This area is to provide resources to our classes, churches, leaders and members to equip them in their ministries.

 New - Our Executive Secretary is a certified Vision Renewal Coach and is available to coach your church through this process. Click here for an overview of Vision Renewal.

New: One of our pastors did a study of small churches during a recent Sabbatical and recommends the following resources (click here) that are available at our bookstore under the Church category

Resources can be found on the following pages:

Bookstore:

(note: this includes only recommended books and the Synod receives 4% from Amazon of the sale amounts.

Library of Books, Videos and Tapes

Online and email resources

Conferences and education events

Please email with any suggested resources or upcoming conferences.

Small Church Resources

Key:
ca = Canadian Authors
* = Worth-­‐while Read.
** = Excellent Read.
*** = Best read on the subject.

* Bickers, Dennis.The Healthy Small Church: Diagnosis and Treatment for the Big Issues. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2005.

* Bierly, Steve. Help for the Small-Church Pastor. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.

ca, * Bush, Peter and O’Reilly. Where 20 or 30 are Gathered: Leading Worship in the Small Church. Alban Institute, 2006.

** Daman, Glen. Leading the Small Church: How To Develop a Transformational Ministry. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2006.

** Daman, Glenn. Shepherding the Small Church: A Leadership Guide for the Majority of Today’s Churches. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2008.

*** Dudley, Carl S. Effective Small Churches in the Twenty-­First Century. Nashville, Abingdon, 2003.

ca Funk, Abe. Hope for the Small Church: Revitalizing the Small Church Through Leadership Development. Belleville: Essence, 2005. (not in store)

McMullen, Shawn (ed.). Unleashing the Potential of  the Smaller Church. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 2006.

** Parks, Lewis. Preaching in the Small Membership Church. Nashville: Abingdon, 2009.

** Schaller, Lyle. The Small Church is Different. Nashville: Abingdon, 1982.

** Speidel, Royal. Evangelism in the Small Membership Church. Nashville: Abingdon, 2007.

** Wallace, Robin. Worshipping in the Small Membership Church. Nashville: Abingdon, 2007.