Choice Books authored by Howard Snyder

The Community of the King
- New Revised Edition (InterVarsity Press, 2004)

Complete revision of the 1977 edition, including a new chapter tracing liberationist, Pentecostal/charismatic, and Trinitarian models of the church.

Decoding the Church: Mapping the DNA of Christ's Body
Co-authored with Daniel V. Runyon (email Dan Runyon)

*See the review in the November 2002 issue of Christianity Today.

The interest in the missional church has been in need of a practical, hands-on blueprint for action. Here it is!
Robert Webber, Myers Professor of Ministry, Norther Seminary, IL

The Community of the King
(Original 1977 Edition)

Much-used biblical theology of the church and church structure. 216 pages. Available from InterVarsity Press or the author. (Also published in Spanish).

Chapter 6, The Kingdom Mandate is available online at PeaceMakers.net.

Christ's Body: The Community of the King

6 biblical studies for individual's or groups keyed to the book The Community of the King. Prepared by Robbie and Breck Castelman (IVP). 58 pages.

Available from the author or IVP.

Coherence in Christ:  The Larger Meaning of Ecology. 

(Mission Evangelism Series, No. 4, General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church.)  Ecology, culture, and New Creation viewed through the perspective of God's work in Jesus Christ.  25 pp. 

Available from GBGM (Phone 800-305-9875) or from the author.

The Divided Flame:  Wesleyans and the Charismatic Movement.

By Howard Snyder with Daniel Runyon (1986).  Shows that Wesleyan theology fundamentally is charismatic, in the biblical sense. 

This book is out of print, but is available on the Internet at Rick's E-Books: The Divided Flame.

EarthCurrents:  The Struggle for the Worldís Soul.

A survey of global trends and worldviews, and an argument for the Christian "worldstory."  334 pages. 

Available from Abingdon Press or the author. 
(Published also in Korean.)

Global Good News:  Mission in a New Context.

Edited by Howard A. Snyder.  A discussion of the issues facing Christian mission today, with contributions from 14 authors including Mortimer Arias, George Hunter, Priscilla Pope-Levison, and J. Andrew Kirk.  269 pages. 

Available from Abingdon Press or the author.

Kingdom, Church and World:  Biblical Themes for Today. 

A biblical theology of the Kingdom of God and of the church as Kingdom Community.  (2002 reprint of A Kingdom Manifesto, with new Preface.)  132 pp. 

Available from Wipf & Stock or the author. 
(Published also in Japanese and Chinese.)

Liberating the Church:  The Ecology of Church and Kingdom. 

What it means for the church to be in Kingdom business, not church business, including a discussion of different models of the church and an argument for the ministry of all believers, including women.  288 pages. 

Available from Wipf & Stock or the author.

Models of the Kingdom. 

Church, culture, and mission in the light of Scripture and church history, with contemporary application.  176 pages. 

Available from Wipf & Stock or the author. 
(Published also in Korean.)

One Hundred Years at Spring Arbor:  A History of Spring Arbor College, 1873-1973.

Centennial history of Spring Arbor (Michigan) Seminary, High School, Junior College, and College (now Spring Arbor University), published in 1973.  160 pages. 

Available from the author.

Radical Renewal:  The Problem of Wineskins Today. 

Revised/updated version of The Problem of Wineskins.  A critique of today's church and a theology of church structure.  223 pages. 

Available from Touch Publications or the author.

Vinho Novo, Odres Novos:  Vida nova para a igreja.

Brazilian (Portuguese) edition of The Problem of Wineskins (1997). 251 pages.

Available from ABU Editora.

The Radical Wesley and Patterns for Church Renewal. 

What we can learn from John Wesley and early Methodism that will help renew the church today.  189 pages. 

Available from Wipf & Stock or the author.

Signs of the Spirit:  How God Reshapes the Church. 

Historical study of Montanism, Pietism, Moravianism, and early Methodism (based on my dissertation), with contemporary application.  336 pages. 

Available from Wipf & Stock or the author. 
(Published also in Korean.)

Under Construction:  Studies in Ephesians. 

A 13-chapter study guide for group inductive Bible study (Light & Life Press).  64 pages. 

Available from the author.