The following are some resources that you may find helpful as you develop your thinking on systems. I have placed them in categories based on the thirteen systems I have identified within the church.

This is NOT an exhaustive list by any means! I would love your feedback on additional resources for each system!

Leadership Structure

1. Staff Your Church for Growth – Gary McIntosh
2. Go Big – Bil Cornelius and Bill Easum
3. Leading At A Higher Level – Ken Blanchard, et al

Finance & Stewardship (2 systems here: operational and strategic)

1. The Stewardship Seminar (CD set) – Nelson Searcy
2. Re-Think Money – Casey Graham’s teaching material
3. Total Money Makeover – Dave Ramsey
4. How to Increase Giving In Your Church – George Barna
5. Money, Possessions and Eternity – Randy Alcorn

Campus Management

1. The Nomadic Church – Bill Easum & Pete Theodore
2. Multi-Site Church Revolution – Geoff Surrat, et al

Communication

1. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done – Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
2. Made to Stick – Chip and Dan Heath

Marketing/Evangelism

1. Simply Strategic Growth – Tony Morgan & Tim Stevens
2. Building a Contagious Church – Mark Mittelberg
3. The Contagious Christian – Mark Mittelberg & Bill Hybels
4. Just Walk Across the Room – Bill Hybels
5. Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary – Lee Strobel
6. Church for the Unchurched – George G. Hunter III
7. Re–Churching the Unchurched – George Barna
8. Breaking the Missional Code – David Putman & Ed Stetzer
9. Love One Another – Gene A. Getz
10. The Evangelism Seminar (CD set) – Nelson Searcy
11. Purple Cow – Seth Godin

Worship (Weekend Experience)

1. First Impressions – Mark Waltz
2. The Experience Economy – Joseph Pine & James Gilmore
3. An Hour on Sunday – Nancy Beach
4. Communicating for a Change – Andy Stanley
5. Planning Worship Services for Life Transformation (CD set) – Nelson Searcy, et al.
6. Can We Do That? – Andy Stanley & Ed Young
7. Planning a One Year Preaching Calendar (CD set) – Nelson Searcy
8. The Creative Leader – Ed Young

Assimilation

1. The Assimilation Seminar (CD set) – Nelson Searcy & Kerrick Thomas
2. Fusion: Integrating Newcomers Into the Life of Your Church – Nelson Searcy & Jennifer Dykes Henson
3. Beyond the First Visit – Gary L. McIntosh

Discipleship

1. Growing True Disciples – George Barna
2. Building Up One Another – Gene A. Getz
3. Go Big With Small Groups – Bill Easum & John Atkinson
4. Connecting – Larry Crabb
5. The Connecting Church – Randy Frazee
6. The Small Group Seminar (CD set) – Nelson Searcy
7. Breaking the Discipleship Code – David Putman

Volunteer

1. Volunteer Revolution – Bill Hybels
2. Strategic Volunteers – Tony Morgan & Tim Stevens

Leadership

1. The Leadership Challenge – James Kouzes & Barry Posner
2. Developing The Leaders Around You – John Maxwell
3. Any book written by Patrick Lencioni

Strategic

1. E-Myth Revisited ­- Michael E. Gerber
2. The Purpose Driven Church – Rick Warren
3. Advanced Strategic Planning – Aubrey Malphurs
4. One Size Doesn’t Fit All – Gary L. McIntosh
5. Simply Strategic Stuff – Tony Morgan & Tim Stevens
6. Simple Church – Thom Ranier
7. 7 Practices for Effective Ministry – Andy Stanley, et al
8. Good to Great & Good to Great & The Social Sector (a monograph) – Jim Collins
9. Breaking Growth Barriers (CD set) – Nelson Searcy
10. The Learning Organization – Peter Senge
11. The Strategy Seminar (CD set) – Nelson Searcy

Have you missed out on the earlier posts in this series? Check them out here:

1. 3 Reasons You Need Organizational Systems
2. What Are Organizational Systems and Processes?
3. Organizational Systems and Processes Are Biblical
4. How to Create Organizational Systems and Processes
5. 3 Principles for Creating Organizational Systems and Processes