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.

Jay Y. Kim: Analog Church

Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age (IVP Praxis)

Irwyn Ince Jr.: The Beautiful Community

Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best (IVP)

Gregg Okesson: A Public Missiology

How Local Churches Witness to a Complex World (Baker Academic)

Justin Giboney, Michael Wear & Chris Butler: Compassion (&) Conviction

The AND Campaign’s Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement (IVP)

Priscilla Pope-Levison: Models of Evangelism

An exploration of evangelism

Esau McCaulley: Reading While Black

African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope (IVP Academic)

Why We Must Resolve Our Past Pain

Becoming free to move forward into the future