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Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 12 Ways to Keep Yours Alive
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Include books by the same authorLive Love Lead: Your Best Is Yet to Come
Brian Houston
The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church
Reggie McNeal · 176 pages
In this provocative book, author, consultant, and church leadership developer Reggie McNeal debunks these and other old assumptions and provides an overall strategy to help church leaders move forward in an entirely different and much more effective way. McNeal identifies the six most important realities that church leaders must address including: recapturing the spirit of Christianity and replaci
To the Rescue: The Biography of Thomas S. Monson
Heidi S. Swinton
Rebuilt
Michael White, Tom Corcoran · 292 pages
When their parish reached a breaking point, Fr. Michael White and lay associate Tom Corcoran asked themselves how they could make the Church matter to Catholics, and they realized the answer was at the heart of the Gospel. Their faithful response not only tripled their weekend mass attendance, but also yielded increased giving, flourishing ministries, and a vibrant, solidly Catholic spiritual revi
The Analects
Confucius · 252 pages
"Formulated in the ruins of a society that had been founded on untenable spiritualistic concepts of governance, Confucius' philosophy postulated a humanistic social order that has survived as China's social ideal ever since." "Confucius' teachings are very literary in nature. The Analects is made up of dialogues, stories, and anecdotes, always aphoristic and full of poetic turns of thought."--BOOK
The Master Plan of Evangelism
Robert E. Coleman · 142 pages
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (9Marks)
Mark Dever · 304 pages
The Trellis and the Vine: The Ministry Mind-Shift That Changes Everything
Colin Marshall, Tony Payne
The Purpose Driven Church: Every Church Is Big in God's Eyes
Rick Warren · 463 pages
This is a five-point strategy for attracting and spiritually maturing the unchurched, from the pastor of Saddleback Church. Every church is driven by something. Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Rick Warren believes that in order for a church to be healthy it must become a purpose-driven church, buil
Living Your Strengths: Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community
Albert L. Winseman, Donald O. Clifton, Curt Liesveld · 268 pages
While millions of people in the U.S. are actively involved in some sort of religious organization, many people feel disengaged from their faith communities. More than half report that they really don't get the opportunity in their congregation to do what they do best. The problem is this: too many people's talents are going unappreciated. But it doesn't have to be this way. Living Your Strengths s
Power vs. Force
David R. Hawkins · 330 pages
Presents a study of kinesiology, a science based on the testing of an all-or-none muscle response stimulus, and claims that the techniques described can provide people with the means by which to calibrate levels of truth and determine whether they are being misled in most any situation.
7 Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness
Eric Metaxas · 240 pages
In Seven Men, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known—but not well understood—Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel.
The Maxwell Leadership Bible: Lessons in Leadership from the Word of God - New King James Version
John C. Maxwell · 1,632 pages
Follow Me to Freedom: Leading and Following As an Ordinary Radical
John M. Perkins · 240 pages
Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples
Thom S. Rainer, Eric Geiger · 281 pages
Encourages pastors to attract church patrons through time-tested, simple means of sharing the Gospel, using case studies of four hundred American churches that experienced growth through clarity, movement, alignment, and focus.
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
Henri J.M. Nouwen · 81 pages
Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life
Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker · 301 pages
Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach--especially a football coach--to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, the profanities, the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is
Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Phil Hodges · 248 pages
Where can you find a leadership model that can transform your life? Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges have learned the answer to that question. After years of seeing leadership from a worldview, can and fill have looked deep into Scripture and discovered more leadership wisdom than they could have imagined. Journey down the "ancient paths" (Jeremiah 6:16) and learn how to lead like Jesus and make a di
Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior
Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty · 240 pages
Have a Little Faith: a True Story
Mitch Albom · 272 pages
What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds-two men, two faiths, two communities-that will inspire readers everywhere.Albom's first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-ye
The Cross and the Switchblade
David Wilkerson, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill · 175 pages
The astonishing true story of Wilkerson's outreach to New York teens trapped by drugs and gangs. Over 14 million copies in print!