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