Books

Back to School: Why Theological Education Matters to the Church

Evangelism is the church’s speech to the outside world, but worship is where it learns its grammar.

Learn to Linger in Grief

Imagine a church where grief isn’t ignored, but it also isn’t hopeless. Where lament isn’t a sign of weak faith, but an act of worship.

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.

J.R. Briggs: The Sacred Overlap

Learning to Live Faithfully in the Space Between (Zondervan)

Jay Y. Kim: Analog Church

Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age (IVP Praxis)

Irwyn Ince Jr.: The Beautiful Community

Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best (IVP)

Gregg Okesson: A Public Missiology

How Local Churches Witness to a Complex World (Baker Academic)

Justin Giboney, Michael Wear & Chris Butler: Compassion (&) Conviction

The AND Campaign’s Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement (IVP)

Priscilla Pope-Levison: Models of Evangelism

An exploration of evangelism