Someone asked yesterday if I could suggest some books on church and evangelism. I LOVE books, so that's easy. To be honest, I'm one of those guys who mostly prefers secular business books, but I'll just stick to church/evangelism books today. Someday maybe I'll do "reviews" on these, but for now just a list. (The books on this list that most resemble what we're trying to do at Forefront would probably be #'s 2, 4, 7, and 13). All of these are must reads:
1. The Seven Habits of Effective Ministry, Andy Stanley & Reggie Joiner
2. The Gutter: Where Life is Meant to be Lived, Craig Gross
3. What's So Amazing About Grace, Philip Yancey
4. No Perfect People Allowed, John Burke
5. An Unstoppable Force, Erwin McManus
6. Simple Church, Thom Raineer
7. The Forgotten Ways, Alan Hirsh
8. Go Big, Bil Cornelius & Bill Easum
9. Glocalization, Bob Roberts
10. The Creative Pastor, Ed Young Jr.
11. The Emotionally Healthy Church, Peter Scazzero
12. The Church of Irresistible Influence, Robert Lewis
13. Stripped, Judd Wilhite
14. God in the Alley, Greg Paul
15. The Big Idea, Dave Ferguson
16. Spilt Grape Juice, Mike Root
17. unchristian, David Kinneman
18. Lost in America, Tom Klegg
19. The Church That Never Sleeps, Matthew Barnett
20. In the Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen
As far as books on church planting, to be honest I haven't read one yet. When we started Forefront ten years ago I didn't even know of any such books (or I would have read it!). But I have heard very good things about "Church Planting From the Ground Up" by Tom Jones and the Ed Stetzer books on church planting.
What's your favorite book on this subject that I don't have on the list?
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Friday, December 7, 2007
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Hey Vince:
Do you have any other books you'd recommend (NOT on the subject of the list you gave)--any topic, any field, that you'd consider "must read" (or at least close to it)?
Here are some of my fav leadership books:
1. Good TO Great, Jim Collins
2. Courageous Leadership, Hybles
3. The E-Myth, Michael Gerber
4. The One Thing You Need to Know, Marcus Buckingham
5. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni
6. Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne
7. Organizing Genius, Warren Bennis
8. Built to Last, Jim Collins
9. The Next Generation Leader, Andy Stanley
10. Pour Your Heart Into It, Howard Schultz
Here are some of my other fav books:
1. What’s So Amazing About Grace, Philip Yancey
2. The Life You’ve Always Wanted, John Ortberg
3. Blue Like Jazz, Donald Miller
4. Seizing Your Divine Moment, Erwin McManus
5. Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller
6. Ruthless Trust, Brennan Manning
7. The Divine Conspiracy, Willard
8. The Jesus I Never Knew, Yancey
9. Contrarians Guide to Knowing God, Larry Osborne
10. Let Your Life Speak, Parker Palmer
11. To Be Written, Dan Allendar
12. The Irresistible Revolution, Shane Claiborne
Thank you! Now I have something for my "Christmas wish list."
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