2011 Outreach Resources of the Year List

APOLOGETICS
God is Great, God is Good: Why Believing in God is Reasonable and Responsible
Edited by William Lane Craig and Chad Meister (IVP)

On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision
By William Lane Craig (David C. Cook)

The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith
By Peter Hitchens (Zondervan)

CHILDREN’S OUTREACH
Kindness Counts (The Berenstain Bears)
By Jan & Mike Berenstain (Zonderkidz)

Children of God Storybook Bible
By Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Zonderkidz)

That’s Where God Is
By Dan & Ali Morrow (David C. Cook)

CHURCH MULTIPLICATION
Church Planter: The Man, The Message, The Mission
By Darrin Patrick (Crossway)

Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement
By Dave Ferguson and Jon Ferguson (Zondervan)

COMPASSION
Hurt Healer: Reaching Out to a Broken World
By Tony Nolan (Baker)

The Invisible: What the Church Can Do to Find and Serve the Least of These
By Arloa Sutter (Wesleyan)

CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRY
Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church
By Soong-Chan Rah (Moody)

Multicultural Ministry Handbook: Connecting Creatively to a Diverse World
Edited by David A. Anderson & Margarita R. Cabellon (IVP)

CULTURE
The Next Christians: The Good News About the End of Christian America
By Gabe Lyons (Doubleday)

EVANGELISM
The Best Kept Secret of Christian Mission: Promoting the Gospel With More Than Our Lips
By John Dickson (Zondervan)

JUSTICE
Humanitarian Jesus: Social Justice and the Cross
By Christian Buckley and Ryan Dobson (Moody)

LEADERSHIP
Sticky Teams: Keeping Your Leadership Team and Staff on the Same Page
By Larry Osborne (Zondervan)

MISSIONAL LIVING
Untamed: Reactivating a Missional Form of Discipleship
By Alan Hirsch and Debra Hirsch (Baker)

PASS-ALONG RESOURCES
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (but Were Afraid to Ask): The Jesus Edition
By Eric Metaxas (Regal)

Start! The Bible for New Believers
Edited by Greg Laurie (Thomas Nelson)

SMALL-GROUP CURRICULA
The Reason for God (DVD and Discussion Guide)
By Timothy Keller (Zondervan)

 

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When we become our own chief advocate, we are once again taking the place of God. Because advocating for us is actually not our job; it’s Jesus’s job.