These lists from Resurgence are a gold mine. They are great and are categorized by topic. Click here.
Here are the books and podcasts on my short list. I will be updating this list frequently and it is not intended to be exhaustive.
Planting:
Radical Reformission by Mark Driscoll
Confessions of a Reformission Rev. by Mark Driscoll
Church Planting Landmines by Tom Nebel and Gary Rohrmayer
Leadership:
The Next Generation Leader by Andy Stanley
7 Practices of Effective Ministry by Stanley, Jones, Lane
Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Making Vision Stick by Andy Stanley
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
The 17 Irrefutable Laws of Teamwork by John Maxwell
Gospel:
According to Plan by Graham Goldsworthy
How People Change by Lane and Tripp
Growing Your Faith by Jerry Bridges
Living the Cross Centered Life by CJ Mahaney
The Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges
Eldership:
Biblical Eldership by Alexander Strauch
Preaching:
Refining Your Style by Dave Stone
Podcasts:
Acts 29 Network
The Resurgence
National New Church Podcast
The Leadership Moment
The Starbucks Experience
Preaching Points (Haddon Robinson)
The Sermonators
Blogs:
I am working on this list in the next couple of weeks. Here’s a few I have subscribed to by email or in some other capacity.
Please keep in mind, I don’t agree with a fair amount lot of what gets said at some of them, but there are some absolutely gold nuggets in what these blogs have to share.
The Resurgence
Mars Hill : Mark Driscoll
Swerve : Craig Groeschel
Perry Noble
Steven Furtick
For a guy who is still 20 and believes that Church planting is in his future, would you suggest getting a resource like Logos Bible software?
I find myself buying more and more books on theology, but I want to be cost efficient. Should I make the jump and buy a gold/platinum version of Logos (over $1000)? The smaller language version ($500ish) looks particularly helpful. I’ve found courses through itunes U to learn into to NT Greek too.
Anyone reading this have any thoughts?
I don’t know that I would get it yet, personally…are you planning on going to Seminary? Tell me that first and then I would have some more counsel after that.
I’m not thinking Seminary. Instead, I’m looking to be trained by local churches (which I don’t always agree with, but I can learn lots from), and I’m also going for a Religious Studies minor at a secular University. I’m 2-3 years from planting.
My interest level is there, but I wanna stewart my money well… Does a church planter really need that sort of software?
Thanks Dustin, for the response and for putting together this website!
i dont know if i would get it just yet. pretty pricey and I don’t know if you “need it” until you are preaching regularly. My two cents. it is, however, fantastic and a great investment when you do.
Religious studies minor at a secular…that makes me nervous on several levels… a VERY difficult environment for your faith to flourish AND if you are thinking of changing THEIR minds, I would strongly dissuade you to invest your time elsewhere and just pray for God to change them. I am speaking from a level of personal experience here.
I would contact Tyler Powell at Acts 29 tell him I sent you and ask him what he thinks you could be doing to best prepare you for planting. Sharp guy who helps lots of dudes in your boat.
Blessings
thanks Dustin.
obviously a more complicated process than can be discribed quickly. So many different motivations; giving confidence to struggling Christians, evangelising my friends who are skeptics/seeking, growing personally, building my own skills and gifts, loving God with not JUST my mind but the whole heart and soul too.
I continue to re-think my plans… interning (or potentially volunteering) at an Acts 29 church could be in my future for a term… ultimately God has the plan. Just gotta trust Him in that really…
sounds good. like I said, man, I would contact tyler at Acts 29 and get his counsel. helps dudes in your position all the time. good friend.
Dustin,
Under your Eldership recommended reading, I’d like to throw out there “The Unity Factor” by Larry Osbourne. I love Strauch, but didn’t know how/what that looks like in the local context. Osbourne gives you that. Plus, it is included in most Logos packages. Thanks for the reading lists. Love it.