alban Institute, Creating Congregations
of Generous People presents stewardship and the
generosity of your congregation in a new, refreshing and
exciting way. Instead of teaching pastors how to
fund-raise, this book invites the stewardship team to
lead the congregation as they grow in their faith and
their generosity. Absolutely phenomenal—but not for the
faint of heart or pocketbook! Reviewed by Landa Harris
Simmons
Leading the Team-Based Church, by George Cladis, is a
clarion call to embrace a leadership model that is not based on
hierarchy, but on a process of collaboration that mirrors the
relationship of God, Christ and the Spirit. Cladis reminds us
that today's cultural environment--where authority has its basis
in trust, innovation reaps rewards, and spirituality takes root
in life and work--has matured past the need for the hierarchy of
traditional church leadership.
Doing
Church As A Team
by Wayne Cordeiro.
Doing church as a team is not a revolutionary concept.
Jesus modeled it nearly 2,000 years ago. When we do
church as a team, we fulfill the Lord's desire that the
Church work together—and we achieve amazing results for
Christ.
Unfreezing Moves, by Bill Easum. Kurt Lewin
developed the unfreeze-change-refreeze model of organizational
change. Although Easum contends you should never refreeze,
he suggests several possible moves to initiate change in the
church, depending on where the congregation is in its "systems
story."
A New Kind of
Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey, by Brian D. McLaren.
If you or your congregation are struggling with how to do
ministry in a world that has ceased to make sense to you, this
is a book you must read. McLaren shows how postmodernism
relates to the Christian message through a fictional
conversation between a pastor and a science teacher.
Primal Leadership:
Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence
, by Daniel Goleman,
et al.
Leadership is about more than knowing what to do.
The effective leader may be highly intelligent, but the
most successful leaders also demonstrate high levels of
emotional intelligence. Although not written
specifically for church leadership, the reader does not
need much of a stretch to see how the principles and
processes of emotional intelligence apply both to clergy
and lay leaders in the congregation.
Evangelism Outside the
Box: New Ways to Help People Experience the Good News
by Rick Richardson
It used to be that providing clear evidence for the
resurrection of Jesus was a pretty effective way to
reach people with the good news. But today, many folks
think that all truth is relative--even our historical
and scientific data about Christianity. If we hope to
reach them, we will need new ways of telling the old,
old story.
Unlearning Church: Just
When You Thought You Had Leadership All Figured Out
by Michael Slaughter
You were born to be an original, not a copy. So was your
church. It's time to break the rules... about the
church...about leadership...about penetrating postmodern
culture with God's purposes. It's time to unLearn
"church." In this book, Mike Slaughter shares a liberty
non-model for emerging churches. Churches that lovingly
dare to shoulder spiritual and prophetic leadership in
our rapid-change culture.
The Church Growth
Handbook
by William M. Easum
Here are 20 tested church growth strategies that have
been implemented by church consultant William Easum with
more than 4,000 church leaders across the United States
and Canada.
The Complete Ministry Audit: How to Measure 20
Principles for Growth
by William M. Easum
After extensive testing in more than 500 congregations,
including on-site follow-up, The Complete Ministry
Audit has received high praise from church leaders.
This resource helps a congregation assess itself by the
twenty growth principles described in The Church
Growth Handbook by Easum.
Team Spirituality: A
Guide for Staff and Churches
by William J. Carter
Every church has a staff. Sometimes in the doing
of ministry or the meetings about what to do, the team
spirit lags. Carter's treatment is a fresh
examination and affirmation of the spiritual gifts that
the church staff has in its midst.
Strategy
2000: Churches Making Disciples for the Next Millennium
by Aubrey Malphurs
Current research indicates that less than 3% of today's
pastors and churches have a ministry plan to lead people
from decision-making for Christ to disciple-making
growth. Malphurs demonstrates how to develop a
disciple-making strategy for the 21st century.
Existing
congregations and denominations are so addicted to
self-destructive behaviors that they cannot change until
they admit their bondage. Tom Bandy helps addicted
churches kick their habits.
Going
to Church in the First Century
by Robert Banks
'From a religious point of view, the whole meeting left
a lot to be desired. What had happened contained
scarcely anything religious at all. Neither
decently ritualistic or exotically mysterious. I
wondered what their god made of this slipshod and common
way of doing things.'
Stop
Setting Goals If You Would Rather Solve Problems
by Bobb Biehl
Biehl sets out to expose the myth that goal setting is
required for success in your business, career, and
personal development. Instead, we can be very successful
by simply identifying and solving strategic problems.
Copyright
2008, Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ) in Georgia, All rights reserved.
Healthy
Congregations: A Systems Approach
Friedman's
Fables (with Booklet)
The
Lazarus Project: How You Can Renew Your Congregation
Evangelism Outside the
Box: New Ways to Help People Experience the Good News
Unlearning Church: Just
When You Thought You Had Leadership All Figured Out
The Church Growth
Handbook 
Team Spirituality: A
Guide for Staff and Churches
Strategy
2000: Churches Making Disciples for the Next Millennium
Leadership
on the Other Side: No Rules, Just Clues
Staff
Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the
21st Century
Moving
off the Map: A Field Guide to Changing the Congregation
Kicking
Habits: Welcome Relief for Addicted Churches
Sacred
Cows Make Gourmet Burgers: Ministry Anytime, Anywhere,
by Anyone
Going
to Church in the First Century
Stop
Setting Goals If You Would Rather Solve Problems