The top 5 downloaded eBooks on church multiplication from Exponential are worth checking out – Becoming a Level Five Multiplying Church – Todd Wilson & Dave Ferguson Spark: Igniting a Culture of Multiplication – Todd Wilson Sending Capacity, Not Seating Capacity – J.D. Greear & Mike McDaniel Flow: Unleashing a River of Multiplication in Your Church,… Continue reading
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Books on movements
Check out these great books relating to movements – – ‘Contagious Disciple Making: Leading Others on a Journey of Discovery’ (David Watson & Paul Watson) – ‘Miraculous Movements: How Hundreds of Thousands of Muslims Are Falling in Love with Jesus’ (Jerry Trousdale) – ‘Pioneering Movements: Leadership that multiplies disciples and churches’ (Steve Addison) – ‘Movements… Continue reading
Fruitful Church: a Manifesto for Sending
Check out Andrew Turner’s new book: Fruitful Church: a Manifesto for Sending. It is excellent! A must read. ‘At the heart of this book is the suggestion that we should measure success not by the number of people that come in to our church, but by the number and caliber of believers who are sent… Continue reading
Frost/Hirsch – Shaping
Frost, Michael & Hirsch, Alan. The Shaping of Things to Come. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003. Frost and Hirsch propose, and build their book upon, three overarching principles that they see as basic to emerging or missional church and further inform the value we’ll come to you. I have found it extremely valuable to explore… Continue reading
Foster – Living Water
Foster, Richard. Streams of Living Water. San Francisco, CA: Harper Collins, 1998. Foster identifies six traditions or streams of the Holy Spirit’s activity – identifying the impact of these streams in the life and ministry of Jesus, in a biblical context, in history and in a contemporary paradigm. Each chapter explores a tradition and follows… Continue reading
Barna – Revolution
Barna, George. Revolution. Carol Springs, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2005. Barna suggests that we are seeing the most significant recalibration of local church for over 150 years. He believes research is indicating we are in the midst of a revival that is radically different to all previous revivals, in that this spiritual revolution in the… Continue reading
McLaren – More Ready!
McLaren, Brian. More Ready than You Realize. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002. I have read McLaren’s Finding Faith (1999), The Church on the Other Side (2002) – and am reading The Secret Message of Jesus (2006) – however, the book that I have enjoyed the most so far was More Ready than You Realize. Within… Continue reading