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Discerning Leadership
Cooperating with the Go-Between God

(Grove Leadership Series)

Graham Cray, Grove Books/CPAS, 2010
ISBN TBC

Leadership makes a difference. With the rising interest in leadership, CPAS has partnered with Grove Books to offer cutting edge thinking and ideas from mainly UK authors to ensure the difference is biblical, thoughtful, practical and kingdom focused.

More information about Discerning Leadership from CPAS.

Through the Pilgrim Door

Michael Volland, Cook Communications, 2009
ISBN 978-1-8429139-9-4

There's a lot of talk about 'fresh expressions' of church emerging in our culture. But what does it actually feel like to be given a blank piece of paper and told to start something from scratch? Michael Volland takes us with him through the first year of his pioneering ministry. With the full backing of one of the oldest denominations in the West (the Church of England), attached to a cathedral but given free rein, Michael steps out to discover what 'church' might mean for those who have written it off as an irrelevant institution.

Michael’s narrative skills, first enjoyed in 'God On the Beach', are back in evidence as he steers us through the obstacles, challenges, and unexpected encouragements he finds along the way. As he tells the story, Michael reflects on the need to balance innovation with a sense of history, challenging assumptions in both traditionalist and pioneering church ministries.

For those considering a new church plant or pioneering ministry – or those who are simply curious – Through the Pilgrim Door shows what can be done with a little finance and a whole lot of faith.

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Emerging & Fresh Expressions of Church
How are they authentically Church & Anglican?

Ian Mobsby, Moot Community Publishing, 2007
ISBN 978-0-9555140-0-5

This Book draws on recent research to explore the theology, sociology and spirituality behind some Emerging & Fresh Expressions of Church in the UK and US. It looks at changes in society in our postmodern high tech and consumptive culture. It explores the development of new forms of mysticism as spiritual tourism as a form of spirituality in our post-religion culture. This book is a must for all those who work or who are interested in the interface between spirituality and culture.

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The Becoming of G-d
What the Trinitarian nature of God has to with Church and a deep Spirituality for the Twenty First Century

Ian Mobsby, YTC Press & Lulu.com, 2008
ISBN 978-1409200789

Trinitarian ecclesiology is often neglected in the West. An understanding of it is crucial if the Church is to engage with its new context of spiritual tourism. This book explores a phenomenological understanding of the Trinity and its implications for building community.

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Starting Mission-Shaped Churches

Stuart Robinson, St. Paul's Chatswood Parish Council, 2007
ISBN 978-0957983212

This highly practical, well presented workbook by Australian author Stuart Robinson is an excellent resource for those starting mission-shaped churches. It is well presented, clearly written in easy to follow format with lots of space for notes and numerous team exercises.

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A Mission-shaped Church for Older People?

Michael Collyer, Claire Dalpra, Alison Johnson and James Woodward, The Church Army and The Leveson Centre, 2008

Older people – a priceless mission resource?

Older people – a significant percentage of church attenders - must be taken seriously. They are not passive receivers but people with gifts, wisdom and skills to share with others. They are our most precious resource in reaching out to older people outside our churches.

So says the introduction to A Mission-shaped Church for Older People?, which includes:

detailed outlines for 13 training sessions your church can hold to raise awareness of the needs and value of older people;
practical chapters on running Holiday at Home events, holding special services, and taking services in care homes;
further chapters with facts, statistics and important challenges to our understanding of older people in this country.

Buy A Mission-shaped Church for Older People? from the Leveson Centre.

Messy Church
Fresh ideas for building a Christ-centred community

Lucy Moore, BRF, 2006
ISBN 978-1841015033

In her book Messy Church, Lucy Moore describes a monthly Thursday afternoon church where Mums, children, carers, grandparents can meet to enjoy craft activities, a meal and a short celebration of God’s love for us.

The book outlines the concept and theology behind such a church. Fifteen themed programmes are provided with Bible references, craft and art activities, easy to prepare recipes for the meal and family-friendly worship outlines. A complete programme for creative activities, a nutritious meal and a short celebration allow for the community to have fun, be fed and experience worship in a church context.

Buy Messy Church from BRF.

mission-shaped and rural
growing churches in the countryside

Sally Gaze, CHP, 2006
ISBN 978-0715140840

Using a compelling mix of reflection, real-life case studies and personal experience, this book unpacks the nature and how-to of mission in a rural context in both traditional and fresh expressions of church.

You can also download the notes that are referred to in this book, Guidelines for Dioceses to aid a staged process of transition to maturity and legal recognition for rural church plants, by clicking on the link at the foot of the page.

Buy mission-shaped and rural from Church House Bookshop.

Other recommended books

Some titles on this list are drawn from the reading list for the Cliff College MA in Mission (Emerging Church), used with permission.

Roland Allen, Missionary Methods: St Paul's or Ours?, Martino Fine Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1614270379;
Ray S. Anderson, An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches, BRF, 2007, ISBN 978-1841015354;
Walter Truett Anderson, The Next Enlightenment: Integrating East and West in a New Vision of Human Evolution, St Martin's Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0312317690;
Martyn Atkins, Resourcing Renewal: Shaping Churches for the Emerging Future, Epworth Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0716206682;
Lynda Barley, Christian Roots, Contemporary Spirituality (Time to Listen), CHP, 2006, ISBN 978-0715141021;
Simon Barrow & Terry Tennens, Changing people: learning mission accompaniment, CTBI, 2006;
Andrew Baughen, The Because Approach: Innovating Church for All, Authentic Media, 2006, ISBN 978-1850786146;
Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Life, Polity Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0745635156;
Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Fear, Polity Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0745636801;
Paul Bayes, Tim Sledge etc., Mission-shaped Parish: Traditional Church in a Changing World, CHP, 2006, ISBN 978-0715142042;
Alan Billings, Secular Lives, Sacred Hearts, SPCK, 2004, ISBN 978-0281057047;
Lynda Barley, Time to Listen: Churchgoing Today, CHP, 2006, ISBN 978-0715141038;
William A. Beckham & Howard A. Synder, The Second Reformation, Touch Publications, 1995, ISBN 978-1880828908;
Albert Borgmann, Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology, Baker Publishing Group, 2003, ISBN 978-1587430589;
Mike Bossingham, Building family friendly churches, Epworth, 2004, ISBN 978-1858522544;
Ian Bradley, Believing in Britain: The Spiritual Identity of Britishness, Lion Hudson, 2008, ISBN 978-0745953007;
Kester Brewin, The Complex Christ: Signs of Emergence in the Urban Church, SPCK, 2004, ISBN 978-0281056699;
Callum Brown, The Death of Christian Britain (Christianity and Society in the Modern World), Routledge, 2009, ISBN 978-0415471343;
Mission-shaped church: church planting and fresh expressions of church in a changing context, CHP, 2009, ISBN 978-071514189-2;
D. A. Carson, Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and its Implications, Zondervan, 2005, ISBN 978-0310259473;
D. A. Carson, Christ and Culture revisited, Apollos, 2008, ISBN 978-1844742790;
Manuel Castells, The Rise of the Network Society, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, ISBN 978-1405196864;
Steve Chalke & Anthony Watkis, Intelligent Church: A Journey Towards Christ-centred Community, Zondervan, 2006, ISBN 978-0310248842;
Steve Chalke & Brian D. Mclaren, A Search for What Makes Sense (Finding Faith), Zondervan, 2007, ISBN 978-0310272663;
Tim Chester & Steve Timmis, Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community, Inter-Varsity Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1844741915;
Rodney Clapp, A Peculiar People: The Church as Culture in a Post-Christian Society, Inter-Varsity Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0830819904;
Rodney Clapp, The Consuming Passion: Christianity and the Consumer Culture, Inter-Varsity Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0830818976;
Neil Cole, Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens, John Wiley & Sons, 2005, ISBN 978-0787981297;
Tim Conder, The Church in Transition: The Journey of Existing Churches into the Emerging Culture, Zondervan, 2006, ISBN 978-0310265719;
Colin Cranston, Evangelical and Evolving: Following the Gospel in a Changing World, Canterbury Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1853117510;
Graham Cray, Disciples and Citizens: A Vision for Distinctive Living, IVP, 2007, ISBN 978-1844741571;
Steven Croft, Mark Ireland, Yvonne Richmond, Anne Richards, Nick Spencer, Rob Frost, Evangelism in a Spiritual Age: Communicating Faith in a Changing Culture, CHP, 2005, ISBN 978-0715140543;
Steven Croft (ed), The Future of the Parish System: Shaping the Church of England in the 21st Century, CHP, 2006, ISBN 978-071514034-5;
Steven Croft, Transforming Communities: Re-imagining the Church for the 21st Century, Darton, Longman & Todd, 2002, ISBN 978-0232524567;
Nick Cuthbert, Chris Stoddard, Church on the Edge: Principles and real life stories of 21st century mission, RUN, 2006, ISBN 978-1860245510;
Grace Davie, Paul Heelas, Linda Woodhead (eds), Predicting Religion: Christian, Secular and Alternative Futures, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2003, ISBN 978-0754630104;
Craig Detweiler & Barry Taylor, A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture, Baker Academic, 2003, ISBN 978-0801024177;
Kevin DeYoung & Ted Kluck, Why We're Not Emergent: By Two Guys Who Should Be, Moody Publishers, 2008;
Vincent J. Donovan, Christianity Rediscovered, Orbis Books, 2003, ISBN 978-1570754623;
Martin Down, Building a New Church Alongside the Old, Kingsway Publications, 2003, ISBN 978-1842911396;
John W. Drane, After McDonaldization: Mission, Ministry and Christian Discipleship in an Age of Uncertainty, Darton, Longman & Todd, 2008, ISBN 978-0232526547;
John W. Drane, Do Christians Know How to be Spiritual? The Rise of New Spirituality and the Mission of the Church, Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005, ISBN 978-0232526325;
John W. Drane, The McDonaldization of the Church: Consumer Culture and the Church's Future, Smith & Helwys, 2002, ISBN 978-1573123747;
John Driver, Images of the Church in Mission, Herald Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0836190588;
Eamon Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580, Yale University PRess, 2005, ISBN 978-0300108286;
Avery Dulles, Models of the Church, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 2000, ISBN 978-0385133685;
Don Everts & Doug Shaupp, Pathway to Jesus: Crossing the Thresholds of Faith, IVP, 2008, ISBN 978-1844743445;
Olive M. Fleming Drane, Clowns Storytellers Disciples, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2004, ISBN 978-0806649498;
Olive M. Fleming Drane, Spirituality to Go: rituals and reflections for everyday living, Darton, Longman & Todd, 2006, ISBN 978-0232526639;
Leslie J. Francis and Philip J. Richter, Gone for Good? Church-leaving and returning in the 21st Century, Epworth Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0716206330;
Michael Frost, Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post Christian Culture, Baker Academic, 2006, ISBN 978-0801046278;
Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch, ReJesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church, Hendrickson Publishers Inc, 2009, ISBN 978-1598562286;
Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch, The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st-Century Church, Baker Academic, 2004, ISBN 978-0801046308;
Inger Furseth & Pal Repstad, An Introduction to the Sociology of Religion: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006, ISBN 978-0754656586;
Jane Garnett, Matthew Grimley, Alana Harris (ed), Redefining Christian Britain: Post 1945 Perspectives, SCM Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0334040927;
Eddie Gibbs & Ian Coffey, Church Next: Quantum Changes in Christian Ministry, IVP, 2001, ISBN 978-0851115443;
Eddie Gibbs & Ryan Bolger, Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Communities in Postmodern Cultures, SPCK, 2006, ISBN 978-0281057917;
Kevin Giles, What on Earth is the Church? An Exploration In New Testament Theology, Inter-Varsity Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0830818686;
Barbara Glasson, Mixed Up Blessings: A New Encounter with Being Church, Inspire, 2006, ISBN 978-1858523057;
Chris Green (ed), God's Power to Save: One Gospel for a Complex World?, Apollos, 2006, ISBN 978-1844741342;
Colin Greene & Martin Robinson, Metavista: Bible, Church and Mission in an Age of Imagination, Paternoster Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1842275061;
Stanley J. Grenz & John Franke, Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context, Westminster/John Knox Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0664257699;
Darrell L. Guder & Lois Barrett (eds), Missional Church: a Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America, William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1998, ISBN 978-0802843500;
Douglas John Hall, The End of Christendom and the Future of Christianity, Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2002, ISBN 978-1579109844;
Michael Hampson, Last Rites: The End of the Church of England, Granta Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1862078918;
Michael Hare Duke, Stories, Signs and Sacraments in the Emerging Church, Mowbray, 1982, ISBN 978-0264667973;
Brad Harper and Paul Louis Metzger, Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction, Brazos Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1587431739;
Richard Harries, God Outside the Box: Why Spiritual People Object to Christianity, SPCK, 2002, ISBN 978-0281055227;
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, New Monasticism: What it Has to Say to Today's Church, Brazos Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1587432248;
Jeanne Hinton, Changing Churches: Building Bridges in Local Mission, CHP, 2002, ISBN 978-0851692647;
Alan Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church, Brazos Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1587431647;
Steve Hollinghurst, Mission Shaped Evangelism: The Gospel in Contemporary Culture, Canterbury Press Norwich, 2010, ISBN 978-1853118425;
Susan Hope, Mission-shaped Spirituality: The Transforming Power of Mission, CHP, 2006, ISBN 978-0715140802;
John Hull, Mission-Shaped Church: A Theological Response, SCM Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0334040576;
George R. Hunsberger, Craig Van Gelder (eds), The Church Between Gospel and Culture: Emerging Missionary Form of the Church, William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1996, ISBN 978-0802841094;
Alan Jamieson, A Churchless Faith, SPCK, 2002, ISBN 978-0281054657;
Dan Kimball, The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations, Zondervan, 2003, ISBN 978-0310245643;
Dan Kimball, Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations, Zondervan, 2004, ISBN 978-0310256441;
Philip Knights, Changing evangelisation: themes and stories from Catholics in local mission, CTBI, 2006, ISBN 978-0851693484;
George Lings & Stuart Murray, Church Planting: Past, Present and Future, Grove Books Ltd, 2003, ISBN 978-1851745241;
Encounters on the Edge series, Sheffield Centre, quarterly.
Andrew Lord, Spirit-Shaped Mission: A Holistic Charismatic Missiology, Authentic Media, 2005, ISBN 978-1842272640;
David Lundy, Borderless Church: Shaping the Church for the 21st Century, Authentic Lifestyle, 2005, ISBN 978-1850786467;
Gordon Lynch, The New Spirituality: An Introduction to Progressive Belief in the Twenty-first Century, I.B.Tauris, 2007, ISBN 978-1845114145;
Duncan MacLaren, Mission Implausible: Restoring Credibility to the Church, Paternoster Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1842272954;
Dave Male, Church Unplugged: Remodelling Church without Losing Your Soul, Authentic, 2008, ISBN 978-1850787921;
Alan Mann, Atonement for a 'sinless' Society: Engaging with an Emerging Culture, Authentic Media, 2005, ISBN 978-1842273555;
Linda Schiphorst McCoy, Planting a Garden: Growing the Church Beyond Traditional Models, Abingdon Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0687343140;
Alister E. McGrath, The Future of Christianity, Blackwell, 2002, ISBN 978-0631228158;
Brian D. McLaren, The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix, Zondervan, 2002, ISBN 978-0310252191;
Brian D. McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, ... Emergent, Unfinished Christian, Zondervan, 2006, ISBN 978-0310258032;
Brian D. McLaren, The Last Word and the Word After That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity, John Wiley & Sons, 2005, ISBN 978-0470248423;
Brian D. McLaren, A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey, Jossey Bass, 2001, ISBN 978-0787955991;
Brian D. McLaren & Steve Chalke, A Search for What is Real, Zondervan, 2007, ISBN 978-0310272670;
Brian D. McLaren, The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything, Thomas Nelson, 2010, ISBN 978-0849918926;
Brian D. McLaren, The Story We Find Ourselves in: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian: Book 2, John Wiley & Sons, 2008, ISBN 978-0470248416;
Hugh McLeod & Werner Ustorf (eds), The Decline of Christendom in Western Europe, 1750-2000, Cambridge University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0521202336;
Erwin McManus, An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind, Flagship Church Resources, 2001, ISBN 978-0764423062;
Bruce Milne, Dynamic diversity: The Humanity Church - For Today and Tomorrow, IVP, 2006, ISBN 978-1844741588;
Milfred Minatrea, Shaped by God's Heart: The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches, John Wiley & Sons, 2004, ISBN 978-0787971113;
Ian Mobsby, Emerging and Fresh Expression of Church: How are they Authentically Church and Anglican?, Moot Community Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-0955514005;
Alison Morgan, The Wild Gospel: Bringing Truth to Life, Monarch Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1854246721;
Jeremy Morris, Church in the Modern Age (I.B Tauris History of the Christian Church), I.B.Tauris, 2007, ISBN 978-1845113179;
Michael Moynagh, Changing World, Changing Church, Monarch Books, 2001, ISBN 978-1854245168;
Michael Moynagh, emergingchurch.intro, Monarch, 2004, ISBN 978-1854246646;
Stuart Murray, Changing mission: learning from the newer churches, CTBI, 2006, ISBN 978-0851693059;
Stuart Murray, Church after Christendom, Paternoster, 2005, ISBN 978-1842272923;
Stuart Murray & J. Nelson Kraybill, Church Planting: Laying Foundations, Herald Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0836191486;
Stuart Murray & Anne Wilkinson-Hayes, Hope from the Margins: New Ways of Being Church, 2000
Stuart Murray, Planting Churches in the 21st Century: A Guide for Those Who Want Fresh Perspectives and New Ideas for Creating Congregations, Herald Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0836194241;
Stuart Murray, Post-Christendom: Church and Mission in a Strange New World (After Christendom), Authentic Media, 2004, ISBN 978-1842272619;
Michael Nazir Ali, Shapes of the Church to Come, Kingsway Publications, 2001, ISBN 978-0854768912;
Aidan Nichols, Christendom Awake!: On Re-Energising the Church in Culture, T.&T.Clark Ltd, 1999, ISBN 978-0567086730;
Jon Oliver, Night Vision: mission adventures in club culture and the nightlife, Canterbury Press Norwich, 2009, ISBN 978-1853119569;
Larry Osborne, Sticky Church, Zondervan, 2008, ISBN 978-0310285083;
Conrad Ostwalt, Secular Steeples: Popular Culture and the Religious Imagination, Trinity Press International, 2003, ISBN 978-1563383618;
Doug Pagitt, Church Re-imagined: The Spiritual Formation of People in Communities of Faith (Emergentys), Zondervan, 2005, ISBN 978-0310269755;
Myron B. Penner (ed), Christianity and the Postmodern Turn: Six Views, Brazos Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1587431081;
Ian S. Markham, Why Liberal Churches are Growing, Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006, ISBN 978-0567081735.
Martyn Percy & Louise Nelstrop (eds), Evaluating Fresh Expressions: explorations in emerging church: Emerging Theological and Practical Models, Canterbury Press Norwich, 2008, ISBN 978-1853118166
Andrew Perriman, The Coming of the Son of Man: New Testament eschatology for an Emerging Church, Paternoster Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1842272992;
Carl A. Raschke, GloboChrist: The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn, Baker Academic, 2008, ISBN 978-0801032615;
Michael Riddell, Threshold of the Future: Reforming the Church in the Post-Christian West, SPCK, 1998, ISBN 978-0281050550;
Michael Riddell, Mark Pierson & Cathy Kirkpatrick, The Prodigal Project, SPCK, 2000, ISBN 978-0281052509;
George Ritzer, McDonaldization: The Reader, Pine Forge Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1412975827;
Martin Robinson, Planting Mission-shaped Churches Today, Monarch Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1854247285;
Martin Robinson & Dwight Smith, Invading Secular Space: Strategies for Tomorrow's Church, Monarch Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0825460500;
William D. Romanowski, Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture, Brazos Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1587432019;
Peter Schwartz, Inevitable Surprises: Thinking Ahead in a Time of Turbulence, Free Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0743239110;
R. Larry Shelton, Cross and Covenant: Interpreting the Atonement for 21st Century Mission, Authentic Media, 2006, ISBN 978-1932805673;
Angela Shier-Jones, Pioneer Ministry and Fresh Expressions of Church, SPCK, 2009, ISBN 978-0281061136;
John Rennie Short, Urban Theory: A Critical Assessment, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, ISBN 978-1403906595;
Tom Sine, Mustard Seed Versus McWorld: Reinventing Christian Life and Mission for a New Millenium, Monarch Books, 1999, ISBN 978-1854244352;
David Smith, Mission After Christendom, Darton, Longman & Todd, 2003, ISBN 978-0232524833;
James K.A.Smith, Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church, Baker Academic, 2006, ISBN 978-0801029189;
Ed Stetzer & David Putman, Breaking the Missional Code: Your Church Can Become a Missionary in Your Community, Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2006, ISBN 978-0805443592;
Tom Stuckey, Beyond the Box: Mission Challenges From John's Gospel, Inspire, 2005, ISBN 978-1858522852;
Tim Sudworth, Graham Cray, Chris Russell, Mission-shaped Youth: Rethinking young people and church, CHP, 2007, ISBN 978-0715140826;
Leonard Sweet, Brian D. McLaren & Jerry Haselmayer, A is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Church, Zondervan, 2003, ISBN 978-0310243564;
Leonard Sweet (ed), Andrew Crouch, Michael Horton, Frederica Mathewes-Green, Brian D. McLaren & Erwin Raphael McManus, The Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives, Zondervan, 2003, ISBN 978-0310254874;
Steve Taylor, The Out of Bounds Church? Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change, Zondervan, 2005, ISBN 978-0310259046;
Terry Tennens (ed.), Journey Into Growth: The seven core values of a Mission Church, CTBI, 2007, ISBN 978-0851693460;
James Thwaites, The Church Beyond the Congregation: The Strategic Role of the Church in the Postmodern Era, Paternoster Publishing, 2002, ISBN 978-1842270400;
Phyllis Tickle, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why, Baker Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0801013133;
Richard Tiplady (ed), Postmission: World Mission by a Postmodern Generation: World Mission by Postmodern Generation, Word Music, 2002, ISBN 978-1842271650;
Graham Tomlin, The Provocative Church, SPCK, 2004, ISBN 978-0281056415;
Dave Tomlinson, Re-enchanting Christianity, Canterbury Press Norwich, 2008, ISBN 978-1853118579;
Charles Edward Van Engen, God's Missionary People: Rethinking the Purpose of the Local Church, Baker Publishing Group, 1991, ISBN 978-0801093111;
Craig Van Gelder, The Essence of the Church: A Community Created by the Spirit, Baker Publishing Group, 2000, ISBN 978-0801090967;
Craig Van Gelder (ed), The Missional Church in Context: Helping Congregations Develop Contextual Ministry, William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2007, ISBN 978-0802845672;
Andrew Walker & Luke Brotherton (eds), Remembering Our Future: Explorations in Deep Church, Paternoster Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1842275047;
Philip Walker, Mission Accompaniment, Grove Books Ltd, 2005, ISBN 978-1851745852;
Andrew F. Walls, The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History, Continuum International Publishing Ltd, 2002, ISBN 978-0567088697;
Pete Ward, Liquid Church, Paternoster Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1842271612;
Pete Ward (ed), Mass Culture: The Interface of Eucharist and Mission, BRF, 2008, ISBN 978-1841015804;
Pete Ward, Participation and Mediation: A Practical Theology for the Liquid Church, SCM Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0334041658;
Rob Warner, 21st Century Church, Kingsway Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0854768172;
Robert Warren, The Healthy Churches' Handbook: A Process for Revitalizing Your Church, CHP, 2004, ISBN 978-0715140178;
Robert E. Webber, Ancient-future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-forming Community, Baker Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0801091605;
Robert E. Webber (ed), Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives, Zondervan, 2007, ISBN 978-0310271352;
David F. Wells, The Courage to be Protestant: Truth lovers, Marketers and Emergents in the Post-modern World, IVP, 2008, ISBN 978-1844742783;
Heath White, Postmodernism 101: A First Course for the Curious Christian, Brazos Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1587431531;
Bob Whitesel, Inside the Organic Church: Learning from 12 Emerging Congregations, Abingdon Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0687331161;
Patrick Whitworth, Prepare for Exile: A New Spirituality and Mission for the Church, SPCK, 2008, ISBN 978-0281060030;
Margaret Withers, Mission-shaped Children: Moving towards a child-centred church, CHP, 2006, ISBN 978-0715140817;
WCC, The Missionary Structure of the Congregation, 1972.

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