Resources for Large and Middle-size Churches and Staffing

compiled by Ronald W. Waters

last updated 12/31/2007

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The following list of resources is provided for your assistance. Inclusion in this list does not imply the endorsement of all the content by New Life Ministries. We do believe you will find them to be helpful.

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Large Churches

Hybels, Lynne, and Bill Hybels.  Rediscovering Church: The Story and Vision of Willow Creek Community Church.  Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.

Schaller, Lyle E.  The Multiple Staff and the Larger Church.  Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1980.

____________.  The Seven-Day-a-Week Church.  Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.

____________.  The Very Large Church.  Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2000.

Vaughan, John N.  The Large Church: A Twentieth-Century Expression of the First-Century Church.  Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1985.

_____________.  Megachurches and America's Cities: How Churches Grow.  Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1993.

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Middle-Size Churches

Schaller, Lyle E. The Middle-Size Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1985.

Sullivan, Bill M. Ten Steps to Breaking the 200 Barrier. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 1988.

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Staffing

McIntosh, Gary L. Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000.

Mitchell, Kenneth R. Multiple Staff Ministries. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1988.

Nuechterlein, Anne Marie. Improving Your Multiple Staff Ministry: How to Work Together More Effectively. Minneapolis: Augsburg-Fortress, 1989.

Schaller, Lyle E. The Multiple Staff and the Larger Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1980.

_____________. The Senior Minister. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988.

Westing, Harold J. Church Staff Handbook. Rev. & updated ed. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1997. (Previously published as Multiple Church-Staff Handbook, 1985.)

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