Church Planting Books
No Perfect People Allowed: Creating a Come-as-You-Are Culture in the Church
By John Burke, founder of ELI Church Planting
Catch the vision for starting a church out of the culture through the story of Gateway Community Church, in Austin, TX.
Read the first chapter: by clicking here
The following books are core reading in ELI Church Planting's Cultivate course:
I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus
By Don Everts and Doug Schaupp
Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series)
By Will Mancini
The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series)
By Hugh Halter and Matt Smay
The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups
By Joseph Myers
The Externally Focused Church
By by Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson
Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time
By Greg Ogden
Dedication And Leadership
By Douglas Hyde
Communicating for a Change: Seven Keys to Irresistible Communication
By Andy Stanley
