Here's a small sampling of book recommendations focusing on rural ministry, leadership, pastoral care, wellness, and discipleship. Check back often for new recommendations.
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership
by Ruth Haley Barton
The Gospel Comes with a House Key
by Rosaria Butterfield
The Forgotten Church
by Glenn Daman
Flourishing in Ministry: How to Cultivate Clergy Well Being
by Matt Bloom
A Failure of Nerve
by Edwin Friedman
A Work of Heart
by Reggie McNeal
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
by Ronald Heifetz et al
Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities
by Jeanne Hoeft et al
Living Into Community:
Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us
by Christine Pohl
Faithful and Fractured
by Rae Jean Proeschold-Bel and Jason Byassee
God’s Country
by Brad Roth
Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times
by Peter Steinke
The Pastor as Public Theologian
by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Owen Strachan
Recalling Our Own Stories
by Edward Wimberly
The Grasshopper Myth
by Karl Vaters
A Big Gospel in Small Places
by Stephen Witmer
