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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CHECKLIST

Recommended by Dr. Mark Williams
Vice President
Dynamic Church Planting International

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If someone were to ask me, “What books have helped you the most—as a Christian, as a leader, as a pastor and as a church planter,” the following would be my response (in sequence from most elementary to most advanced). Start with any resource that naturally interests you or simply go from 1 to 35:
 

Spiritual Life and Christian Living

• Turn it to Gold (D. James Kennedy)

• Prayer Coach (Jim Nicodem)

• Spiritual Leadership (J. Oswald Sanders)

• The Treasure Principle (Randy Alcorn)

• Your Attitude, Key to Success (John Maxwell)

• The Measure of a Man (Gene Getz)

• The Blessed Life (Robert Morris)

• Fasting Can Change Your Life (Jerry Fallwell and Elmer Towns, eds.)

• The Ten Greatest Revivals Ever (Elmer Towns & Douglas Porter)

• The Practice of the Presence of God (brother Lawrence)

• You are What You Think (David Stoop)
   

Apologetics (intellectual defense of Christianity)

• What if Jesus Had Never Been Born (D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe)

• Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)

• More Than a Carpenter (Josh McDowell)

• When God Weeps (Joni Eareckson Tada & Steve Estes)

• Why I Believe (D. James Kennedy)

• I’m Glad You Asked (Ken Boa and Larry Moody)

• The Case for the Real Jesus (Lee Strobel)
   

Leadership and Productivity

• The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey (Ken Blanchard, Wm Oncken Jr, Hal Burrows)

• Failing Forward (John Maxwell)

• As Iron Sharpens Iron (Hendricks and Hendricks)

• See You At the Top (Zig Ziglar)

• Increasing Your Boardroom Confidence (Bobb Biehl)

• The Making of a Leader (Robert Clinton)

• Halftime (Bob Buford)

• The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization (John Maxwell)

• Masterplanning (Bobb Biehl)

• Getting Things Done (David Allen)

• How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie)

• Leading with Confidence (Bobb Biehl)

• Margin (Swenson)

• The Conviction to Lead (Albert Mohler)

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick Lencioni)
   

Church Leadership and Church Growth

• Your Church Can Grow (C. Peter Wagner)

• The Purpose Driven Church (Rick Warren)

• The Exodus Principle (Gary McIntosh)

• Beyond Church Growth (Robert Logan)

• Visioneering (Andy Stanley)

• Leading and Managing Your Church (Carl George & Bob Logan)

• Missionary Methods, St. Paul’s Or Ours? (Roland Allen)

• The Call to Joy and Pain (Ajith Fernando)
   

Church Planting

• Church Planting for a Greater Harvest (C. Peter Wagner)

• 44 Questions for Church Planters (Lyle Schaller)

• The Church Planter’s Toolkit. (Robert Logan and Steven L. Ogne)

• Starting a New Church (Ralph Moore)

• Big Dreams in Small Places: Church Planting in Smaller Communities (Tom Nebel)
   

Biography & Autobiography

• Gray Matter (David Levy)

• John Williams: Messenger of Peace (Janet and Geoff Benge)

• The Prophet: Amos…one of five men who quietly changed eternity (Francine Rivers)

• Same Kind of Different as Me (Ron Hall and Denver Moore)

• The Apostle: The Life of Paul (John Pollock)

• The Call of Alaska (Floyd McElveen)

• Is that Really You God? (Loren Cunningham)

• Bonhoffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Eric Metaxas)

Happy reading.