(Baker Book House, 1992) 156 pages, paperback, $9.99. Anyone contemplating building should read this timeless book. The author is an architect who actually understands church growth. Most architects are not prepared to help

Getting more people in more groups is not the answer! Calling people beyond individualism, isolation, and consumerism is! Scott Boren has given us many excellent books on small groups but this one is

(Houston, TX, Cell Group Resources, 2002) 423 pages, paperback, $14.99. (Obtain from Cell Group Resources, a book-publishing division of TOUCH Outreach Ministries, P.O. Box 19888, Houston, TX 77224-9888 or www.touchusa.org) Those who are

(New York: American Management Association, 1995) 240. Obtain from AMA: 1-800-262-9699 Blanks draws nine leadership essentials from his understanding of quantum physics. His connection of leadership with quantum physics makes this a complementary

(Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 1996) 126 pgs, hardback. $20.00, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 415-288-0260. This is a great, quick-read, beginning book for busy church leaders wanting to become mentors and begin a serious lay ministry.

When I began consulting 24 years ago church mergers were normally based on two dying churches coming together for survival. Not so any more. The real-life research of Warren and Tomberlin shows that