Missional/Emergent Reading List

Our faculty suggests the following books on the missional & emergent conversation for people interested in learning more. The views represented in these books are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent Biblical's own opinion. This list does not constitute an endorsement by Biblical Seminary.

A Community Called Atonement
Scot McKnight (Abingdon, 2007)

Another City
Barry Harvey (Trinity, 1999)

Beyond Foundationalism
Stanley J. Grenz & John R. Franke (Westminster John Knox, 2001)

Blue Like Jazz: NonreligiousThoughts on Christian Spirituality
Donald Miller (Thomas Nelson,2003)

Breaking the Missional Code: Your church can become a missionary in your community
Ed Stetzer and David Putman (Broadman and Holman, 2006)

Church on the Other Side
Brian D. McLaren (Zondervan, 2003)

Confessions of a Reformission Rev: Hard lessons from an emerging missional church
M. Driscoll (Zondervan, 2006)

Confident Witness -- Changing World: Rediscovering the gospel in North America
Craig Van Gelder (Eerdmans, 1999)

Constants in Context
Stephen B. Bevans & Roger P. Schroeder (Orbis, 2004)

Emerging Churches
Eddie Gibbs & Ryan K. Bolger (Baker, 2005)

Emerging Hope
Jimmy Long (Intervarsity, 2004)

Evangelism after Christendom: The theology and practice of Christian Witness
B. Stone (Brazos, 2007)

Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Modern World
Michael Frost (Hendrickson, 2006)

Invading Secular Space
Martin Robinson & Dwight Smith (Monarch, 2003)

Mission Shaped Church – Church Planting & Fresh Expressions of Church in a Changing Context
Rowan Williams (Church House, 2007)

Missional Church
ed. Darrell L. Guder (Eerdmans, 1998)

More Ready than You Realize
Brian D. McLaren (Zondervan, 2002)

Present Future
Reggie McNeal (Jossey-Bass, 2003)

Radical Reformission: reaching out without selling out
M. Driscoll (Zondervan, 2004)

Revolution
George Barna (Tyndale, 2006)

Signs of Emergence
Kester Brewin (Baker, 2007)

StormFront
James V. Brownson, et.al (Eerdmans, 2003)

Subversion of Christianity
Jacques Ellul (Vintage, 1986)

The Character of Theology
John R. Franke (Baker, 2005)

The Church between Gospel and Culture
Hunsberger, et. al. (Eerdmans, 1996)

The Continuing Conversion of the Church
Darrell L. Guder (Eerdmans, 2000)

The Emerging Church
Dan Kimball (Zondervan, 2003)

The Essence of the Church: A community created by spirit
Craig Van Gelder (Baker, 2000)

The Externally Focused Church
R. Rusaw & E. Swanson (Group, 2004)

The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
Lesslie Newbigin (Eerdmans, 1989)

The Ministry of the Missional Church
Craig Van Gelder (Baker, 2007)

The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's grand narative
C.J.H. Wright (InterVarsity, 2006)

The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World
Alan Roxburgh & Fred Romanuk (Jossey-Bass, 2006)

The Missionary Congregation, Leadership & Liminality
Alan Roxburgh (Trinity, 1997)

The Open Secret – An Introduction to the Theology of Mission
Lesslie Newbigin (Eerdmans, 1995)

The Shape of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church
Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch (Hendrickson, 2003)

The Sky is Falling
Alan Roxburgh (Allelon, 2006)

They Like Jesus but not the Church
Dan Kimball (Zondervan, 2007)

Transforming Mission
David J. Bosch (Orbis, 1991)

Treasure in Clay Jars
Lois Y. Barrett (Eerdmans, 2004)

Why Church Matters
Jonathan R. Wilson (Brazos, 2006)

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