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Recommended Reading on Whole-life Discipleship

The following list is comprised of recommended reading, articles and books, to help leaders and church members begin to think through the issues and implications of the whole-life discipleship perspective. We will be adding to this list on a regular basis - if there are any materials that are not on the list that you have found particularly helpful or thought provoking then please do contact us.

 

(* = particularly thought-provoking)

 

Reflecting on the role of church in disciple-making

Mission-shaped Church, Church House 2004
T. Bolsinger, It takes a church to raise a Christian, Brazos 2004
* T. Chester & S. Timmis, Total Church, IVP 2007
G. Cray, Disciples and Citizens: A vision for Distinctive Living, IVP 2007
R. Frazee, The Connecting Church, Zondervan, 2001
* M. Greene & T. Cotterell (eds.), Let my People Grow, Authentic, 2006
S. Hauerwas, Christian Existence Today, Labyrinth Press, 1988
*S. Hauerwas & W. Willimon, Resident Aliens, Abingdon, 1989
* B. Jackson, Hope for the Church, Church House Pub, 2002
* G. Ogden, Transforming Discipleship, IVP, 2003
* E. Peterson, Christ plays in Ten Thousand Places, Hodder, 2005
* E. Peterson, The Jesus Way, Hodder, 2007
P. Holmes, Trinity in Human Community, Paternoster, 2006
* T. Rainer & E. Geiger, Simple Church, Broadman & Holmes, 2006
H. Snyder, Decoding the Church, Baker, 2002
A. Walker & L Bretherton, Remembering our Future, Paternoster, 2007

 

Reflecting on the role of the church leader

J. Adair (ed), Creative Church Leadership, Modem, 2004
R. Banks & B. Ledbetter, Reviewing Leadership, Baker, 2004
* J. Collins, Good to Great, Random House, 2001
* J. Collins, Good to Great and the Social Sector, np, 2005
A. Fernando, Jesus-Driven Ministry, IVP, 2003
* A. Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways, Brazos, 2006
* A. Roxburgh & F. Romanuk, The Missional Leader, Jossey-Bass, 2006
L. Sweet, Summoned to Lead, Zondervan, 2004

 

Books that could be useful for church members to read:

J. Hardyman, Glory Days: Living your whole life for Jesus, IVP, 2006
K. Kandiah, Twenty-four : Integrating Faith and Real Life, Authentic, 2006.
E. Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, IVP, 2000
G. Tomlin, Spiritual Fitness, Authentic, 2006
N.T. Wright, Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship, Eerdmans, 1996

 

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