Burkan, Alan, Wide-Angle Vision
(New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996) 267 pages (with notes) This book is written for those who want to discover and develop vision for the future by focusing on the “edge” identified as “fringe competitors, lost customers, and rogue employees.” With an introduction and endorsement by Joel Barker (“paradigm” buster and pioneer), this […]
Browning, Dave, Hybrid Church
I’ve followed Browning for over a decade. He has consistently done what he shares in this book- combines the impact of the large church with the intimacy of the small church. Over the years he has refused to plant either large or small church. Instead he has intentionally planted both, depending on t he demographics. […]
Briskin, Alan, The Stirring of the Soul in the Workplace
(San Francisco, California: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 1998). 288 pages, paperback, $16.95. Obtain from Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 415-288-0260. This is an excellent companion to Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers or Growing Spiritual Redwoods. This delightful, uplifting book inspires as well as lays bear the problems with the mechanical, efficient view around which much of today’s churches […]
Bowman and Hall, When Not to Build
(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 decide whether or not it should build. Their job is to build buildings. This book can help a church building committee decide […]
MissioRelate
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 one of his best. Almost every church has small groups but not many have small groups that make a difference in the […]
Boren, Scott, Making Cell Groups Work
(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 doing cell, house, or small group ministry will find this to be one of the most practical, useful, and complete books on […]