Books & Reviews2023-02-28T20:26:46-06:00

Great Books

Each year for the XP-Seminar, we cull the world for great books on personal enrichment, management and leadership: Classics—never forget about the great ones! Business books—our friends in the business world have lessons to teach us. Christian books—national thought leaders writing on vital topics.

Books and Reviews

New books are being written every day on spiritual growth, leadership and management. Here are reviews by your peers. take a gander at their “must reads.”

Free 2021 Tax Guide from ECFA

By |January 14th, 2021|

Our friends and ministry partner, The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, has just released their ECFA’s 2021 Tax Guides. For the first time ever, all of the individual chapters and entire guides are available for [...]

Entrusted: Intentional Church Facility Stewardship

By |June 26th, 2020|

Fletch talks with Tim Cool about his latest book “Entrusted: A Guide to Intentional Church Facility Stewardship.” Tim has extensive experience in all aspects of church buildings. Get in on a great discussion about [...]

Improv Leadership: How to Lead Well in Every Moment

By |June 22nd, 2020|

Fletch talks with Stan Endicott, co-founder of Slingshot Group. Stan has developed Improv Leadership. Improv leaders apply five competencies to initiate powerful conversations, create memorable moments, and craft personal coaching strategies that help people [...]

Great Books 2020

By |June 9th, 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 [...]

Befriending Your Monsters

By |May 14th, 2020|

Luke Norsworthy started a powerful conversation at this year's XP-Seminar. Many pastors were deeply moved by Luke's talk. Join us for more as Fletch and Luke Norsworthy discuss Luke's latest book, Befriending Your Monsters: [...]

Great Books 2019

By |June 18th, 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 . . [...]

Read the Great Books 2018

By |February 9th, 2018|

Each year for the XP-Seminar, we cull the world for great books on personal enrichment, management and leadership:Classics—never forget about the great ones!Business books—our friends in the business world have lessons to teach us.Christian books—national [...]

Great Books 2018

By |February 8th, 2018|

February 8, 2018 Hey Fletch … When are you going to post your annual list of recommended books? Don’t you do it right before the XP-Seminar? DRF—Nothing gets by you, friend! Yes, for each [...]

Great Books 2018

By |February 5th, 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 [...]

Staffing Smarts—Free Resource to Download

By |March 2nd, 2017|

Our friends at Slingshot have released a great book on effective techniques to help you hire the best. They say: "From building healthy teams to navigating ministry crises in your church staff, the people [...]

Church Event Planning Toolkit

By |February 13th, 2017|

Deborah Ike is a regular author on XPastor.org, contributing some fantastic articles over the last few years. Based on her experience in helping churches and as a professional project manager, Deborah shares her approach to [...]

Great Books 2017

By |February 5th, 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 [...]

Great Books 2016

By |January 31st, 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 [...]

Book Review: Contagious Generosity

By |September 21st, 2015|

I recently read the book, Contagious Generosity: Creating a Culture of Giving in Your Church by Chris Willard and Jim Sheppard. I found this book to be inspiring and refreshing; it resonated with me in [...]

Book Review: Necessary Endings

By |August 15th, 2015|

Necessary Endings is a “necessary” read for every church leader, regardless of denominational stripe. While the author and internationally renowned Dr. Henry Cloud intended this volume to promote personal and professional growth, it could have [...]

Book Review: Less Clutter. Less Noise

By |June 9th, 2015|

I came across Kem Meyer a few years ago when I spent the day in my office listening to The Nines Webinar Conference. I was so intrigued and delighted by her approach and expertise that [...]

Book Review: Deep & Wide

By |June 8th, 2015|

I choose to read and review Deep & Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend  because of my positive experiences with other Andy Stanley and North Point books and videos. Andy’s book Communicating for a [...]

Book Review: Church Unique

By |May 30th, 2015|

In his book, Church Unique, Will Mancini pushes pastors to engage in the hard work of finding the unique contribution that their church can make to the world. More than strategy, this is a matter [...]

Book Review: The Wall Street MBA

By |May 28th, 2015|

When I picked The Wall Street MBA by Reuben Advani from the bibliography of the XP Online Course on Finance, I wondered what the connection to church ministry would be. It turns out that the connection [...]

Great Books 2015

By |January 31st, 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 [...]

Book Excerpt: Strange Leadership

By |April 23rd, 2014|

My top two spiritual gifts are leadership and administration, so the subject of organization is something I love and gravitate toward. If you have the spiritual gift of administration, you love structure, systems, processes, and [...]

Great Books 2014

By |January 31st, 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 [...]