BOOKS

Here's a small sampling of book recommendations focusing on rural ministry, leadership, pastoral care, wellness, and discipleship. Click each title to learn more. Check back often for updates.

Leadership

Canoeing the Mountains

by Tod Bolsinger

A Failure of Nerve

by Edwin Friedman

How to Lead When You Don't Know Where You're Going

by Susan Beaumont

Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times

by Peter Steinke

The Practice of Adaptive Leadership

by Ronald Heifetz et al

A Work of Heart

by Reggie McNeal

Rural Ministry

The Forgotten Church

by Glenn Daman

A Big Gospel in Small Places

by Stephen Witmer

The Grasshopper Myth

by Karl Vaters

God’s Country

by Brad Roth

Preaching, Teaching and Care

How Your Congregation Learns

by Tim Shapiro

Preaching in the Purple Zone

by Leah D. Schade

Christian Social Innovation

by L. Gregory Jones

Divergent Church

by Tim Shapiro with Kara Faris

Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities

by Jeanne Hoeft et al

The Gospel Comes with a House Key

by Rosaria Butterfield

The Mentor's Guide

by Lois J. Zachary

Wellness

Aging: Growing Old in Church

by Will Willimon

The Pastor as Public Theologian

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and Owen Strachan

Flourishing in Ministry: How to Cultivate Clergy Well Being

by Matt Bloom

Recalling Our Own Stories

by Edward Wimberly

Faithful and Fractured

by Rae Jean Proeschold-Bel and Jason Byassee

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership

by Ruth Haley Barton

Living Into Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us

by Christine Pohl

The State of Pastors

by Barna Research Group