Books

Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Grover Park Baptist Church: A Thread of Hope

At auction, the quilts go for hundreds or even thousands of dollars that directly help women and children in need, providing funds for baby and maternity items at the pregnancy resource center.

James N. Sells: The Best Books on Church Care

People in pain do not live in the “post-Christian era.” They go to church for help.

Setting Boundaries in Leadership

We need time for family, time to recharge, time to eat, time to work out . . . Do you have time to help that person who’s asking? Not if you’re going to do the things you need to do.

Leading With an Eye Toward the Goal

What is God's dream inside of you? Chasing a goal and accomplishing a dream is never more critical than finding balance in managing your time and pursuits.

A Multiplication Education

Redeemer had planted enough churches that it made sense to formalize the Redeemer Network in order to train, fund and support church planters and new church plants.

Becoming a Connector Church

Instead of looking backward, the church should begin to look outward as it revamps how it reconnects with the community.

3 Ways to Redeem the Local Church

Three ways you can redeem the local church are to redeem the vision, space, and community connection.

A Way to Organize and Understand God’s Gifts

When we do theology, our task is not to add to what God has revealed in the Scriptures, but to order it. Theology is a way to organize and better know and understand what God has gifted us in special revelation.

Beyond Me and Mine

What does it mean to be a part of a local church?

Reliable Leadership

For the last four hundred years, racism has been ingrained in the founding and fabric of America. What this means is the gravitational pull of our culture is downward into prejudice, discrimination, and racism.