Books

David Washington’s Top Books on Youth Ministry

Adolescence and teen years are a small window of time that will fundamentally shape who young people will become as adults. The church cannot afford to miss the opportunity to guide those under our care.

Tiffany Stein’s Top 5 Books on Grief

Tiffany Stein is an ordained minister who also serves as a fourth-grade teacher. She previously served as a women’s pastor and marriage and care...

Food for Thought

Shepherding the church has been and always will be theological at root.

I’d Like You More If You Were More Like Me

John Ortberg: Getting Real about Getting Close

10 Enduring Practices of Apex Leaders

"There are things great leaders have always done and will always do."

The Top 10 Reasons Church Visitors Don’t Return

"Churches perceive they are a friendly church because the members are friendly to one another. But they don’t think about walking in the shoes of first-time guests."

Becoming a Welcoming Church

Thom Rainer: "This book is for those—whether church leaders, pastors, or members—who are willing ‘to look in the mirror.’"

Into the Night: The Mystic Way of Evangelism

Elaine A. Heath: On the margins of society, the church will once again find its God-given voice to speak to the dominant culture in subversive ways, resisting the powers and principalities, standing against the seduction of the status quo.

There Is More

Brian Houston: When the World Says You Can't, God Says You Can

Brian Houston: If You Want to Be Great, Serve—and Dream.

"The Word of God says it plainly: if you want to be great, serve. It’s the quality that set Jesus apart from all others."

Brian Houston: Living God’s Calling—Part 1

"Believers and church leaders shouldn't just be living saved. They should be living called."