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Growth Books

Books selected for readers looking for growth books.

29 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·1 crossover shelf·156% reader overlap with Books for When You Are Leading A Church Community

1. AND
Hugh Halter, Matt Smay
Fits this list for its focus on growth.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
2. Transforming Discipleship
Greg Ogden
Fits this list for its focus on growth.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
3. Shrink
Tim Suttle, Scot McKnight
Fits this list for its focus on growth.
Shelf signal: Church Leadership
4. The Explicit Gospel
Matt Chandler, Jared C. Wilson
Fits this list for its focus on growth.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
5. Faithful Presence
David E. Fitch
Included for strong spiritual alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
6. Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore
Thom Schultz, Joani Schultz
Included for strong church alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
7. Growing Young
Kara Powell, Jake Mulder
Included for strong christian alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Youth Ministry
8. Church Forsaken
Jonathan Brooks, Sho Baraka
Included for strong christian alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
9. Exponential
Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson
Fits this list for its focus on growth.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
10. Adventures in Churchland
Dan Kimball, Foreword by Wanda Jackson Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - introduction
Included for strong book club alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
11. Barefoot Church
Brandon Hatmaker, Adam Black
Included for strong book club alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
12. Sticky Church
Larry Osborne
Included for strong church alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
13. Confessions of a Reformission Rev.
Mark Driscoll
Fits this list for its focus on growth.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
14. The Reason for Church
Brad Edwards, Michael Keller
Included for strong church alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
15. The Church As Movement
JR Woodward, Dan White Jr.
Included for strong guide alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
16. Purpose Driven Youth Ministry
Doug Fields, Rick Warren
Fits this list for its focus on growth.
Shelf signal: Youth Ministry
17. I Am a Church Member
Thom S. Rainer
Included for strong christian alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
18. Who Stole My Church
Gordon MacDonald
Included for strong book club alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
19. The Living Church
John Stott, John R.W. Stott
Included for strong christian alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
20. A Generous Orthodoxy
Brian D. McLaren
Included for strong life alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
21. Gospel-centered Kids Ministry
Brian Dembowczyk
Included for strong children alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Children's Ministry
22. Autopsy of a Deceased Church
Thom S. Rainer
Included for strong church alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
23. No Perfect People Allowed
John Burke, Tom Casaletto
Included for strong christian alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth
24. The Emerging Church
Dan Kimball, Rick Warren
Included for strong religion alignment with this growth list.
Shelf signal: Church Growth