Archive for January 26th, 2008

The Most Helpful Books I’ve Ever Read (2007) -Bill Easum

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Leadership and the New Science, Margaret Wheatly
Kicking Habits,  Tom Bandy
Servant Leadership, Robert Greenleaf  
Growing Up Digital, Don Tapscott 
Growing Spiritual Redwoods, Tom Bandy & Bill Easum
The Continuing Conversion of the Church, Darrell Guder
The Missional Church, Darrell Guder
Difusion of Innovations, Evertt Rogers 
God’s Missionary People, Van Engen 
The Birth  of the Chaoric Generation, Dee Hoch 
Future Perfect, Davis Stanley
Steinbron, Melvin The Lay Driven Church
Heifetz, Ronald Leadership Without Easy Answers
Cordeiro,Wayne Doing Church as a Team
Ogden, The New Reformation
Townsend, Five-Star Leadership

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Mega, Giga, and Terra Churches

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

You will either love or hate this post. And you will think I am either a prophet or a clown. Either way, the article is worth a serious read.Several years ago I made the observation that we were entering a time of fewer mega churches.  I have publically backed off that observation recently. Anyone who sticks their neck out very far has to be willing to pull it back in quickly before it gets chopped off. But before you sharpen your axe read on. The picture is shaping up quite different than I thought it would.  The mega church trend if anything is gaining momentum as well as larger forms of church life are emerging. According to Church Growth Today research, new non-Catholic mega churches are emerging now every week in the fastest rate ever recorded in the U.S.  Not only that, mega churches continue to grow larger. Once a church gets over five thousand in worship its growth seems to escalate.  For the rest of the post click here .

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