Books For When...

Books for When You Are Leading A Church Community

Practical theology and leadership guidance for ministry and church operations.

54 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·2 crossover shelves·156% reader overlap with Growth Books

1. Growing Young
Kara Powell, Jake Mulder
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Youth Ministry
2. The Church As Movement
JR Woodward, Dan White Jr.
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
3. Autopsy of a Deceased Church
Thom S. Rainer
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
4. Barefoot Church
Brandon Hatmaker, Adam Black
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
5. Who Stole My Church
Gordon MacDonald
Fits this list for its focus on church and when.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
6. I Am a Church Member
Thom S. Rainer
Fits this list for its focus on church and when.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
7. Transforming Discipleship
Greg Ogden
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
8. Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore
Thom Schultz, Joani Schultz
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
9. No Perfect People Allowed
John Burke, Tom Casaletto
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
10. Exponential
Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson
Fits this list for its focus on church and you.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
11. AND
Hugh Halter, Matt Smay
Fits this list for its focus on church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
12. Sticky Church
Larry Osborne
Fits this list for its focus on church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
13. Faithful Presence
David E. Fitch
Fits this list for its focus on church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
14. Revitalize
Andrew M. Davis, Mark Dever
Fits this list for its focus on church and leading.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
15. The Search to Belong
Joseph R. Myers, Coach John Wooden and Futurist Leonard Sweet
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
16. Shrink
Tim Suttle, Scot McKnight
Fits this list for its focus on church.
Shelf signal: Church Leadership
17. Organic Church
Neil Cole, Leonard Sweet
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Christian Living
18. The Pastor
Eugene H. Peterson
Fits this list for its focus on church and when.
Shelf signal: Christian Memoirs
19. The Living Church
John Stott, John R.W. Stott
Fits this list for its focus on church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
20. Apostolic Church Planting
Payne J. D., J.D. Payne
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
21. Canoeing the Mountains
Tod Bolsinger
Fits this list for its focus on you.
Shelf signal: Church Leadership
22. The Multi-site Church Revolution
Geoff Surratt, Greg Ligon
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
23. Confessions of a Reformission Rev.
Mark Driscoll
Fits this list for its focus on church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
24. The Emerging Church
Dan Kimball, Rick Warren
Fits this list for its focus on are and church.
Shelf signal: Church Growth