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Great Books 2020

Great Books 2020!

Church Growth Flywheel: 5 Practical Systems to Drive Growth at Your Church

Rich Birch

Are you ready to see your church impact more people than you have ever before? Are you […]

By |2022-05-02T21:13:37-05:00June 9th, 2020|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2019

Great Books 2019!

Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World

Andy Stanley

Once upon a time there was a version of our faith that was practically . . . irresistible. But that […]

By |2022-05-02T21:12:41-05:00June 18th, 2019|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2018

Great Books 2018!

Crisis Leadership: Personal Accounts From Leaders Who Found Their Way and Thrived

Scott Barfoot and David Fletcher–Editors

Crisis Leadership takes a fresh and compelling look inside the hearts, minds and personal […]

By |2022-05-02T20:56:21-05:00February 5th, 2018|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2017

Great Books for 2017

Crisis Leadership: Personal Accounts From Leaders Who Found Their Way and Thrived

Scott Barfoot and David Fletcher–Editors

Crisis Leadership takes a fresh and compelling look inside the hearts, minds and […]

By |2022-05-02T20:54:52-05:00February 5th, 2017|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2016

Great Books for 2016

Crisis Leadership: Personal Accounts From Leaders Who Found Their Way and Thrived

Scott Barfoot and David Fletcher–Editors

Crisis Leadership takes a fresh and compelling look inside the hearts, minds and […]

By |2022-05-02T20:55:01-05:00January 31st, 2016|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2015

Great Books 2015

Crisis Leadership: Personal Accounts From Leaders Who Found Their Way and Thrived

Scott Barfoot and David Fletcher

Crisis Leadership takes a fresh and compelling look inside the hearts, minds […]

By |2022-05-02T20:55:10-05:00January 31st, 2015|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2014

Great Books 2014

Crisis Leadership: Personal Accounts From Leaders Who Found Their Way and Thrived

Scott Barfoot and David Fletcher

Crisis Leadership takes a fresh and compelling look inside the hearts, minds and […]

By |2022-05-02T20:55:24-05:00January 31st, 2014|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2012

Great Books 2012

In Pursuit of Great AND Godly Leadership

Mike Bonem

Is it possible for church leaders to use biblical and secular leadership concepts in a way that keeps Christ–not the […]

By |2022-05-02T20:36:56-05:00December 16th, 2012|Books & Reviews|

Church Constitution

XPastor tries to help churches by providing some of the essentials for running a church—items like job descriptions, employment applications, review forms and policies. Below is the Church Constitution of Grace Covenant Church of Austin, […]

By |2022-05-02T20:38:18-05:00December 16th, 2012|Governance|

Great Books 2011

Great Books 2011

The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis

Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imitation of Christ. This meditation on […]

By |2022-05-02T20:33:06-05:00December 17th, 2011|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2010

Great Books 2010

Church Turned Inside Out: A Guide for Designers, Refiners and Re-Alligners

Linda Bergquist and Allan Karr

A design-thinking book for planting or redesigning churches and incubating a new generation of […]

By |2022-05-02T20:33:16-05:00December 17th, 2010|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2009

Great Books 2009

Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God

Mark Batterson

Mark Batterson’s Wild Goose Chase detonates anemic Christianity masquerading as the ‘real thing’ and winsomely propels us to what […]

By |2022-05-02T20:33:23-05:00December 17th, 2009|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2008

Great Books 2008

The Blogging Church: Sharing the Story of Your Church Through Blogs

Brian Bailey and Terry Storch

The Blogging Church offers church leaders a field manual for using the social […]

By |2022-05-02T20:33:30-05:00December 17th, 2008|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2007

Great Books 2007

Leading From the Second Chair: Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role, and Realizing Your Dreams

Mike Bonem & Roger Patterson

This book will raise awareness of the need for […]

By |2022-05-02T20:33:36-05:00December 16th, 2007|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2006

Great Books 2006

Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

Rob Bell

In Velvet Elvis, Rob Bell frees us to consider God beyond the picture someone else painted for us in order to find […]

By |2022-05-02T20:33:41-05:00December 17th, 2006|Books & Reviews|

Great Books 2005

Great Books 2005

Godric: A Novel

Frederick Buechner

Frederick Buechner’s Godric “retells the life of Godric of Finchale, a twelfth-century English holy man whose projects late in life included that of purifying his […]

By |2022-05-02T20:33:46-05:00December 17th, 2005|Books & Reviews|