Missional Church Reading Room
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Missional Church: Foundational Texts
Barrett, Lois Y. and Walter C. Hobbs. Treasure in Clay Jars: Patterns in Missional Faithfulness . Eerdmans, 2004.
Bosch, David J. Believing in the Future: Toward a Missiology of Western Culture . Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series . Gracewing, 1995.
Brownson, James V., Inagrace T. Dietterich, Barry A. Harvey, and Charles C. West. Stormfront: The Good News of God . Eerdmans, 2003.
Conder, Tim and Dan B. Allender. The Church in Transition: The Journey of Existing Churches Into the Emerging Culture . Zondervan, 2006.
The Study of Evangelism: Exploring A Missional Practice of the Church . Eerdmans, 2008.
Collier, Jane and Rafael Esteban. From Complicity to Encounter: The Church and the Culture of Economism . Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series . Continuum, 1999.
Cragg, Kenneth. The Secular Experience of God . Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series . Gracewing, 1998.
Guder, Darrell L. and Lois Barrett et al. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America . Eerdmans, 1998.
Guder, Darrell L. The Continuing Conversion of the Church . Eerdmans, 2000.
Harvey, Barry A. Another City: An Ecclesiological Primer for a Post-Christian World . Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series . Continuum, 1999.
Hiebert, Paul. The Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts: Affirming Truth in a Modern/postmodern World . Continuum, 1999.
Hunsberger, George R. ed. The Church between Gospel and Culture. The Emerging Mission in North America . Eerdmans, 1996; Bearing the Witness of the Spirit: Lesslie Newbigin`s Theology of Cultural Plurality . Eerdmans, 1998.
Kenneson, Philip D. Beyond Sectarianism: Re-Imagining the Church and World . Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series . TPI, 1999.
Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. Lausanne Occasional Paper No. 42: The Local Church in Mission: Becoming a Missional Congregation in the 21st Century Global Context and the Opportunities Offered Through Tent-Making Ministries , in: A New Vision, A New Heart, A Renewed Call , Vol. 1. Ed. David Claydon. William Carey Library, 2006. Pp. 565-606.
McLaren, Brian D. Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope . Thomas Nelson, 2007; A Generous Orthodoxy . Zondervan, 2006; The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix . Revised. Zondervan, 2003.
Moltmann, Juergen. The Church in the Power of the Spirit: A Contribution to Messianic Ecclesiology . Margaret Kohl. Fortress, 1993. See also Tyndale`s Moltmann Reading Room for on-line materials by and on Moltmann.
Newbigin, Lesslie. See both Newbigin.Net and Tyndale`s Newbigin Reading Room for on-line materials by and on Newbigin.
Pickard, Stephan K. Liberating Evangelism: Gospel, Theology, and the Dynamics of Communication . Continuum, 1999.
A Field Guide for the Missional Congregation: Embarking on a Journey of Transformation . Augsburg Fortress, 2008.
Snyder, Howard. The Community of the King . InterVarsity Press, 2004.
Sweet, Leonard I., Brian D. McLaren and Jerry Haselmayer. A Is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Church . Zondervan, 2003.
Taber, Charles R. To Understand the World, to Save the World: The Interface Between Missiology and the Social Sciences . Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series . Continuum, 2000.
Van Gelder, Craig. Confident Witness--changing World: Rediscovering the Gospel in North America . Eerdmans, 1999; The Missional Church in Context: Helping Congregations Develop Contextual Ministry. Eerdmans Publishing, 2007; The Missional Church and Denominations: Helping Congregations Develop a Missional Identity . Eerdmans, 2008.
West, Charles C. Power, Truth, and Community in Modern Culture . Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series . Continuum, 1999.
Wright, Christopher J. H. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible`s Grand Narrative . InterVarsity, 2006.
Yoder, John H. See the Tyndale John Howard Yoder Reading Room ; see Yoder`s early use of "missional" in his 1973/1983 course: [Syllabus] Ecclesiology in Missional Perspective , Associated Mennonite Seminary, Fall 1983 (first taught in 1973).
Missional Leadership Resources
Tyndale`s Missional Leadership documents
Tyndale`s MDiv In-Ministry Resources for the Missional Church , including Missional Leadership Job Descriptors
Creps, Earl, Dan Kimball. Off-Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders . Jossey-Bass Wiley, 2006.
Gibbs, Eddie. LeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture . InterVarsity Press, 2005.
Gibbs, Eddie. Preparing Leaders for an Emerging Church . In: Mission to the World: Communicating the Gospel in the 21st Century . Ed. T. Engelvisken. Oxford Centre of Mission Studies.
Greenman, J. The Value of Mentoring (Tyndale) [link repaired]
Guder, Darrell L. Walking Worthily: Missional Leadership after Christendom . The Princeton Seminary Bulletin , Vol. 28 No. 3 (2007), pp. 251- ; Leadership in New-Congregations: New Church Development from the Perspective of Missional Theology . In: Extraordinary Leaders in Extraordinary Times: Unadorned Clay Pot Messengers . Ed. H. Stanley Wood. Eerdmans, 2006.
Halter, H., and M. Smay. The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community . The Posture and Practices of the Ancient Church Now. A Leadership Network Publication. John Wiley and Sons, 2008.
The Three Tasks of Leadership: Worldly Wisdom for Pastoral Leaders . Eerdmans, 2009.
Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement . Jossey-Bass, 2008 (also available as full-text to Tyndale students via NetLibrary ).
Roxburgh, Alan. ALLELON -A Movement of Missional Leaders
Roxburgh, Alan J. The Missionary Congregation, Leadership, and Liminality . Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series . TPI, 1997.
Roxburgh, Alan and Fred Romanuk. The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World . Jossey-Bass Wiley, 2006.
Sheffield, Dan. The Multicultural Leader: Developing a Catholic Personality . Clements, 2005; Leadership Requirements for the Multi-Cultural Congregation . McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry , Vol. 5 (2002).
Suderman, Robert J. Missional Ecclesiology and Leadership: Toward an Understanding of the Emerging Church (unpublished resource).
Sweet, Leonard. AquaChurch 2.0: Piloting Your Church in Today`s Fluid Culture . David C. Cook, 2008.
Re-envisioning the Church with the Help of an Ancient Master: Engaging in the Craft of Equipping (Leadership for the Missional Church), 2008
Other leadership materials
Hybels, Bill. Courageous Leadership . Zondervan, 2002; also When Leadership and Discipleship Collide . Zondervan, 2007.
Quinn, Robert E. and Kim S. Cameron, Jeff Degraff, Anjan V. Thakor. Competing Values Leadership: Creating Value in Organizations . Edward Elgar, 2006.
Scharen, Christian. Faith as a Way of Life: A Vision for Pastoral Leadership . Eerdmans, 2008.
Missional Hermeneutics
Beeby, Harry B. Canon and Mission . Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series .Continuum, 1999; A Missional Approach to Renewed Interpretation , in: Renewing Biblical Interpretation. Ed. Craig G. Bartholomew, Colin J. D. Greene, Karl Möller. Zondervan, 2000. Ch. 13.
Brownson, James V. Speaking the Truth in Love: New Testament Resources for a Missional Hermeneutic . Continuum, 1998 (see also copy in: Hunsberger and Van Gelder, eds., The Church Between Gospel and Culture [above]).
Proposals for a Missional Hermeneutic: Mapping the Conversation (with responses), The Gospel and Our Culture , eSeries no. 2, January 28, 2009.
Missional Bible Study Questions (Tyndale`s MDiv InMinistry Program)
Redford, Shawn B. Appropriate Hermeneutics . In: Appropriate Christianity. Ed. Charles H. Kraft, Dean S. Gilliland. William Carey Library, 2005. Ch. 14.
Ware, James P. The Mission of the Church in Paul`s Letter to the Philippians in the Context of Ancient Judaism . Brill, 2005.
Wright, Christopher. Mission of God. Unlocking the Bible`s Grand Narrative . InterVarsity, 2006; see also edited extract ; book review .
Wright, Christopher J. H. Mission as a Matrix for Hermeneutics and Biblical Theology . In: Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation . Ed. Craig G. Bartholomew et al. Zondervan, 2004. Ch. 5 (limited preview).
Other Publications on Missional Theology by Tyndale Professors
Carter, Craig. Rethinking Christ and Culture: A Post-Christendom Perspective Amazon.ca or Tyndale Bookstore ).
Snyder, Howard A. EarthCurrents: The Struggle for the World`s Soul Amazon.ca or Tyndale Bookstore )
Missional Theology
Congdon, David. A Primer on Missional Theology . The Fire and the Rose (blog), August 30, 2008.
Flemming, Dean. Theology of Mission and Missional Theologizing . Presentation, Global Nazarene Theology Conference, April 2002.
Franke, John. Teaching Theology from a Missional Perspective .
Guder, Darrell L. From Mission and Theology to a Missional Theology , 2002; see also copy , The Princeton Seminary Bulletin Vol. 24 No. 1 (2003).
Langmead, Ross. The Word Made Flesh: Towards an Incarnational Missiology . University Press of America, 2004.
Missonal Church Network: Theology .
Newbigin, Lesslie. See links in Tyndale`s Newbigin Reading Room .
Perriman, Andrew. Otherways: In Search for an Emerging Theology . Lulu.Com, 2007.
Roxburgh, Alan. What is Missional Church? An Interview with Craig Van Gelder (17 min. video), 2007.
Tienou, Tite and Paul G. Hiebert. From Systematic and Biblical to Missional Theology . In: Appropriate Christianity . C.H. Kraft, D.S. Gilliland, eds. Wllm. Carey Library, 2005. Ch. 8.
See also Tyndale MTS Modular`s Systematic Theology Page
Missional Education
Aleshire, Daniel O. Earthen Vessels: Hopeful Reflections on the Work and Future of Theological Schools . Eerdmans, 2008.
Banks, Robert. Reenvisioning Theological Education: Exploring a Missional Alternative to Current Models . Eerdmans, 1999.
Church of England Mission Theological Advisory Group, et al. Presence and Prophecy: A Heart for Mission in Theological Education . Church House, 2002.
Common Ground Journal: Perspectives on the Church in the 21st Century , Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring 2005) (Issue: Theological Education: Developing Leaders for the Church ; also Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring 2008) (Issue Learning as Transformation ).
Detrick, Don. Developing a Missional Mindset , Enrichment Journal , Assemblies of God (February 2008).
Greenman, Jeffrey. Toward a Missional Paradigm for Theological Educational (Tyndale Seminary)
Ott, Bernhard. Beyond Fragmentation: Integrating Mission and Theological Education . A Critical Assessment of Some Recent Developments in Evangelical Theological Education. Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, 2001.
Penner, Peter F. ed.Theological Education as Mission . Neufeld Verlag, 2005.
Savage, Carl, William Presnell. Narrative Research in Ministry . A Postmodern Research Approach for Faith Communities. Wayne Oates Institute. 2008.
Villafañe, Eldin, ed. Urban Theological Education , in: Seek the Peace of the City: Reflections on Urban Ministry . Eerdmans, 1995. Part III, pp. 75-137.
Other Missional Articles and Books
Bakke, Ray. A Theology as Big as the City . InterVarsity Press, 1997.
Billings, J. Todd. What makes a church missional?
Bliese, Richard H., and Craig Van Gelder, eds. The Evangelizing Church: A Lutheran Contribution . Augsburg, 2005.
Campagnola, Shelly. Come to the Table: Landing the Missional Church in Canada (Summary)
Clapp, Rodney. A Peculiar People: The Church as Culture in a Post-Christian Society . InterVarsity, 1996.
Clark, Chapman. The Missional Approach to Youth Ministry , in: Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church: Inclusive Congregational, Preparatory, Missional, Strategic . Ed. Mark Senter, Wesley Black, Chapman Clark, Malan Nel. Zondervan, 2001. Pp. 77-112.
Dawn, Marva J. Worship to Form a Missional Community . Direction , vol. 28.2, Fall 1999; Truly the Community: Romans 12 and How to Be the Church . Eerdmans, 1997; A Royal Waste of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World . Eerdmans, 1999; Is It a Lost Cause?: Having the Heart of God for the Church`s Children . Eerdmans, 1997; How Shall We Worship?: Biblical Guidelines for the Worship Wars . Tyndale House, 2003; Joy in Our Weakness: A Gift of Hope from the Book of Revelation . Eerdmans, 2002; Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for the Turn-of-the-century Culture . Eerdmans, 1995; Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting . Eerdmans, 1989; The Sense of the Call: A Sabbath Way of Life for Those Who Serve God, the Church, and the World . Eerdmans, 2006; Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God . Eerdmans, 2001; Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society . Westminster John Knox, 2003.
Finger, Thomas N. [Anabaptism:] The Missional Dimension , in: A Contemporary Anabaptist Theology: Biblical, Historical, Constructive . InterVarsity, 2004. Ch. 7, pp. 255-324.
George, Sherron Kay. Called as Partners in Christ`s Service: The Practice of God`s Mission . Taylor & Francis, 2004.
Guder, Darrell L. Church as Missional Community . In: The Community of the Word: Toward an Evangelical Ecclesiology . Ed. Mark Husbands, Daniel J. Treier. InterVarsity Press, 2005; Growing Evangelizing Churches . In: Teaching Mission in a Global Context . Ed. Patricia Lloyd-Sidle and Bonnie Sue Lewis. Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.
Hall, Douglas John. An Awkward Church . "Theology and Worship Occasional Papers." Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
Hsu, Albert Y. The Suburban Christian: Finding Spiritual Vitality in the Land of Plenty . InterVarsity Press, 2006.
Keller, Tim. A Biblical Theology of the City .
Kirk, J. Andrew. Mission Under Scrutiny: Confronting Contemporary Challenges . Fortress, 2006.
Lamott, Anne. Grace (eventually): Thoughts on Faith . Riverhead Books, 2007.
McNeal, Reggie. Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church . John Wiley and Sons, 2009.
Migliore, Daniel. The Missionary God and the Missionary Church . The Princeton Seminary Bulletin , Vol. 19 No. 1 (1998). Pp. 14ff.
Murray, Stuart. Translocal Ministry After Christendom (see also other articles by Murray on this site).
Peterson, Eugene H. Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness . Eerdmans, 1994; Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity . Eerdmans, 1987.
Prosser, Bo, and Charles Qualls. Missional Framework for Marriage Ministry . In: Marriage Ministry: A Guidebook . Smyth & Helwys, 2004.
Putman, David, and Ed Stetzer. Breaking the Discipleship Code: Becoming a Missional Follower of Jesus . B&H Publishing Group, 2008.
Putman, David and Ed Stetzer. Breaking the Missional Code: Your Church Can Become a Missionary in Your Community . B&H Publishing, 2006.
Rempel, Elise. Worship in the Missional Church .
Samuel, Vinay, Albrecht Hauser, eds. Proclaiming Christ in Christ`s Way: Studies in Integral Evangelism . OCMS, 2006.
Senter, Mark, Wesley Black, Chapman Clark, Malan Nel. Four Views of Youth Ministry and the Church: Inclusive Congregational, Preparatory, Missional, Strategic . Zondervan, 2001.
Schattauer, Thomas H. Inside Out: Worship in an Age of Mission , Augsburg Fortress, 1999.
Snyder, Howard. The Missional Church and the Missional Life
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Stetzer, Ed. Planting Missional Churches . B&H, 2006.
Suderman, Robert J. Footprints: Indicators of a Missional Church .
Suderman, Robert J. Navigating the Missional Church: Understanding the Journey .
Sudworth, Tim, eds. Mission-Shaped Youth: Rethinking Young People and Church . Church House, 2007.
Towns, Elmer, Gary McIntosh, Paul E. Engle, Howard Snyder. Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: Five Views , Zondervan, 2004.
Walls, Andrew F. From Christendom to World Christianity: Missions and the Demographic Transformation of the Church . The Princeton Seminary Bulletin , Vol. 22 No. 3 (2001). Pp. 306ff.
Walsh, Brian J. and Sylvia C. Keesmaat. Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire . InterVarsity, 2004.
White, Randy. Encounter God in the City: Onramps to Personal and Community Transformation . InterVarsity Press, 2006.
Weaver, John. Outside-In: Theological Reflections on Life . Smyth & Helwys, 2006.
Empirical Indicators of a "Missional Church" (Gospel and Our Culture Network)
Tyndale`s eJournal Database --search "missional" - approx. 80 full-text articles available. Note: for Tyndale students and faculty only. (Choose EBSCOhost database; log in; choose "EBSCOhost" and then "All" databases; over 170 full-text theological journals available to you from home; for a few additional journals, go back to Tyndale Journal Database and choose the ProQuest Religion or JSTOR databases); see list of Tyndale`s academic ejournals with full-text articles for download.
Theological Journals Search (theological journals for which full text is freely available on the Internet; search "missional; links to many good articles).
Missional Websites and Blogs
After-Christendom Series (with great downloads -Stuart Murray)
ALLELON -A Movement of Missional Leaders (Alan Roxburgh et al)
Centre for Parish Development (with downloadable essays)
Missional Tribe
Common Ground Journal
Ekklesia Project (see Publications downloads)
Emergent Village (Brian McLaren et al, with blogs, podcasts, etc.); see also Emerging Church Resources: A Beginners Reference Guide
Forge Missional Training Network (Cam Roxburgh et al)
Friend of Missional
The Gospel and Our Culture (United Kingdom)
The Gospel and Our Culture Network (USA)
Lifeway Research - with Ed Stetzer`s Blog
Missional Challenge (Dave DeVries)
Missional Church: A Primar , JR Woodward (definitions, extensive links - very good)
Missional Church Center (Milfred Minatrea, Exec. Dir.)
Missional Church Resources , annotated book list, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Missional Church Network
Missional Living in Suburban America , Todd Hiestand
Newbigin On-Line Bibliography and Documents
New Monasticism (Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Shane Claiborne etc.)
PomoTheo.com
NextReformation (Len Hjalmarson; many impt. downloadable essays)
Outbox: Missional Resource Blog (Presbyterian Global Fellowship)
Resurgence Missional Theology Cooperative , Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church, Seattle)
Tall Skinny Kiwi
Other Resources for the Missional Church
Supplementary Resources for Gospel, Church and Culture
Gornik, Mark R.To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City . Eerdmans, 2002.
Martin, David. On Secularization: Towards a Revised General Theory . Ashgate, 2005.
Miller, Donald. Blue like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality . Thomas Nelson, 2003.
Newbigin, Lesslie. Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture . Eerdmans, 1986; The Gospel in a Pluralist Society . Eerdmans, 1989.
Posterski, Donald C. Enemies with Smiling Faces: Defeating the Subtle Threats That Endanger Christians . InterVarsity Press, 2004.
Stackhouse, Max L., Tim Dearborn, and Scott Paeth, eds. The Local Church in a Global Era: Reflections for a New Century . Eerdmans, 2000.
Vanhoozer, Kevin J., ed. Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology . Cambridge, 2003.
Wells, David F. Above All Earthly Pow`rs: Christ in a Postmodern World . Eerdmans, 2006 (also copy 1 ; copy 2 ).
Attactional/Missional Church Debate
Characteristics of a Missional Church
Allelon Netcasts
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Gary V. Nelson, Borderland Churches: A Congregation`s Introduction to Missional Living. Chalice Press, 2008. Pp. 192. Dr. Nelson is Adjunct Professor at Tyndale Seminary and teaches the course "Gospel, Church and Culture". His book is available at the Tyndale Book Store or it can be ordered from: Amazon.com.
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