Outreach Ministry Resources

The Nebraska Synod Outreach Table has compiled a list of helpful resources for congregations to use in their ministry contexts.
Resources:
Books
1. Living Lutheran: Renewing Your Congregation by Dave Daubert (Feb 1, 2007)
2. Unbinding the Gospel: Real Life Evangelism, 2nd Edition by Martha Grace Reese (2008)
3. Reclaiming the E Word: Waking Up to Our Evangelical Identity by Kelly A. Fryer (Mar 1, 2008)
4. Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church by Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, and Brad Griffin (Sep 20, 2016)
5. Faithful Metrics: A Field Guide to Measuring Mission without Missing the Moments by Peggy Hahn (2018)
6. Memories, Hopes, and Conversations: Appreciative Inquiry, Missional Engagement, and Congregational Change, 2nd Edition by Mark Lau Branson (2016)
7. Discovering Hope: Building Vitality in Rural Congregations by David Poling-Goldenne and L. Shannon Jung (2001)
8. Who Moved My Pulpit?: Leading Change in the Church by Thom S. Rainer (Jun 1, 2016)
9. Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 12 Ways to Keep Yours Alive by Thom S. Rainer (May 1, 2014)
10. I Am a Church Member: Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference by Thom S. Rainer (May 1, 2013)
11. Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples: by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger (Jun 2011)
12. The Digital Cathedral: Networked Ministry in a Wireless World by Keith Anderson
Staff Contact:
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Synod Evangelist