While church life is highly spiritual in nature, seminary training and ordination don’t address every leadership need in burgeoning ministries. Followers of Christ with training and experience from the business world also bring value to the equation. As a result, an increasing number of key implementers and team leaders in churches are coming from people with business backgrounds, including the educational world.

Who--and What--Is Shaping Next Generation Pastors?
Leading Outside the Walls: How Externally Focused Churches Engage and Grow Ministry Leaders
Changes in American Megachurches
Brave New Women
Breaking Through Growth Barriers In New Churches
Multisite Is Multiplying: Survey Identifies Leading Practices and Confirms New Developments in the Movement’s Expansion
Why Facebook and Other Social Networks May Not Work for Your Church
Church Unique Visual Summary
Brave New Women
Team Collaboration: Broadening the Church Leadership Platform
Leading from the Lions’ Den: Chapters 1-3
Team Collaboration: Broadening the Church Leadership Platform
Teacher First: Leadership Network's 2009 Survey of Large-Church Senior Pastors
Breaking Through Growth Barriers In New Churches
Developing Leaders in a Postmodern World