Church Planting Library

Welcome to the Sunergeo bookstore! We’ve put together lists of books for all stages of those exploring and involved in church planting. The great news is that if you purchase any of these books through our website a portion of the sale goes to support Sunergeo church planting! Also, you can use the Amazon.com search at the bottom of the page to find additional books and other items.

Books for Church Planter Explorers

The following are books recommended for those who are exploring the idea of church planting and want to get an idea of what it looks like.

•	Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer

Books for Church Planting Pioneers

The following are a list of books that our church planters or partners have recommended as being on the “cutting edge” of church planting.

•	Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church by D.A. Carson
•	The Present Future by Reggie McNeal
•	Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer
•	Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens by Neil Cole
•	Grow Your Church from the Outside in by George Barna
•	Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geige
•	Shaped By God's Heart: The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches by Milfred Minatrea
•	The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church by Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch

Parenting Churches Corner

These books are recommended resources for leaders of parenting churches.

•	The Ripple Church by Phil Stevenson

Church Planting Essentials

Here is a list of books recommended for Sunergeo church planters.

•	Funding Your Ministry by Scott Morton
•	How Full Is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton [Español]
•	Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

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LEAD team Learning Module Books

Books for LEAD team Learning modules.
LEAD team members can log into our “Partners” section to download handouts.

•	The Present Future by Reggie McNeal
•	Preaching That Changes Lives by Michael Fabarez and John MacArthur
•	The Emotionally Healthy Church by Peter Scazzero [Español]
•	A Work of Heart : Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders by Reggie McNeal
•	7 Practices of Effective Ministry by Andy Stanley, Lane Jones, and Reggie Joiner [Español]
•	The Performance Factor: Unlocking the Secrets of Teamwork by Pat MacMillan
•	Winning on Purpose: How to Organize Congregations to Succeed in Their Mission (Convergence Ebook Series) by John Edmund Kaiser

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Recommended by NCBC/Sunergeo Pastors

Books NCBC/Sunergeo pastors have found encouraging, inspiring and enlightening. We hope you will too!

•	Why Men Hate Going to Church by David Murrow
•	The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
•	Breakout Churches by Thom S. Rainer
•	Leading Change by John P. Kotter
•	The Emotionally Healthy Church by Peter Scazzero [Español]
•	Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
•	Communicating for Change by Andy Stanley and Lane Jones
•	The Ripple Church by Phil Stevenson
•	Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church by D.A. Carson
•	The Present Future by Reggie McNeal
•	Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer
•	Breaking the Missional Code by Ed Stetzer and David Putman

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Recursos en Español

•	7 prácticas efectivas del Liderazgo by Joiner, Jones, and Stanley
•	Una Iglesia Emocianalimente Sana by Mr. Peter Scazzero and Warren Bird
•	Esta Lleno Su Cubo? Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton

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