At a
recent Church Planter Cluster we came up with a list of books we'd read this year, 'The Best Books of 2007'.
Here’s
the list:
“The
Bible”
--Everyone!
“The
E-Myth Revisited” by Michael E. Gerber
--Kyle
Hedwall, church planter in Lathrop, California
“Justice
in the Burbs: Being the Hands of Jesus
Wherever You Live” by Will Samson
--Scott
Canady, church planter relocating in 2008 to Rockwall, Texas
“The
Starfish and the Spider” by Ori Brafman & Rod Beckstrom
--J.D.
Pearring, Director of GHC Network
“Into the
Wild” by Jon Krakauer
--Alan
Coler, church planter in Missoula, Montana
“Breaking
the Missional Code” by Ed Stetzer & David Putman
--Pam
Breen, GHC Regional Administrator
“Summoned
to Lead” by Leonard Sweet
--Stu
Streeter, pastor of high school ministries, potential church planter
“Transformation:
How Glocal Churches Transform Lives and the World” by Bob Roberts Jr.
--Stu
Streeter, pastor of high school ministries, potential church planter
“9 Things
You Simply Must Do” by Henry Cloud
--Rachel
Kihlthau, Assessment Specialist, GHC Network
“Communicating
for a Change” by Andy Stanley
--David
Bennett, GHC Director of Development
“Total
Money Makeover” by Dave Ramsey
--David
Bennett, GHC Director of Development
“Death by
Meeting” by Patrick M. Lencioni
--Tom
Davies, church planter in Davis, California
“It All Goes
Back in the Box” by John Ortberg
--Brian
Swiggart, associate church planter in Mansfield, Texas
“Holy
Discontent: Fueling the Fire That Ignites Personal Vision” by Bill Hybels
--Brian Swiggart,
associate church planter in Mansfield, Texas
“The
Barbarian Way” by Erwin McManus
--Mark
Prescott, associate church planter in Sacramento, California
“No
Perfect People Allowed: Creating a Come As You Are Culture in the Church” by
John Burke
--Paul
Mints, church planter in Mansfield, Texas
“101 Most
Influential People who Never Lived” by Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan and Jeremy
Salter
--Eric
Sweiven, church planter in Sacramento, California
“The
Ragamuffin Gospel” by Brennan Manning and Charles Brock
--Russ
Kafarov, potential church planter in Roseville, California
“No More
Excuses: Be the Man God Made You To Be” by Tony Evans and Bill McCartney ”
--Karl
Roth, church planter in Madera, California
“Integrity…” by
John McArthur
--Karl
Roth, church planter in Madera, California
“I am
America and So Can You” by Stephen Colbert
--Dan
Axtel, church planter in Sacramento, California
“Teacher”
by Marcus Brotherton
--Ann
Axtel, staff member at a church plant in Sacramento
“Go Put
Your Strengths to Work” by Marcus Buckingham
--Lori
Pearring, GHC Network coach
“Brokenness”
by Lon Solomon
--Bob
Meyer. church planter in Denver, Colorado
“The Life
of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a
Secular World” by Henri Nouwen
--Paul Mints, church planter
in Mansfield, Texas