Your Reading Plan for 2025: Top 15 Best Books for Church Leaders (Part 3)

The single greatest way you can grow as a leader in 2025 is to read books. As a fellow pastor, I’d like to save you time and focus your attention where it needs to be for maximum growth and development.

We’re continuing our series as I count down my top 15 best books for church leaders, narrowed down from hundreds of books that I’ve read in 2024. Add these to your own reading list.

Here’s the next 3, in no particular order.

#7: The Biblical, Theological, Historical Study on Vision by Dr Frank Damazio
This book is an in depth study into the origin and biblical foundation of vision that can be traced in church history. The leader will have a grasp on the theology of vision and the implementation. The ways of receiving and processing vision are laid out with some practical ideas to aid the reader.

#8: The Influential Mentor: How the Life and Legacy of Howard Hendricks Equipped and Inspired a Generation of Leaders by Maina Mwaura
This book tells the story of Howard Hendricks’ life while capturing his visionary character and leadership legacy. Hendricks overcame a difficult childhood and battled depression. Yet he got up every week for 60 years to teach and mentor with incredible zeal and humility. You’ll also learn well-tested methods that have shaped a movement — methods that will help today’s leaders weather cultural storms and be more effective.

#9: Spurgeon: A Life by Alex DiPrima
Alex DiPrima paints a fresh portrait of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the most well-known gospel minister of the nineteenth century. By providing social, historical, and religious context, DiPrima helps us comprehend the scope of Spurgeon’s ministry in London. Combining academic expertise with popular presentation, this short biography of the famed Prince of Preachers will be the go-to introduction to Spurgeon for years to come.

Stay tuned for more of my best books for church leaders, to add to your reading list for 2025!

Your partner in ministry,

Nelson

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Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.

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