Growing Yourself – Books

Following up my previous post on Growing Yourself through blogs, here are some suggested books on similar topics:

• Marketing
  • Purple Cow by Seth Godin
  • The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• Church Structure/Process
  • The Purpose Driven Church by Rick Warren
  • Simple Church by Thom S. Rainer & Eric Geiger (You can read my synopsis here)
• Leadership Development
  • Next Generation Leader by Andy Stanley
  • One Size Doesn’t Fit All by Gary L. McIntosh (I love this guy’s last name-it reminds me of this little computer company)
• Spiritual Development (the most important type of development)
  • Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby
  • Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala
  • The Best Book on Spiritual Development (you should already have this one)
• Church Planting
  • Launch by Nelson Searcy
  • Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer
• Communicating (that’s preaching for you old school readers)
  
  • Communicating for a Change by Andy Stanley
  • Made to Stick by Chip & Dan Heath

This is by no means exhaustive, are there any books in these categories you would suggest?