Resources
RECOMMENDED BOOKS AND WEBSITES
Books
- From Zero to Eighty: Innovative Ideas for Planting, Olu Brown
- Church for the Unchurched, George G. Hunter, III
- The Nomadic Church, Bill Easum, Pete Theodore
- UnChristian: What a New Generation Thinks About Christianity, David Kennaman
- The Habits of Highly Effective Churches, George Barna
- Deepening Your Effectiveness, Dan Glover & Claudia Lavy
- The Forgotten Ways, Allen Hirsch
- Culture Shift, Robert Lewis, Wayne Cordeiro
- Spiritual Entrepreneurs, Michael Slaughter
- Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration, Warren Bennis
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, James C. Collins & Jerry I. Porras
- Growing Spiritual Redwoods, William M. Easum & Thomas G. Bandy
- Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium, Donald E. Miller
- The New Reformation: Tomorrow Arrived Yesterday, Lyle E. Schaller
- Ten Most Common Mistakes Made By New Church Starts, Jim Griffith, Bill Easum
- Church Planting for a Greater Harvest, C. Peter Wagner
- The Power of Vision, George Barna
- Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership, Carl George
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John C. Maxwell
- On – Prayer Leadership, Dale Galloway
- Moving Off the Map, Thomas G. Bandy
- Developing the Leader Within You, John C. Maxwell
- Developing the Leaders Around You, John C. Maxwell
- 44 Questions for Church Planters, Lyle Schaller
- Planting Growing Churches for the 21st Century, Aubrey Malphurs
- A Multi-site Road Trip: Exploring the New Normal, Warren Bird
- Planting Fast-Growing Churches, Stephen Gray
- African American Church Growth, Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III
- Starting a New Church, Ralph Moore
- Churches that Multiply, Towns/Porter
- Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age, Ed Stetzer
- Multi-Site Revolution, Surratt, Ligon, Bird
- Next Church Now: Creating New Faith Communities, Craig Miller
- Church Planting Landmines, Nebel and Rohrmayer
- High Definition Churches, Ron Sylvia
- Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church, Mark DeYmaz
- Go Big With Small Groups, Bill Easum and John Atkinson
- The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith, Timothy Keller
- Organic Leadership, Cole Neil
- Starting New Churches on Purpose: Strategies for the 21st Century, Ron Sylvia
- Full Disclosure: Exposing Church Planting Blind Spots, Stephen Gray and Barry Smith
- Multi-site Churches, Scott McConnell
- Viral Churches: Helping Church Planters Become Movement Makers, Ed Stetzer
- Untamed: Reactivating a Missional Form of Discipleship, Debra Hirsch
WEB SITES:
- Lewis Center for Church Leadership - www.churchleadership.com
- PATH1 New Church Starts at GBOD - www.Path1.org
(UMC new church start websites):
(Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development):