Recommended Reading
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Spent Matches - Roy Moran
Spent Matches. Inviting others to church is a long-held tradition. Spent Matches explores the realities of church attendance without giving up hope on the local church. This book brings energy to the Christian mission and a solution to the problem of dwindling membership and lackluster faith.
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Miraculous Movements - Jerry Trousdale
Miraculous Movements. How do the people most resistant to the transformative power of the gospel come to be its most devoted followers? Miraculous Movement recounts an amazing change taking place within Muslim communities where the truth of Jesus Christ is turning around the lives of many thousands…
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Jesus Strategy - Tom Marshall
Jesus Strategy. What was Jesus’ core message?Most Christians don’t know the answer to this question. Most of us were never taught how to speak with our neighbors about the Kingdom of God. The Jesus Strategy offers a practical guide to learn how to share Jesus’ good news in the way He taught His followers.
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King Jesus - David Young
King Jesus. What does it mean to be a disciple? The call of discipleship is more than programs and Bible study. In King Jesus and the Beauty of Obedience-Based Discipleship, David Young presents a bold call for obedience-based discipleship and argues that it alone is the proper response to the kingship of Jesus.
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In the Way - Damion Gerke
In The Way. The church began as a discipleship movement known as “The Way”. Despite the best of intentions, church as we know it in the West is unknowingly blocking discipleship multiplication - which we must have to accomplish the Great Commission.
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From Mega Church to Multiplication - Galanos
From Mega Church to Multiplication. What would cause Experience Life Church, frequently named one of the fastest-growing churches in the country, to completely change directions? Why would they risk an attendance drop and a decrease…
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The Father Glorified - Jerry Trousdale
The Father Glorified. Learn the best methods for winning people to Christ with the help of CityTeam Ministries. In a follow up to their book Miraculous Movements, the missionaries of CityTeam share more insights into how best to share God's love around the world.
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The Kingdom Unleashed - Jerry Trousdale
The Kingdom Unleashed. Christianity is growing faster than at any time in history. So why is the church in Europe and America stagnant or declining, and what will it take for that to change? The Kingdom Unleashed explores God's Kingdom Movements. Central to every movement are the core values of the Kingdom…
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Contagious Disciple Making - David Watson
Contagious Disciple Making. It is hard to deny that today’s world can seem apathetic toward Christians. Some may look down at their iPhones when we mention God, motion for the check when we bring up church, or casually change the subject when we talk about prayer.
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What Jesus Started - Steve Addison
What Jesus Started. Sometimes we get so caught up in the power of Jesus shouting from the cross, "It is finished!" that we forget that Jesus started something. What Jesus started was a movement that began small, with intimate conversations designed to build disciples into apostles who would…
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Church Planting Movements - David Garrison
Church Planting Movements. David Garrison, PhD University of Chicago, defines Church Planting Movements as rapidly multiplying indigenous churches planting churches that sweep across a people group or population segment.
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A Wind in the House of Islam - David Garrison
A Wind in the House of Islam. There are nine geo–cultural "rooms" in the "House of Islam," and the Wind of God's Spirit is blowing through every one of them. David Garrison spent three years travelling a quarter–million miles through every corner of the Muslim…
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The Rise and Fall of Movements- David Garrison
The Rise and Fall of Movements. A ministry is what you can do with the help of others. A movement is what God can do when you let go of control and multiply disciples and churches. Drawing on the life and ministry of Jesus, and with reflections on past and…
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The Bhojpuri Movement - Victor John
The Bhojpuri Movement. he Bhojpuri Church Planting Movement began in the 1990s and continues to spread gospel light into the region of North India that has been called "the graveyard of missions." Drawing upon dozens of personal stories of transformation from within the movement…
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More Disciples - Doug Lucas
More Disciples. As a follower of Jesus, what's the one thing you can take with you from this life to the next? The answer: More Disciples.More Disciples is a practical, how-to guidebook that lays out a clear path for learning and implementing church-planting movement (CPM) and disciple-making…