Lyle Schaller, The Very Large Church
Schaller, Lyle E.The Very Large Church: New Rules for Leaders Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2000) 247 pages, paperback, $20.00. Obtain from Abingdon Press, 201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203 The Very Large Church is one of Schaller’s best books to date. It is a must read for ANY size church because it challenges ALL […]
Servolution by Dino Rizzo
Over the past couple of decades a major shift has taken place that has gone unnoticed by many established congregations. I’ve never had a good word for this shift until today when I read Servolution by Dino Rizzo, pastor of The Healing Place. Servolution is a movement underfoot today. More and more church leaders are […]
Rusaw and Swanson, Externally Focused Church
Externally Focused ChurchRusaw and Swanson According to the authors, an Externally Focused Church is inwardly strong and outwardly oriented. This is an excellent book for both inwardly and outwardly focused churches. Their primary goal is to build bridges between the congregation and the community. The authors draw on their own personal experiences as well as share […]
The Missional Leader
By Roxburgh and Romanuk Finally a book that not only describes the “missional church,” but also gives some hints as to how to develop such a culture. I’ve always been a fan of Alan Roxburgh, but this book is one of his best and most timely books. He describes the missional church without throwing the […]
Introducing the Missional Church
I’m a simple person, so I boil books down to their absolute minimum. When I do that with this book, here’s what I come up with – The Missional Church is the one that asks a basic question –“What is God up to in our neighborhood,” rather than “How can we improve what we’re doing […]
Everett M. Rogers, Diffusions of Innovations
Rogers, Everett M.Diffusion of Innovations (New York, NY: Free Press, 1995) 519 pages, paperback, $32.95 . Obtain from The Free Press, A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. One of the classic books on change and how innovation actually causes change within a system. Although much […]