TOP 20 CHURCH PLANTING BOOKS

These were posted today by the website The Missional Challenge

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The Missional Challenge 
Top 20 
Church Planting Books

1. Six-Word Lessons to Discover Missional Living  (2010)
         by David DeVries
   Although I wrote this book for every believer to understand how to align with Jesus' mission, it's particularly helpful for church planters and church planting teams. Each lesson is bite-sized and leads to necessary actions for starting new churches.
   (And I'm not ashamed to list it first for many reasons)
   
   
2. The Externally Focused Church  (2004)
         by Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson
   This is an excellent book for shifting focus from the internal needs of members to the external needs of those in the harvest. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
   Read my amazon review here
   
   
3. Cultivating a Life for God (1999)
         by Neil Cole
   Neil's simple idea of Life Transformation Groups provide a great way to start the process of making disciples who make disciples.
   Read my amazon review here
   
   
4. The Shaping of Things to Come (2003)
         by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
   This is a great introduction to a missional incarnational approach to spirituality.
   
   
5. The Tangible Kingdom (2008)
         by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay
   A very practical understanding from first-hand experience of living in authentic missional community