New and Renewing Churches Books
April 04, 2022
New Faith Communities
- Expanding the Expedition Reach with Missional Communities by Rachel Gilmore
- We Should Get Together: building relationships with busy people by Kat Velos
- Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch by Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas
- Flipping Church: How Successful Church Planters Are Turning Conventional Wisdom Upside Down by Michael Baughman
- The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
- Zero to 80: Innovative Ideas for Planting and Accelerating Church Growth by Olu Brown, Christine Shinn Latona, and Impact Lead Team
- Building a Healthy, Multi-Ethnic Church: Mandate, Commitments, and Practics of a Diverse Congregation by Mark Deymaz
- Longing For Spring: A Wesleyan Vision for Intentional Communities by Elaine Heath and Scott Kisker
- Get Together: How to Build a Community With Your People by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh and Kai Elmer Sotto
- New Church Handbook: Nuts & Bolts for Planting New Churches in the Wesleyan Tradition by Bob Crossman
- The Coming Revolution in Church Economics: Why Tithes and Offerings Are No Longer Enough, and What You Can Do about It by Mark DeYmaz
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Launching a New Worship Community: A Practical Guide for the 2020s by Paul Nixon
- Church in the Making: What Makes or Breaks a New Church Before it Starts by Ben Arment
- Planting Churches that Reproduce: Starting a Network of Simple Churches by Joel Comiskey
- Ten Most Common Mistakes Made by New Church Starts by Bill Easum and Jim Griffith
- Church Comes Home: Start a House Church Network Anywhere by Dave Barnhart
Fresh Expression:
- Fresh Expressions of Church by Travis Collins
- Welcome to Dinner, Church by Verlon Fosner
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We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship, and the Community of God by Kendall Vanderlice
- This is God’s Table: Finding Church Beyond the Walls by Anna Woofenden
- Deep Roots, Wild Branches: Revitalizing the Church in the Blended Ecology by Michael Adam Beck
- A Field Guide to Methodist Fresh Expressions by Michael Adam Beck with Jorge Acevado
- ReFresh: A not-so-new guide to being church and doing life by Michael Moynagh & Rob Peabody
- Becoming Church: A Trail Guide for Starting Fresh Expressions by Luke Edwards
- Dinner Church: Building Bridges by Breaking Bread by Verlon Fosner
- Contextual Intelligence: Unlocking the Ancient Secret to Mission on the Front Lines by Leonard Sweet and Michael Beck
- From the Steeple to the Street: Innovating Mission and Ministry Through Fresh Expressions of Church by Travis Collins
Merger:
- Better Together: Making Church Mergers Work by Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird
- Vital Merger: A New Church Start Approach That Joins Church Families Together, by Dirk Elliott
Revitalization or Restart:
- 10 Prescriptions for a Healthy Church by Bob Farr and Kay Kotan
- Building a Story Brand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller
- Leading Change Without Losing It: Five Strategies That Can Revolutionize How You Lead Change When Facing Opposition by Carey Nieuwhof
- A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by Edwin H. Friedman
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S.H.A.P.E.: Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life by Erik Rees
- A New Day in the City: Urban Church Revival by Donna Claycomb Sokol and L. Roger Owens
Marketing:
- From Social Media to Social Ministry: A Guide to Digital Discipleship by Nona Jones
- Church Communications: Methods and Marketing by Katie Allred
Discover, Develop and Deploy Spiritual Leaders to Make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.