Tod Bolsinger: It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian: How the Community of God Transforms Lives
Selected for an Award of Merit by the Christianity Today Book Awards in the Church/Pastoral Leadership category.
Tod Bolsinger: Show Time: Living Down Hypocrisy By Living Out The Faith
This books is from start to finish a book for “everyday believers” living out their faith in the real world.
John Mark Reynolds, Roger Overton, eds.: The New Media Frontier: Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting for Christ
I contributed a chapter to this discussion of how New Media helps--and hinders--communicating the old, good news.
James P. Osterhaus: Thriving through Ministry Conflict: By Understanding Your Red and Blue Zones
This little book is a must-read for every pastor or church leader who wants to learn how to make good decisions in the complex church system.
Laurence Gonzales: Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
How your brain works under stress and how to learn to survive and thrive. Much of what is here is refreshingly counter-intuitive.
Jim Herrington: The Leader's Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation
Pastor: Stop. Read this. now.
Kevin G. Ford: Transforming Church: Bringing Out the Good to Get to Great
This is the best overall book on church leadership that I have read.
Ori Brafman: The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
This may be the best organizing principle for the church.
Danny Meyer: Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Danny Meyer makes money selling what the church is supposed to be giving away for free.
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"We are in this for the long haul." Dr. Ed Young of Second Baptist Church of Houston.
Please read this inspiring editorial from CT Online about what the church should be and--praise God--is doing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Also Dr. Ed Brenegar is registering churches that want to partner with other churches in the gulf region.
Mark D. Roberts is doing his usual great job of reflecting biblically on the aftermath of the hurricane.
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Tod,
Thanks for linking to my site. Ed Young is right. We need to be in this for the long haul. The best way to do this is by making this a personal calling of our members. When that happens, they have a stake in the outcome, and want to see their church make a difference. This is a great opportunity for the church to be the church. It is beginning to happen, and it is so primarily because their is a personal connection between the churches. Blessings all those churches that are willing to commit to caring as a partner in service.
Posted by: Ed Brenegar | Sunday, September 11, 2005 at 04:50 PM