CHURCH PLANTING READING LIST
This is certainly not a comprehensive list, but when church planters ask me to suggest a few books to help them think differently about church planting, this is the list I share, categorized under three headings:
BIVO/COVO CHURCH PLANTING
- BiVO by Hugh Halter
- The Tangible Kingdom by Halter & Matt Smay
- Kingdom First by Jeff Christopherson
- The Wholehearted Church Planter by Linda Bergquist & Allan Karr
- City Shaped Churches by Linda Bergquist
- Covocational Church Planting by Brad Brisco (free e-book)
PARADIGM SHIFTS AND MOVEMENT
- Church Planting: Laying Foundations by Stuart Murray
- Church as Movement by J.R. Woodward & Dan White Jr.
- Underground Church by Brian Sanders
- The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch
- The Shaping of Things to Come by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
- Apostolic Church Planting by J.D. Payne
- ReThink by Brad Brisco (free e-book)
- Church Zero by Peyton Jones
- 5Q by Alan Hirsch
MISSIONAL-INCARNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT
- Faithful Presence by David Fitch
- The Abundant Community by Peter Block and John McKnight
- Road to Reconciliation by Brenda Salter McNeil
- Surprise the World by Michael Frost
- Making Room by Christine Pohl
- Generous Justice by Tim Keller
- Disunity in Christ by Christena Cleveland
- Next Door as It Is in Heaven by Lance Ford & Brad Brisco
- FLESH by Hugh Halter
