Nelson and Appel, How to Change Your Church

Nelson, Alan and Gene AppelHow To Change Your Church

(Nashville, TN; Word Publishing, 2000) 353 pages, hardback, $21.99. Obtain from Word Publishing, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN.

The authors have provided a valuable tool for church leaders taking their congregations through significant change. The book is a survey of some of the classic material on change, […]

Reimagining Spiritual Formation

by Doug Pagitt

(Grand Rapids, MI, Zondervan, 2003), 163 pages, paperback, $16.99.  (Obtain from Zondervan, 5300 Patterson SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49530.)

Pagitt has shared with us a bird’s eye view of one of the premier experimental communities of faith in the U.S.  Solomon’s Porch is a holistic, missional community of faith in Minneapolis that goes […]

Pascale, Millenmann, and Gioja, Surfing the Edge of Chaos

Pascale, Richard T. ,Mark Millenmann & Linda GiojaSurfing At The Edge Of Chaos

(New York, NY: Random House, 2000) 320 pages, hardback, $26.95. Obtain from Random House, 201 E. 50th St., New York, NY 10022)

Church leaders who are into the organic approach to understanding organizations and ministry will find this book helpful. The book describes […]

Cyber Security for the Church?!

By Guest Blogger Craig Huss

Published in Net Results Magazine, Nov-Dec 2019

The Tuesday after Thanksgiving, known as GivingTuesday, is a day set aside for people to support the organizations, causes and communities that mean the most to them – often through charitable online donations.

It’s a significant time for religious organizations, which are the nation’s largest […]

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, […]

Sally Morgenthaller, Worship Evangelism

Morgenthaler, SallyWorship Evangelism

(Zondervan Publishing House, 1995), 320 pages, hardback, $19.99. Obtain from Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

For several months I have heard people mentioning this book. I never bothered to read it because after all, how much more can be said about the subject. Well, let me tell you, Morgenthaler tells it all […]

Cathy Townley, Designing Worship Teams

Townley, Cathy
Designing Worship Teams

Designing Worship Teams, by Cathy Townley (Nashville, TN, Abingdon Press, 2002) 174 pages, paperback, $17.00. Obtain from Abingdon Press, 201 Eighth Avenue South, P.O. Box 801, Nashville, TN 37202-0801.

This is one of those books that people responsible for worship should read, especially artists. The book is written from the artist’s perspective […]

Towns, Wagner, and Rainer, The Everychurch Guide to Growth

Towns, Elmer, C. Peter Wagner & Thom S. Rainer
The Everychurch Guide to Growth

(Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1998), 205 pages, paperback, $12.99. Obtain from Broadman & Holman Publishers, Nashville, TN.

A more than excellent book describing the “How To’s” of moving beyond the traditional worship barriers of 200, 400, and 1,000. Although the language […]

Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Lencioni, PatrickThe Five Dysfunctions of a Team – A Leadership Fable

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – A Leadership Fable, by Patrick Lencioni (San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company, 2002) 229 pages, hardback, $22.00. (Obtain from Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741

The author zeroes in on the absolute […]