If you have been intrigued by the idea of living missionally and want to learn more, Michael Wallenmeyer of the website Missional in Suburbia suggests the following books to help you. Some of these are related to one’s individual journey, and others are about creating missional communities in a church context. These are wonderful books that will challenge you and help you to more deeply understand and embrace the missional lifestyle. (And yes: you can live a missional life in the suburbs, as well as in the city, and anywhere in between!)

• The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative by Christopher Wright
• The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Timothy Keller
• The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
• REJESUS: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
• Untamed: Reactivating a Missional Form of Discipleship by Alan and Deb Hirsch
• The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church by Alan Hirsch
• Total Church by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester
• Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America by Darrell Guder
• The Sky is Falling!?! Leaders Lost in Transition by Alan Roxburgh
• Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church by Reggie McNeal
• The Missional Mom: Living with Purpose in the Home and in the World by Helen Lee
• Planting Missional Churches: Planting a Church that’s Biblically Sound and Reaching People in Culture by Ed Stetzer
• The Gathered and Scattered Church by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay
• The Tangible Kingdom and The Tangible Kingdom Primer: Eight Weeks to Creating Incarnational Community by Hugh Halter

You can also find an amazing collection of resources about the missional church, which includes websites and blogs written by prominent missional thinkers and much more at this link by JR Woodward. He created it several years ago but it still remains one of the best collections I’ve seen of missional thinking and practice. Check it out!