Resources
Recommended Resources
My Top Three List
Dr. Charlie Worley
Resourcing is a vital part of ministry coaching and equipping. Here are my top three recommended resources in some helpful categories as you seek to take your next steps forward in life and ministry.
BOOKS
Change
A Sense of Urgency by John P. Lotter
Leading Change by John P. Cotter
Leading Congregational Change by Jim Herrington, Mike Bonem and James H. Furr
Church Boards
Church Elders by Jeramie Rinne
High Impact Church Boards by T.J. Addington
Sticky Teams by Larry Osborne
Church Conflict
Church Conflict by Charles H. Hargrove and Dennis D. Hatfield
Every Church Needs a Little Conflict by George W. Bullard
Making Peace by Jim Van Yperen
Church DNA
Church Unique by Will Mancini
Look Before You lead by Aubrey Malphurs
Simple Church by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger
Church Leadership
Building Leaders by Aubrey Malphurs
Developing the Leaders Around You by John C. Maxwell
Hero Maker by Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird
Church Planting
Global Church Planting by Craig Ott and Gene Wilson
The Nuts and Bolts of Church Planting by Aubrey Malphurs
Planting Missional Churches, Second Edition by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im
Churches in Transition
Comeback Churches by Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson
Re:VISION by Aubrey Malphurs and Gordon Penfold
Transitioning by Dan Southerland
Coaching
Coaching 101 by Robert E. Logan and Sherilyn Carlton
Leadership Coaching by Tony Stoltzfus
Transformational Coaching by Steve Ogne and Tim Roehl
Cultural Exegesis
Neighborhood Mapping by John Fuder
The Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon
Tradecraft by Larry E. McCrary et. al.
Cultural Intelligence
Many Colors by Soong-Chan Rah
Serving With Eyes Wide Open by David A. Livermore
Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church by Mark Deymaz
Denominational Leadership
Churches Partnering Together by Chris Bruno and Matt Dirks
Direct Hit by Paul D. Borden
Hit the Bullseye by Paul D. Borden
Disciple-making
Discipleshift by Jim Putman and Bobby Harrington with Robert Coleman
The Disciple-making Church by Bill Hull
4 Chair Discipling by Dan Spader
Discipleship
Multiply by Francis Chan
The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert E. Coleman
What Dis Jesus Really Say When He Said Follow Me by David Platt
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman
The Emotionally Healthy Church by Peter Scazzero
Interim Pastor
Between Pastors by Cam Taylor and Alan Simpson
The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins
Turn Your Ship Around by L. David Marquet
Mentoring
As Iron Sharpens Iron by Howard Hendricks and William Hendricks
Mentoring by Bobb Biehl
Mentoring Leaders by Carson Pue
Mission/Purpose
Developing a Dynamic Mission for Your Ministry by Aubrey Malphurs
Simple Church by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger
The Purpose-Driven Church by Rick Warren
Missional Ministry
Breaking the Missional Code by Ed Stetzer and David Putman
The Missional Journey by Robert E. Logan
The Missional Leader by Allan J. Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk
Pastor Search
Help – We Just Lost Our Pastor by Ken Moberg
Search: The Pastoral Search Committee Handbook by William Vanderbloemen
So You're Looking for a Pastor by Chad Balthrop and Page Cole
Strategic Planning
Advanced Strategic Planning by Aubrey Malphurs
Master Planning by Bobb Biehl
Renewing Your Church Through Vision and Planning by Marshall Shelly, ed.
Teams
Doing Church as a Team by Wayne Cordeiro
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
The Performance Factor by Pat MacMillan
Turn-around Churches
Comeback Churches by Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson
Leading Turnaround Churches by Gene Woods
Transformational Church by Ed Stetzer and Thom S Rainer
Vision
Captured by Vision by George W. Bullard
Visioneering by Andy Stanley
Vision for Ministry in the 21st Century by Aubrey Malphurs
Values
A New Kind of Church by Aubrey Malphurs
Create and Celebrate Your Church's Uniqueness by Harold J. Westing
Values-driven leadership by Aubrey Malphurs
BLOG SOURCES
churchleaders.com
careynieuwhof.com
edstetzer.com