Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A...
John PiperIn this revised and expanded edition of Brothers, We Are Not Professionals that includes a new introduction and select all-new chapters, best-selling author John Piper pleads through a series of thoughtful essays with fellow pastors...
Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerg...
Jim BelcherFeel caught between the traditional church and the emerging church? Discover a third way: deep church. C. S. Lewis used the phrase "deep church" to describe the body of believers committed to mere Christianity. Unfortunately church in...
The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Ta...
Jon M. SweeneyAt the close of the tumultuous Middle Ages, there lived a man who seemed destined from birth to save the world. His name was Peter Morrone, a hermit, a founder of a religious order, and, depending on whom you talk to, a reformer, an i...
The Triumph of Christianity: How the ...
Rodney StarkCelebrated religious and social historian Rodney Starktraces the extraordinary rise of Christianity through its most pivotal andcontroversial moments to offer fresh perspective on the history of the world'slargest religion. In The Tri...
Creature of the Word: The Jesus-Cente...
Matt ChandlerThe Reformers viewed the gospel as not merely one thing among many in the life of a church but rather the means by which the church exists. When the gospel is rightly declared and applied to God's people, the church becomes "a cr...
Leading From Horseback: Lost Lessons ...
Jim CowartHorses are accustomed to leaders. They want a leader. They expect a leader. A person becomes a leader of horses by making the horse move his or her feet—like the dominant mare in the pasture. She asserts and establishes her position...
How did Jesus lead people? This matters because without leadership there is no discipleship --without discipleship there is no church. Discipleship is indispensable. Yet discipleship is often the battlefield upon which religious-cultu...
Axiom: The Language of Leadership
Bill HybelsWinning leaders have winning points-of-view—succinct, practical, portable leadership proverbs that help them arbitrate decisions and arouse troops to action. In Axiom: The Language of Leadership, Pastor Bill Hybels reveals sixty God...
Vertical Church: What Every Heart Lon...
James MacDonaldAn emergency call, and I rush from my coziness into the dark community where the police have requested a chaplain. Arriving in minutes, I find the family imploding with grief having just discovered their son hanging in the garage. In ...
God's Jury: The Inquisition and the M...
Cullen MurphyThe Inquisition conducted its last execution in 1826-the victim was a Spanish schoolmaster convicted of heresy. But as Cullen Murphy shows in this provocative new work, not only did its offices survive into the twentieth century, in t...
Sticky Leaders: The Secret to Lasting...
Larry OsborneMost books on innovation make it sound as if success is the end result of a carefully followed recipe. But the simple fact is that when it comes to any new venture, failure is the surest horse to bet on. Respected pastor and author, ...
Inexplicable: How Christianity Spread...
Jerry PattengaleThe name of Jesus and his teachings captured people’s hearts and minds throughout much of the world long before Christianity was legal. Long before armies and governments protected or supported it, and then long after Emperor Co...
Church History in Plain Language: Fou...
Bruce L. ShelleyWith more than 315,000 print copies sold, this is the story of the church for today's listeners. Dr. Bruce Shelley makes church history come alive in this classic book that has become not only the first choice of many laypeople and ch...
Untold Story of the New Testament Chu...
Frank ViolaA Masterpiece in Narrative Ecclesiology Watch the New Testament come alive! Understand God's Word like never before! The New Testament is often hard to understand. A major reason is because it is not arranged in chronological or...
Preaching: Communicating Faith in an ...
Timothy KellerPastor, preacher, and New York Times bestselling author of The Songs of Jesus Timothy Keller shares his wisdom on communicating the Christian faith from the pulpit as well as from the coffee shop.Most Christians—including pastors—...
Built on the Rock: The Healthy Congre...
What's the secret to a healthy congregation?In Built on the Rock, author Ted Kober, an expert in Christ-centered reconciliation, offers church leaders and members and effective prescription for building and sustaining healthy congrega...
Clip In: Risking Hospitality in Your ...
When a cyclist clips into the pedals, a huge risk is involved because he or she must learn a new way to achieve balance and momentum. Creating a culture of hospitality within your church involves the same intricate process. Not only d...
High Yield: Seven Disciplines of the ...
Just as in the world of agriculture, many variables influence fruitfulness. Leader behaviors are among the most important of those variables. Whether by training or intuition, fruitful leaders develop a set of practices that serve the...
Los 8 hábitos de los mejores lídere...
Este es el manual de estudio que va de la mano con el libro "Los 8 hábitos de los mejores líderes" que el autor se propone impulsar fuertemente con el propósito de ayudar a los líderes a cultivar un crecimiento saludable...
Never Trust a Leader Without a Limp: ...
A Unique Life, a Gifted Calling, a Lasting LegacyJohn Wimber is not only revered as the founder of the Vineyard movement but is renowned for his unique ability to capture truth in pithy little phrases. This inspirational collection of...
Pastor on Track: Reclaiming Our True ...
So often pastors are defined by external forces, rather than by the essential nature of the pastoral leader as modeled in scripture. Taking positive steps to 'put pastors on track,' author Emanuel Cleaver III draws on his own experie...
Preaching in the Inventive Age
What kind of communities are we forming? What story are we telling? How can we tell it more effectively? Pagitt takes on these questions and investigates the goals and roles of preaching in the Inventive Age. From the book: "I ...
The Agile Church: Spirit-Led Innovati...
In today's dynamic cultural environment, churches have to be more than faithful—they have to be agile. That means embracing processes of trial, failure, and adaptation as they form Christian community with new neighbors. And that me...
Vital: Churches Changing Communities ...
Jorge AcevedoWhat behaviors do highly vital congregations have in common? How can all congregations move toward greater vitality? In Vital, Jorge Acevedo passionately and effectively reveals how Grace Church in Cape Coral, Florida, has developed b...
God, Fire & Revival: Supernatural Sce...
John Wesley AdamsThis book is a fire-starter! And its fire is contagious! Prayer in the Hebrides was the catalyst for revival, and revival was God’s catalyst for community transformation. Historic revivals have always had sizeable transformational i...
Change is not a constant!The velocity of change in our world is growing at an exponential rate, making it a variable. Rogue Leadership looks at the Biblical narrative of Nehemiah’s change management.Ancient wisdom to help you becom...
The church has an image problem. It is widely viewed in the world at large as being outdated, boring, irrelevant and filled with backbiting hypocrites. How different that picture is to how the Bible talks about the new family that ...
Church Communications: Methods and Ma...
Katie AllredWhy does a church’s online presence matter? Expert church communication and marketing strategist Katie Allred outlines how churches can continue advancing the gospel and reach more people using new methods of communication. Desi...