I love writing book reviews, which I know makes me weird to many of you—like, Didn’t you get enough of that in High School? But over the last year Sojourn Network has released so many helpful books in their “How-To” series that I don’t have time to write about each of them. So, I thought I’d just get in front of a camera for a few minutes and tell you a bit about each book.

If you don’t know anything about Sojourn Network, it’s a group of pastors and churches banded together for encouragement, training, and church planting. I think they are doing a lot of good things.

Full disclosure: I was privileged to help these books come into print, so I have a vested interest in their success. But I wouldn’t be telling you about them like this if I didn’t actually think they were helpful. I’d love for you to check them out. There are more coming in 2019.

Let me know in the comments which book sounds most interesting to you.

Healthy Plurality = Durable Church: “How-To” Build and Maintain a Healthy Plurality of Elders by Dave Harvey

Life-Giving-Groups: “How-To” Grow Healthy, Multiplying Community Groups by Jeremy Linneman [Listen to my interview with the author here.]

Charting the Course: “How-To” Navigate the Legal Side of a Church Plant by Tim Beltz

Redemptive Participation: A “How-To” Guide for Pastors in Culture by Mike Cosper

Filling Blank Spaces: “How-To” Work with Visual Artists in Your Church by Michael Winters

Before the Lord, Before the Church: “How-To” Plan a Child Dedication Service by Jared Kennedy with Megan Kennedy

Sabbaticals: “How-To” Take a Break from Ministry before Ministry Breaks You by Rusty McKie

Leaders through Relationship: “How-To” Develop Leaders in the Local Church by Kevin Galloway