Reading List for Free-range Followers of Jesus
Here is a list of books and links that may be helpful for those on the journey toward simple, Jesus centered and relational church life. Feel free to comment on books and links you’ve found helpful. I’ll try to update this as time allows.
Church Without Walls by Jim Petersen
So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Any More by “Jake Colsen”
Western Theology by Wes Seeliger (out of print)
Fearless Faith by Jon Fischer
The Outward Bound by Vernard Eller
Paul’s Idea of Community by Robert Banks
The Problem of Wineskins by Howard Snyder
Call to Commitment by Elizabeth O’Connor
The Starfish Manifesto by Wolf Simson
UnChristian by Kinnamon and Lyons (Barna Group)
Being Church by John Alexander (Cascade Books)
Jesus: A Theography by Leonard Sweet & Frank Viola
Authentic Relationships by Wayne Jacobsen
Houses That Change the World by Wolfgang Simson
The Shaping of Things to Come by Frost & Hirsch
Joy Unspeakable by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Community and Growth by Jean Vanier
In the Company of the Committed by Elton Trueblood
Finding Common Ground by Tim Downs
Questioning Evangelism by Randy Newman
The Reformers and Their Stepchildren by Leonard Verduin
The Community of the Spirit by C. Norman Kraus
And many, many more…
(Also, watch for comments by various ‘tween2worlds readers)