Robert Withnow, After Heaven

Wuthnow, Robert After Heaven: Spirituality in America Since the 1950’s (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998), 290 pages, hardcover, $29.95. Obtain from University of California Press, 510-642-4999. Wuthnow chronicles the changing pattern of spirituality in the U.S. that began in the 1950’s and was nurtured in the 1960’s. He sees two very different forms […]

Tim Wright, Contemporary Worship

Wright, TimContemporary Worship: A Sourcebook for Spirited-Traditional, Contemporary Worship: A Sourcebook for Spirited-Traditional, Praise, and Seeker Services, (Abingdon Press, 1997) 187 pages, $19.95, Paperback. Obtain thru Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN 800-251-3320. The title of the power packed resource book sums up whoever should read this book. Sixteen different authors fill this book with practical information. […]

Tim Wright, The Prodigal Hugging Church

Wright, TimThe Prodigal Hugging Church ( Joy Resources, Ausburg Fortress, Minneapolis, MN, 2001) 63 pages, paperback. Obtain from Ausburg Fortress, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. By far the best case yet for the church unashamedly embracing culture in order to reach people for Christ. Tim Wright shows us how to evangelize by “hanging out” with […]

Extraordinary Leaders in Extraordinary Times Vol. I

H. Stanley Woods (ed) Errdmans 2006 One of the best books on leadership I’ve seen.  Although it is the book is an analysis of the responses of 700 church planters to a given survey, the conclusions can be used by any pastor in any situation. The book compares the responses of founding pastors who efforts […]

Len Wilson, The Wired Church

Wilson, Len The Wired Church, Making Media Ministry (CD-Rom included), (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1999), 176 pages, paperback, $19.95. Obtain from Abingdon Press, Nashville,TN. Len Wilson is the staff at Ginghamsburg Church that is responsible for most of the in-house video support for worship. The book shares insights into many of the more practical issues […]

Joseph A. White, The Baby Boomer Bible Study

White, Joseph A. The Baby Boomer Bible Study (White Diversified Engineering, Inc., 1996) 374 pages, paperback, 1 to 9 copies $19.95, 10 or more $17.95, Texas residents add 7.75%sales tax, shipping and handling $3.95 for the first book and $0.75 for each additional book. Obtain from White Diversified Engineering, Inc., P. O. Box 171084f, Arlington, […]