Andy Rowell

Church Leadership Conversations

  • Recommended Works on Ecclesiology by Academics

    Guder, Darrell L., ed. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

    Sweet, Leonard, ed. and Andy Crouch, Michael Horton, Frederica Mathews-Green, Brian D. McLaren, and Erwin Raphael McManus. The Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives. El Cajon: emergentYS, 2003.

    Volf, Miroslav. After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

  • Recommended Pastoral Theology Works by Academics

    Anderson, Ray S. The Shape of Practical Theology: Empowering Ministry with Theological Praxis. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2001.

    Buxton, Graham. Dancing in the Dark: The Privilege of Participating in the Ministry of Christ. Paternoster Press, 2002.

    Oden, Thomas C. Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1983.

    Willimon, William H. Pastor: The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry. Abingdon, 2002.

  • Church Change Books Bibliography

    Herrington, Jim and Mike Bonem, James H. Furr, Mike Bonem. Leading Congregational Change: A Practical Guide for the Transformational Journey. Jossey-Bass, 2000.

    Rainer, Thom S. Breakout Churches: Discover How to Make the Leap. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.