Belasco, James, Teaching the Elephant to Dance
(Crown Publishers, NY, 1990), 276 pages, hardback, $19.95. Pastors interested in helping a stagnant church make radical change will find this book helpful if they apply the principles to the
Ivy Beckwith, Postmodern Children’s Ministry
Postmodern Children’s MinistryIvy Beckwith A more than interesting and controversial book on how to do “soul care” of children. Controversial because the author challenges most of today’s major ministries to children and offers us a skeleton outline of what ministry to children will look like in the 21st century. Perhaps the most controversial underlying assumption […]
Beaudoin, Tom, Virtual Faith
(San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998) 210 pages, hardback, $22.00. Obtain from Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, California, www.josseybass.com This is not just another book about Generation X. It is one of the best books to come along to date. It is written by and for a new generation of people who will not respond to […]
Barna, George, Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions
In spite of Barna’s opening salvo about Christian’s ministry being the most important ministry, this very short book is a great read for parents and anyone working with children or family ministries. If you skip the introduction and first two chapters, you find remarkably good book. Chapters 6-7 along are worth the price. You have […]
Bandy, Thomas, Kicking Habits: Welcome Relief for Addicted Churches
(Abingdon Press, 1997) 232 pgs., $14.95 paperback. Available thru Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN 800-251-3320. Here is a church transformation resource that not only explains why the local church must change, and in what direction the church must change, but also explains how to do it! Kicking Habits is written for “would be” or actual church […]
Bandy, Thomas, Christian Chaos: Revolutions
In Christian Chaos, Tom Bandy gives us a jewel of a book in the tradition of his first book, Kicking Habits. In this book Bandy distinguishes between systems and organization and shows why the system out of which a church functions determines how the church is organized, which also shows why most restructuring in churches […]