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 Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church McNeal shows Protestant churches the three significant shifts in their thinking and behavior that they need to make that will allow leaders to chart a course toward being missional:
(1) from an internal to an external focus, ending the church as exclusive social club model;
(2) from running programs and ministries to developing people as its core activity; and
(3) from professional leadership to leadership that is shared by everyone in the community.
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 The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian (Paper)If you are searching for a deeper life with God- one that moves beyond the rhetoric of denominational and theological categories- this delightful and inspiring fictional tale will provide a picture of what it could mean to recapture a joyful spiritual life.
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 Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement Church Unique offers church leaders a way to transform their vision with missional effectiveness. Whether leading a mega-church or church plant, a multi-site or mainline, a ministry or parachurch, Church Unique will provide inspiration as a practical guide for leading into the future. There is a better way.
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 The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing WorldHow church leaders can change their focus from internal to external. l This book gives church and denominational leaders, pastors, and clergy a clear model for leading the change necessary to create and foster a missional church focused outward to spread the message of the Gospel into the surrounding community.
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 Shaped by God's Heart: The Passion and Practices of Missional ChurchesDiscover the tools to create a new kind of church and move from merely surviving to thriving. Drawing on an extensive two-year field study of 200 churches from a variety of denominations and geographic regions, Milfred Minatrea--a missiologist, urban strategist and practitioner in ministry--presents the best practices for re-energizing Christian spirituality in a congregational setting.
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 The Externally Focused Church Your church can be a firm pillar in your community because of the unwavering truth and love of its members. The best part? An external focus is not complicated as it may seem.
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 The Case for FaithThe Case for Faith, Strobel turns his skills to the most persistent emotional objections to belief - the eight "heart barriers" to faith.
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 The Case for ChristIf you were a journalist, how would you investigate the hottest news story in history? The life of Jesus Christ.
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 The Case for the Real JesusApologist Lee Strobel examines the biblical Jesus, comparing him to the user-friendly version presented by the secular press, the man without the deity. In The Case for the Real Jesus, you'll be armed with the truth to defend Christianity in an increasingly hostile world.
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 The Case for CreatorHas science finally discovered God? Lee Strobel and Garry Poole explore cosmology, cellular biology, astronomy, evolution, physics, and DNA research to reveal the incredible complexity of the universe---which is best explained by the existence of a Creator!
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 Everything Must ChangeEverything Must Change, shows how the message of Jesus provides a framing story that brings healing and sanity to the dominant societal and global realities of our time: systemic injustice, poverty, and dysfunction.
God's grace at work."
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 Unbinding the GospelUnbinding the Gospel: Real Life Evangelism is a book for church groups to study. It's a book for pastors who want the truth about the state of our churches.
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 Velvet Elvis:“This book is for those who need a fresh take on Jesus and what it means for us to live the kind of life he teaches us to live,”
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 Just Walk Across the Room This dynamic experience is designed to equip and inspire your entire church to participate in that same pattern of grace-giving by taking simple walks across rooms—leaving your circles of comfort and extending hands of care, compassion, and inclusiveness to people who might need a touch of God’s love today.
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 UnChristianKinnaman looks at ways in which churches' activities actually may have been unchristian and encourages a return to a more biblical Christianity, a faith that not only focuses on holiness but also loves, accepts and works to understand the world around it.
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 The Externally Focused ChurchAuthor: Rick Rusaw
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