Recommended Books

Below are selections of recommended books that are related to their listed categories. These specific books have been selected because they have proven to be useful to equip people with skills in their designated categories.  

Disciple Making and Small Groups

  1. 2000 Years of Small Groups by Joel Comiskey
  2. Brave New Discipleship by Max Anders
  3. Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  4. Personal Disciplemaking by Christopher Adsit
  5. Discipleship that Fits by Harrington and Absalom
  6. Gospel-Centered Discipleship by JonathanDodson
  7. Disciple Making Is... by Earley and Dempsey
  8. Transformational Groups by Stetzer and Geiger
  9. Real-life Discipleship by Jim Putman
  10. Transforming Discipleship by Ogden

Spiritual Formation

  1. More by Wilson
  2. Conformed to His Image by Kenneth Boa
  3. Christ Formed in You by Hedges
  4. Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice by Willard and Johnson
  5. Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
  6. Habits of Grace by David Mathis
  7. Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life by Donald Whitney

Leadership

  1. Designed to Lead by Geiger and Peck
  2. Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp
  3. Upside Down by Stacy Rinehart
  4. The Rise of the Nones by James White
  5. Why They Stay by Parr and Crites
  6. Leaders Who Last by Dave Kraft
  7. Axiom by Bill Hybels
  8. The Painful Side of Leadership by Jeff Iorg
  9. The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make by Hans Finzel
  10. Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders
  11. Taking Your Church to the Next Level by Gary McIntosh
  12. The Leadership Code by Dave Ulsrich

Family Ministry

  1. Family Ministry Field Guide by Timothy Paul Jones
  2. The Space Between by Walt Mueller
  3. Parenting With Kingdom Purpose by Hemphill and Ross
  4. Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp
  5. Give Them Grace by Fitzpatrick and Thompson
  6. Effective Parenting in a Defective World by Chip Ingram
  7. Spiritual Parenting by C. H. Spurgeon