There are a ba-zillion good books about ministry available today! There are twice as many great books unrelated to ministry that are just as relevant and useful.
So here’s the deal! If you could require every minister in America to read just three books what would they be???
Here are my recommendations:
Theopolitical Imagination: Discovering the Liturgy as a Political Act in an Age of Global Consumerism by William T. Cavanaugh
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
The Moral Vision of the New Testament by Richard Hays
April 30, 2007 at 8:49 am
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In Jesus Name by Henri Nouwen
Celebration of Disciplines by Richard Foster
April 30, 2007 at 9:54 am
Three books that in the past 20 years have made an impact on me are:
The Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster
The Purpose Driven Church, Rick Warren
What’s So Amazing About Grace, Phillip Yancey
April 30, 2007 at 4:43 pm
“On Becoming a Person” Carl Rogers
“Hamlet” William Shakespeare
“The Courage to Be” Paul Tillich
May 1, 2007 at 2:43 pm
“When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs” by Charles Kimball
“The Impact of God: Soundings from St. John of the Cross” by Iain Matthew
“The New Context for Ministry: Competing for the Charitable Dollar” by Lyle Schaller
May 2, 2007 at 12:38 pm
The most significant books for me in my ministry:
“A New Kind of Christian” by Brian McLaren
“Adventures in Missing the Point” by Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo
“Rumors of Another World” by Philip Yancey