books

  • New Ebook from Ben Reed

    Recently my friend Ben Reed released a short book on small groups called “The Ultimate Small Group Blueprint”.  Ben is the small groups pastor at Long Hollow, a multi-site church in the Nashville, TN area. He’s…

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  • Helpful Books on Missional Communities – Practices

    As you begin to explore the world of missional church and missional communities, you can encounter an overwhelming number of resources. I have spent a good deal of time reading through much of the literature available,…

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  • Helpful Books on Missional Communities – Missional Philosophy

    As you begin to explore the world of missional church and missional communities, you can encounter an overwhelming number of resources. I have spent a good deal of time reading through much of the literature available,…

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  • Helpful Books on Missional Communities – Missional Theology

    As you begin to explore the world of missional church and missional communities, you can encounter an overwhelming number of resources. I have spent a good deal of time reading through much of the literature available,…

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  • Helpful Books on Missional Communities

    As you begin to explore the world of missional church and missional communities, you can encounter an overwhelming number of resources. I have spent a good deal of time reading through much of the literature available,…

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  • Current Reads

    I’m currently digging into a few new books, compliments of the best Christmas present ever, an shiny new Amazon Kindle 2: The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love by Jonathan Leeman Deep Church by…

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  • Not Being Able to Do It All | Kevin DeYoung

    From Kevin DeYoung’s post On Mission, Changing the World, and Not Being Able to Do It All: Maybe it’s because I’m Type A or left brained or a beaver or an ESTJ or a good pastor…

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  • Book Review | Adopted for Life

    The third book I had the opportunity to read through was Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches by Russell Moore. As a short synopsis, Moore paints the theological foundations of…

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  • Buy a Book, Support a Mission

    College Students: As you are preparing for you return to campus and your fall classes, inevitably you are going to purchase your textbooks. Makarios, one of our partnering organizations in the Dominican Republic, has set up…

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  • Book Review | Total Church

    The second book I read over my vacation was Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester. The overall perspective of the book is applying to the church the…

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  • Book Review | Vintage Church

    Although it wasn’t the first book I read on vacation, I’m going to start with Vintage Church: Timeless Truths and Timely Methods by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. I have grown to thoroughly appreciate the ministry…

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  • Vacation Reading | Overview

    One of the things I look forward to on vacation is some good time for reading.  Over the past two weeks I went through: Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches…

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