Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens38 reviews Neil Cole Jossey-Bass, 2005 Organic Church answers the heart-cry of a worship-hungry soul + Yes!!!! No!!!!! + Great Read + One of the best             Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples78 reviews Thom S. Rainer, Eric Geiger B&H Books, 2006 Great reminder + "Simple Church" is simply great! + Great way to look at revamping church... This simple book was a great reminder to me to focus on the essentials of church and cut out some of the clutter. Could have done without all the charts in the book :)             The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of ...12 reviews Dick Staub Jossey-Bass, 2008 What's wrong with Christianity-lite? + Interesting and well written + Savvy, not Superficial + A book for the front lines of minstry. + defining a culturally savvy Christian             Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America (The Gospel and Our Culture Series)12 reviews Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998 This is a must, excellent read + Good Introduction to Missional Theology and Ecclesiology + A sign of hope + Prepare to Re-Think             What's So Amazing About Grace?188 reviews Philip Yancey Zondervan, 2002 Christian Manifesto + What's So Amazing About Grace + Grace for us all + secret to happyness + What's So Amazing About Grace?             Revolution90 reviews George Barna BarnaBooks, 2005 Many Churches operate like a Business not a Ministry! + The Face of the Church is Changing + Church & church Many churches especally the larger they become are functioning like a big business enterprise and not a Ministry which was once relevant to the timeless Gospel message of the Cross. As an example in this consumer age of attracting self-focused & self-seeking crowds churches are now using big ...             The Millennium Matrix: Reclaiming the Past, Reframing the Future of the Church (J-B Leadership Network Series)7 reviews M. Rex Miller Jossey-Bass, 2004 Connections, connections, connections....... + Something to think about + Should be required reading for all leaders + A Communication Chart for all Offices + relevant magazine reveiw             Worlds Apart: A Handbook on World Views; Second Edition1 review Norman L. Geisler, William D. Watkins Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2003 My Favorite Popular Geisler The basic structure and content of this book is taken from the middle section of his legendary textbook _Christian Apologetics_. However, it is written in a more accessible way and has handy charts and illustrations to help the reader. Amazon has done well in offering it along side Sire's ...             Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony20 reviews Stanley Hauerwas, William H. Willimon Abingdon Press, 1989 Timeless + A Christian classic + A Book to Be Pondered + It'll mess with your mind...in a good way + A Post-liberal primer on church and culture             Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story108 reviews Brian Welch HarperOne, 2008 Emotional tug of war + Brians book.... Quit Korn + Impacts Korn Fans & Those Suffering from Life Dominating Sins + Now I understand why he left. + Great book, very inspirational!             Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith4 reviews Catherine M. Barsotti, Robert K. Johnston Baker Books, 2004 A book for finding God's grace in the secular world + Helpful + Good book + Help me open my eyes wide!             Live to Tell: Evangelism in a Postmodern Age3 reviews Brad J. Kallenberg Brazos Press, 2002 What it would be like to sing the gospel song in a postmodern key. + Good + Great Book on Postmodern evangelism This book is superb. Unlike many who write about postmodernism in the church, Kallenberg truly understands it. He does not describe it in sweeping generalizations and half-truths. Rather he explains it clearly and (most importantly) accurately. If you have no idea what postmodernism is, or are ...             The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church38 reviews Reggie McNeal Jossey-Bass, 2003 Rarely Shocked + Must Read + It's about time! + Eye Opening! + Asking The Hard Questions             Grow Your Church from the Outside in: Understanding the Unchurched and How to Reach Them2 reviews George Barna Regal Books, 2002 Not just opinions solid research! + Excellent Resource Book I hear a lot of people making comments like, "We don't need to reinvent the wheel, if it worked for Rick Warren..." and "People are looking for relevant worship" Do you know that practically none of the people I have met take research seriously enough? Everyone seems content to just read a ...             The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical135 reviews Shane Claiborne Zondervan, 2006 Wow + Read with an open mind... + Someone who hears the message of Jesus in his heart + getting back to the basics + Shane Claiborne's Manifesto             Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: The None Zone1 review Patricia O'Connell Killen AltaMira Press, 2004 Hit the Nail on the Head! The authors of this book have named some very important truths about living the life of faith in the Pacific Northwest! Growing up in Seattle, I have understood the culture at a deep level, but these authors explicate the rationale for WHY it is this way making the implicit more explicit. Very ...             Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith (The Christian Practice of Everyday Life)6 reviews Eric O. Jacobsen, Eugene H. Peterson Brazos Press, 2003 City dwellers are divine + Putting back Sidewalks + Weaving faith and life into an integrated fabric People of all religious persuasions can find wisdom in this plain-spoken portrait of how humanity and culture are enriched by the informal social contacts of city life. Jacobsen, a pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Missoula, Montana, builds a case for why Christians should have special ...             The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church22 reviews Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch Hendrickson Publishers, 2003 new ideas for what "church" might look like + General Thoughts on the subject + Emergent training course I recommend this book to everyone who is tired of the institutional church. Even if someone doesn't want to start a house church, or be quite different, this book helps to challenge the need to always do things the same way. Do we really need a building? Paid staff? How can the church adapt to a ...             Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture4 reviews Lesslie Newbigin Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1986 Solid and creative thinking + Great Book + Searching honesty + Academic, Powerful, and Profound             Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith (The Christian Practice of Everyday Life)6 reviews Eric O. Jacobsen, Eugene H. Peterson Brazos Press, 2003 City dwellers are divine + Putting back Sidewalks + Weaving faith and life into an integrated fabric People of all religious persuasions can find wisdom in this plain-spoken portrait of how humanity and culture are enriched by the informal social contacts of city life. Jacobsen, a pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Missoula, Montana, builds a case for why Christians should have special ...