I recently released my annual “Best Books of the Year” podcast, where I share what I believe are the Top 10 Books of 2012 for Church Leaders – see the sneak peek below and click this link to listen or download it now:
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The year 2012 produced some powerful new reads from some of my favorite authors, including Steve Stroope, Gary McIntosh and Patrick Lencioni, plus a handful of new favorites.
I like to say that “all leaders are readers” – that’s especially true of growing church leaders. So for that reason, here are the Top 10 Books of 2012 for Church Leaders:
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#10:Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend by Andy Stanley With surprising candor and transparency pastor Andy Stanley explains how one of America’s largest churches began with a high-profile divorce and a church split. But that’s just the beginning… Deep and Wide provides church leaders with an in-depth look into North Point Community Church and its strategy for creating churches unchurched people absolutely love to attend. Andy writes, ‘Our goal is to create weekend experiences so compelling and helpful that even the most skeptical individuals in our community would walk away with every intention of returning the following week…with a friend!’ Later he says, ‘I want people to fall in love with the Author of Scripture. And while we can’t make anyone fall in love, we can certainly arrange a date.’ |
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#9:The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation. We discover how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. We go inside Procter & Gamble, Target superstores, Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms, and the nation’s largest hospitals and see how implementing so-called keystone habits can earn billions and mean the difference between failure and success, life and death. |
Listen to the complete podcast now: The Top 10 Books of 2012 for Church Leaders Podcast
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