CEU Reading List

Following is a partial list of approved books for CEUs. Any book used in the Heartland School of Ministry is approved. Additional suggestion and or questions may be addressed to the CEU Committee.

A separate <approved reading list> is maintained by the IPHC GMC.

• Anderson, Leith, A Church for the 21st Century, Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1992.
• Anderson, Leith, Dying for Change, Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1990.
• Anderson, Lorna, You and Your Refugee Neighbor, William Carey Library, Pasadena, California, 1980.
• Appleby, Jerry, The Church in a Stew, Beacon Hill Press, Kansas City, Missouri, 1990.
• Appleby, Jerry, Missions Have Come Home to America, Beacon Hill Press, Kansas City, Missouri, 1990.
• Bakke, Ray, The Urban Christian: Effective Ministry In Today's World, Downers Grove, Illinois, InterVarsity Press, 1987.
• Bandy, Thomas G., Moving Off the Map: A Filed Guide to Changing the Congregation, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998.
• Barna, George, The Frog in the Kettle, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1990.
• Barna, George, The Power of Vision, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1992.
• Beacham, Doug, Rediscovering the Role of Apostles & Prophets, LifeSprings Resources, Franklin Springs, Georgia, 2004.
• Becker, Paul, Carpenter, Jim, and Williams, Mark, The Dynamic Church Planting Handbook, Dynamic Church Planting International, Oceanside, California, 2006.
• Becker, Paul, and Williams, Mark, The Dynamic Daughter Church Planting Handbook, Dynamic Church Planting International, Oceanside, California, 2006.
• Bellah, Robert N., etal., Habits of the Heart, Harper & Row, New York, New York, 1985.
• Biehl, Bobb, and Engstrom, Ted W., Increasing Your Boardroom Confidence, Questar Publishers, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, 1988.
• Bloom, Allan, The Closing of the American Mind, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987.
• Bossidy, Larry and Ram Charan, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Crown Business, New York, 2002.
• Bullard, Jr., George W., Pursuing The Full Kingdom Potential of Your Congregation, Chalice Press, Danvers, Massachusetts, 2005.
• Burns, James MacGregor, Leadership, Harper & Row, New York, 1978.
• Claerbaut, David, Urban Ministry, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1983.
• Clinton, J. Robert, The Making of a Leader, Navpress, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1988.
• Collins, Jim, Good to Great, Harper Collins, New York, New York, 2001.
• Colson, Charles, Against the Night – Living in the New Dark Ages, Servant Publications, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1989.
• Colson, Charles, The Body: Being Light in Darkness, Word Publishing, Dallas, 1992.
• Conn, Harvie M, The American City and Evangelical Church, Baker Books, Abingdon, Nashville, Tennessee, 1980.
• Conn, Harvie M., A Clarified Vision for Urban Mission, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan Publishing House, 1987.
• Conner, Kevin J., The Church in the New Testament, City Bible Publishing, Portland, Oregon, 1998.
• Cordeiro, Wayne, Doing Church As A Team, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 2005.
• Covey, Stephen R., Principle – Centered Leadership, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1991.
• Covey, Stephen R., The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Simon & Shuster, New York, 1989.
• Cox, Harvey, Fire From Heaven, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1995.
• Davis, James H., and White, Woodie W., Racial Transition in the Church, Abingdon, Nashville, Tennessee, 1980.
• Davis, Stanley M., Future Perfect, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1987.
• Dawson, John, Healing America’s Wounds, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1994.
• Dawson, John, Taking Our Cities For God: How To Break Spiritual Strongholds, Creation House, Lake Mary, Florida, 1989.
• Dayton, Howard, Your Money Map: A proven 7-Step Guide to True Financial Freedom, Moody Publishers, Chicago, IL, 2006.
• Dobson, Lorna, I’m More than a Pastor’s Wife
• Drucker, Peter F., The Effective Executive, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1966.
• Drucker, Peter, Post-Capitalist Society, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1993.
• Eastman, Dick, Dick Eastman on Prayer (Three Bestsellers in One), Global Christian Publishers, 2000.
• Easum, William, Dancing with Dinosaurs, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1993.
• Easum, William, Growing Spiritual Redwoods, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1997.
• Easum, M. William, Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers, Abingdon, Nashville, Tennessee, 1995.
• Evans, Debra, Blessing Your Husband,
• Ford, Leighton, Transforming Leadership, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, 1991.
• Franklin, John, And The Place Was Shaken, Broadman & Holman, Nashville, Tennessee, 2005.
• Friedman, Thomas L., The World is Flat, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York: 2005.
• George, Carl, How To Break Growth Barriers, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1993.
• George, Carl, Prepare Your Church for the Future, Fleming H. Revell, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1992.
• Graf, Jonathan and Lani Hinkle, My House Shall Be A House of Prayer, NavPress Publishing, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2001.
• Green, Michael, Thirty Years That Changed the World:  The Book of Acts for Today, William B Eerdmans Publishing Company,k Grand Rapids, Michigan, c 1993, last edition 2004
• Greenway, Roger S., Apostles To The City: Biblical Strategies For Urban Missions, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Book House, 1978.
• Greenway, Roger S., and Monsma, Timothy M., Cities:  Missions New Frontiers, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Book House, 1989.
• Goldsmith, Marshall and Laurence S. Lyons, Coaching for Leadership,   Pfeiffer and John Wiley & Sons, San Francisco, California, 2006.
• Goldsmith, Marshall, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Random House, New York, 2007.
• Ham, Ken & Britt Beemer, Already Gone: Why Your Kids Will Quit Church and What You Can Do To Stop It, Master Books, 2009
• Hayford, Jack, The Key To Everything, Creation House, Orlando, Florida, 1993
• Hemphill, Ken, The Antioch Effect, Broadman and Holman, Nashville, 1994.
• Henderson, David W., Culture Shift: Communicating God’s Word To Our Changing World, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1998.
• Hendricks, William and Howard, As Iron Sharpeneth Iron, Moody Press, 1995.
• Hesselbein, Francis and Marshall Goldsmith, The Leader of the Future 2 Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, California, 2006.
• Hessellgrave, David J., Planting Churches Cross-Culturally, Baker, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1980
• Hunter, Kent, Moving The Church Into Action, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Missouri, 1989.
• Imparato, Nicholas and Oren Harari, Jumping the Curve, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1994.
• Jacobs, Cindy, Women of Destiny,
• Jaynes, Sharon, I’m Not Good Enough… and Other Lies Women Tell Themselves,
• Jenkins, Phillip, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
• Joslin, Roy, Urban Harvest, Evangelical Press, Welwyn, England, 1982.
• Kendall, R.T., Pure Joy, Charisma House, Orlando, Florida, 2006.
• Kluth, Brian, 40 Day Spiritual Journey To A More Generous Life,
• Leggett, James, Preaching To Connect, LifeSprings Resources,    Franklin Springs, Georgia, 2005.
• Linthicum, Robert C, City Of God – City Of Satan:  A Biblical Theology Of The Urban Church, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1991.
• Logan, Robert E., and Rast, Jeff, How to Daughter a Growing and Reproducing Church, Charles E. Fuller Institute, Pasadena, California, 1988.
• Macchia, Stephen A., Becoming a Healthy Church, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1999.
• Malphurs, Aubrey, Developing a Vision for Ministry, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1992.
• Malphurs, Aubrey, Maximizing Your Effectiveness, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1995.
• Martin, Glen, and Ginter, Dian, Powerhouse: A Step by Step Guide to Building a Church That Prays, Broadman and Holman, Nashville, 1994.
• Maxwell, John C, Today Matters,
• Maxwell, John, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999.
• McClung, Grant, Globalbeliever.com: Connecting to God’s Work in Your World, Cleveland,Tennessee: Pathway Press, 2000.
• McDowell, Josh, Right From Wrong, Word Publishing, 1994.
• McGavran, Donald A., and Wagner, Peter, Understanding Church Growth, (Third Edition), Eerdmans, 1990.
• McGill, Wayne, 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching, Broadman and Holman, Nashville, 1994.
• McGraw, Robin,  Inside My Heart,
• McIntosh, Gary, and Reeves, Daniel, Thriving Churches in the Twenty- First Century, Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2006.
• McLauren, Bruce, The Church On The Other Side, Zondervan, Grand       Rapids, MI, 2000.
• McNeal, Reggie, Practical Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2006.
• McNeal, Reggie, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions For The Church, John Wiley & Sons, San Fancisco, CA, 2003.
• McNeal, Reggie, Revolution in Leadership: Training Apostles for Tomorrow’s Church, Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN, 1998.
• Medved, Michael, Hollywood vs. America, Harper Collins Publishers, New York, 1992.
• Menninger, Karl, Whatever Became of Sin?, Hawthorn/Dutton, New York, 1973.
• Meyer,  Joyce,  Battlefield of the Mind,
• Miller, Calvin, The Empowered Leader, Broadman and Holman, Nashville, Tennessee, 1995.
• Miller, Calvin, Spirit, Word, and Story, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1996.
• Montgomery, Jim, Dawn 2000: 7 Million Churches to Go, William Carey Library, Pasadena, California, 1989.
• Moore, Ralph, Friends: How to Evangelize Generation X, Straight Street Publishing, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997.
• Moore, Ralph, Starting a New Church, Regal Books, Ventura California, 2002.
• Moorman, Donald, Harvest Waiting, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Missouri, 1993.
• Newbigin, Leslie, The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994.
• Ogden, Greg, The New Reformation, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1990.
• Parks, Lewis A. and Birch, Bruce C., Ducking Spears, Dancing Madly, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 2004.
• Parrott,  Les and Leslie, The Marriage Mentor Manual,
• Parvin, Earl, Missions USA, Moody Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.
• Peters, Thomas J., and Waterman, Robert H., Jr., In Search of Excellence, Warner Books, New York, 1984.
• Peterson, Jim, Church Without Walls, Navpress, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1992.
• Piper, John, Let the Nations Be Glad!, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1993.
• Postman, Neil, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Penguin Books, New York, 1986.
• Rainer, Thom S., Eating the Elephant, Broadman and Holman, Nashville, Tennessee, 1994.
• Rainer, Thom. S. and Eric Geiger, Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process For Making Disciples, Broadman & Holman, Nashville,      Tennessee, 2003.
• Roberts, Wess, Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun, Warner Books, New York, 1985.
• Roche, George, A World Without Heroes, Hillsdale College Press, Hillsdale, Michigan, 1987.
• Romo, Oscar I., American Mosaic: Church Planting in Ethnic America, Broadman Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1993.
• Rose, Larry L., and Hadaway, C. Kirk, An Urban World: Churches Face The Future, Nashville, Tennessee, Broadman Press, 1984.
• Rush, Myron, Management: A Biblical Approach, Victor Books, Wheaton, Illinois, 1988.
• Schaller, Lyle, Assimilating New Members, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1978.
• Schaller, Lyle E., Center City Churches: The New Urban Frontier, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1993.
• Schaller, Lyle, Growing Pains, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1984.
• Schaller, Lyle, Interventionist, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1997.
• Schaller, Lyle, Middle Sized Church – Problems & Prescriptions, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1985.
• Schaller, Lyle, The Seven-Day-A-Week Church, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1992.
• Schaller, Lyle, The Small Church Is Different, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1982.
• Schaller, Lyle E., 21 Bridges to the 21^st Century, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1994.
• Schlessinger, Dr. Laura, The Ten Commandments,
• Schultze, Quentin J., etal., Dancing in the Dark, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1991.
• Scott, Dan, The Emerging American Church, Anderson, IN, Bristol Books, Dallas, TX, 1993.
• Senge, Peter M., The Fifth Discipline – The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization, Doubleday/Currency, New York, 1990.
• Sheets, Dutch, Intercessory Prayer, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1996.
• Silvoso, Ed, That None Should Perish, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1982.
• Stanley, Andy, Visioneering, Multnomah Publishers, Oregon, 1999.
• Starks, Rodney, The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries, HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, 1996.
• Stetzer, Ed, Planting Missional Churches,  Broadman & Holman,  Nashville, Tennessee, 2003.
• Strobel, Lee, Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry & Mary, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1993.
• Schwarz, Christian, Natural Church Development, Carol Stream, Illionois, 1996.
• Sweet, Leonard, Aqua Church, Group Publishing, Loveland, CO,1999.
• Sweet, Leonard, Faithquakes, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1994.
• Sweet, Leonard, Post Modern Pilgrim, Broadman & Holman Publishing   Group, Nashville, Tennessee, 2000.
• Toffler, Alvin, Power Shift, Bantam Books, New York, 1990.
• Toler, Stan and Elmer Towns, Developing a Giving Church, Beacon Hill Press, 1999.
• Toler, Stan and Alan Nelson, The Five-Star Church, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1999.
• Toler, Stan, Practical Guide for Pastoral Ministry, Wesleyan Publishing House, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007.
• Tournier,  Paul,  Happiness is a Choice,
• Towns, Elmer, C. Peter Wagner & Thom S. Rainer, The Every Church Guide to Growth, Broadman and Holman, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998.
• Tunstall, Frank G., Our Awesome Lord: A Captivating Pentecostal Christology, Creation House, Lake Mary, Florida, 2008.
• Underwood, B.E., Portrait of the Pastor, LifeSprings Resources, Franklin Springs, Georgia, 1995.
• Underwood, B.E., Spiritual Gifts – Ministries and Manifestations, Advocate Press, (now LifeSprings Resources), Franklin Springs, Georgia, 1994.
• Van Engen, Charles, God’s Missionary People, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1991.
• Van Engen, Charles, God So Loves the City, MARC, Monrovia, California, 1994.
• Volf, Miroslav, Exclusion to Embrace, Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1996.
• Wagner, C. Peter, The Church In The Workplace; How God’s People Can Transform Society, Regal Books, Ventura California, 2006.
• Wagner, C. Peter, Church Planting for a Greater Harvest, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1990.
• Wagner, C. Peter, Strategies For Church Growth, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1987.
• Wagner, C. Peter, Your Church Can Grow, Regal Books, Ventura, California, 1984.
• Welch, Jack and Suzy Welch, Winning, Harper Collins, New York, 2005.
• Wright, Tom, Bringing the Church to the World, Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1992.
• Zacharias, Ravi, I Isaac, take Thee, Rebekah
• Ziglar, Zig,  Something to Smile About,