Andy Stanley, Jentezen Franklin, Francis Chan and Steven Furtick are among the pastors who contributed to What Is God Really Like?, releasing this month from Zondervan. Written in conjunction with the One Prayer multi-church campaign, the $19.99 book features 17 essays.

Baker Publishing Group is releasing A Desperate Faith by Jo Kadlecek this month. An adjunct professor at Gordon College, Kadlecek examines the 40 days after Christ’s resurrection and how it changed those around Him. The book retails for $13.99.

Simply Jesus: Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola present Jesus Manifesto (Thomas Nelson, $14.99) this month. Through the book, the authors attempt to bring Christianity back to being simply about Jesus, not about the ideologies, philosophies, social ethics or core values associated with the Christian faith.

Palmer Chinchen, pastor of The Grove in Chandler, Ariz., challenges Christians to a new kind of spiritual formation in True Religion ($14.99), releasing this month from David C. Cook. Chichin holds that true religion is Christians engaging the problems of the world as they spread the gospel

Small groups are the subject of the new InterVarsity resource Soul-Shaping Small Groups by Kim V. Engelmann, releasing this month. The senior pastor of West Valley Presbyterian Church in Cupertino, Calif., Engelmann offers a fresh organizational approach to small-group ministry for churches. The softcover book will retail for $15

Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, looks to a native Californian for an examination of the state’s spiritual and cultural impact. Monica Ganas, a professor at Azusa Pacific University, shows how Christians can respond to what she calls “California-ism” in Under the Influence, releasing this month for $18.99 retail.

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