Resources
Helpful resources for each of the three common commitments.
Sacred Rhythm Resources
Web sites:
Books:
McKnight, Scot
Praying with the Church: Following Jesus, Daily, Hourly, Today
Paraclete Press, 2006
Continuous Formation Resources
Web Sites:
Books:
Mulholland, Robert
Shaped By The Word: The Power of Scripture in Spiritual Formation
Upper Room Books, 2001
Willard, Dallas
The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
Harper, 1990
Willard, Dallas
Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ
Navpress, 2002
Participation in the Missio Dei Resources
Web Sites:
Books:
Bosch, David J.
Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission.
Orbis, 1991.
Cole, Neil.
Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens.
Jossey-Bass, 2005.
Dubose, Francis.
God Who Sends: A Fresh Quest for Biblical Mission.
Broadman, 1983.
Frost, Michael and Alan Hirsch.
The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church.
Hendrickson, 2003.
Frost, Michael.
Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture.
Hendrickson, 2006.
Guder, Darrell L.
Be My Witnesses: The Church’s Mission, Message, and Messengers.
Eerdmans, 1985.
Guder, Darrell L.
Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America.
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
Guder, Darrell L.
The Incarnation and the Church’s Witness.
Stock, 2005.
Guder, Darrell L.
The Continuing Conversion of the Church.
Eerdmans, 2000.
Hirsch, Alan.
The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church.
Brazos Press, 2006.
Hunsberger, George, and Craig Van Gelder.
The Church Between Gospel and Culture: The Emerging Mission in North America.
Eerdmans, 1996.
Kostenberger, Andreas J. and Peter T. O’Brian.
Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission.
InterVarsity, 2001.
Kraybill, Donald B.
Upside-Down Kingdom.
Herald, 2003.
Larkin, William J. Jr. and Joel F. Williams.
Mission in the New Testament: An Evangelical Approach.
Orbis, 1998.
Myers, Joseph R.
The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community and Small Groups.
Zondervan, 2003.
Myers, Joseph R.
Organic Community: Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connect.
Baker, 2007.
Newbigin, Lesslie.
Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture.
Eerdmans, 1986.
Newbigin, Lesslie.
The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society.
Eerdmans, 1989.
Newbigin, Lesslie.
The Open Secret: Introduction to a Theology of Mission.
Eerdmans, 1995.
Roxburgh, Alan J.
The Sky is Falling: Leaders Lost in Transition.
ACI Publishing, 2005.
Roxburgh, Alan J. & Fred Romanuk.
The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World.
Jossey-Bass, 2006.
Rusaw, Rick and Eric Swanson.
The Externally Focused Church.
Group, 2004.
Samson, Will and Lisa Samson.
Justice in the Burbs: Becoming the Hands of Jesus Wherever You Live.
Baker, 2007
Stetzer, Ed.
Planting Missional Churches.
Holman, 2006.
Stetzer, Ed and David Putman.
Breaking the Missional Code.
Holman, 2006.
Van Engen, Charles.
God’s Missionary People: Rethinking the Purpose of the Local Church.
Baker, 1991.
Van Engen, Charles.
Mission on the Way: Issues in Mission Theology.
Baker, 1996.
Van Gelder, Craig.
Confident Witness – Changing World: Rediscovering the Gospel in North America.
Eerdmans, 1999.
Van Gelder, Craig.
The Ministry of the Missional Church: A Community Led by the Spirit.
Baker, 2007.
Van Gelder, Craig.
The Missional Church in Context: Helping Congregations Develop Contextual Ministry.
Eerdmans, 2007.
Winn, Albert C.
A Sense of Mission: Guidance from the Gospel of John.
Westminster, 1981.
Wright, Christopher J.H.
The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative.
InterVarsity Press, 2006.