Books on the Church – Recommendations?

This summer has been a summer of ecclesiology (the study of the church). I’ve been reading a variety of books in order to strengthen some convictions about how to “do” and “be” the church, particularly in light of wanting to church plant in a few years. Here’s the list of books I’ve read this summer (the first book was actually read earlier this year, but I added it to the list anyways).

1. Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional
by Jim Belcher
2. The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church
by Alan Hirsch
3. Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction
by Brad Harper and Paul Metzger
4. When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus’ Vision for Authentic Christian Community
by Joseph Hellerman
5. Planting Missional Churches
by Ed Stetzer
6. The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry on the Gospel
by Mark Dever and Paul Alexander
7. The Transforming Community
by Mark Lauterbach
8. 12 Challenges Churches Face
by Mark Dever
9. The Church
by Edmund P. Clowney

As you can see, there is some variety in the list which contains authors from the emerging and missional end of the spectrum to Baptists and Presbyterians. The majority (all?) of this list happen to be staunchly in the Reformed camp, so there’s not as much variety there. Basically, I read the books on the church that I already owned in an attempt to whittle down my “to-read” list.

What books on the church would you recommend and why? If you know the tradition the authors come from, let me know. Feel free to leave any suggestion, from any tradition. Leave your suggestions in the comments. Thanks!