Books

Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Grover Park Baptist Church: A Thread of Hope

At auction, the quilts go for hundreds or even thousands of dollars that directly help women and children in need, providing funds for baby and maternity items at the pregnancy resource center.

James N. Sells: The Best Books on Church Care

People in pain do not live in the “post-Christian era.” They go to church for help.

Do Parents Really Care About Youth Ministry?

Why Parents Don’t Really Care About Youth Groups and What Youth Workers Should Do About It (Baker)

In Pursuit of the Good Life

Church commitments are losing ground to the competing priorities of the pursuit of the good life.

Self-Help and the Mind of Christ

We are bombarded with promises of happiness, wealth, fulfillment and all our dreams met. Yet we are miserably unhappy. Why?

Hak Joon Lee & Tim Dearborn: Discerning Ethics

Diverse Christian Responses to Divisive Moral Issues (IVP)

Diverse Christian Responses to Divisive Moral Issues

Why do we differ so strongly in the ethical positions we adopt?

An Illustrated Guide to the Plants of the Bible

In the Garden (Whitaker House)

Does Christianity Need to Be Saved?

The greatest threat to Christianity has never come from the outside.