Exponential
by Dave and Jon Ferguson This book is chock full of information and not just for church planters or people interested in forming a church planting movement. It not only not only tells the story of Christian Community Church and the pilgrimage of Troy McMahon from member to staff member to campus pastor to church […]
Farr, Renovate or Die
by Farr Abingdon 2011 This is a decidedly United Methodist book, but that doesn’t mean the rest of us can’t learn a good bit from their work … and if you happen to be a Methodist, all the better. The crux of the book is that when it comes to transformation, most churches focus on […]
Edington, Howard with Lyle Schaller, The Heat of the City
(Abingdon Press: 1996, 157 pgs. paperback. Available thru Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN 800-251-3320. Few books cause me to cry, but this one did in several places. It is written with “practical passion.” It not only tells the story of the turnaround of a dying, grand old downtown church, but it records the intense passion and […]
Easum, William M.The Complete Ministry Audit
(Abingdon Press, 1996)160 pages, plus bonus Spreadsheet Disk, $29.95, Paperback. Obtain thru Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN 800-251-3320 or thru 21st Century Strategies, 361/749-5364. This is one of the most complete tools a church leader can use to see where the church has been the past ten years, see where the church is this year, and […]
Durall, Michael, Beyond the Collection Plate
(Nashville, TN, Abingdon Press, 2003), 152 pages, paperback, $16.00. (Obtain from Abingdon Press, PO Box 801, 201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37202 or www.abingdonpress.com.) This book offers a very practical look into a biblical approach to stewardship and money. This is not a book about fundraising. You will not find any helpful tactics or gimmicks […]
Driscoll, Mark, Confessions of a Reformission Rev
Driscoll’s best book to date. Matter of fact; yet brilliantly written. Brutally honest; but full of compassion. You’ll either love it or hate it.