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  • The Self-Aware Leader: Discovering Your Blind Spots to Reach Your Ministry Potential, By Terry Linhart
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    The Self-Aware Leader

    Discovering Your Blind Spots to Reach Your Ministry Potential

    by Terry Linhart
    Foreword by Carey Nieuwhof

    Parish Clergy - Top Ten Books

    Effective ministry begins here.

    You've studied what you think you need to know before entering a career in ministry. Is there anything that is more important than knowingabout hermeneutics, homiletics, theology, exegesis, and everything else you have likely learned in seminary and church ministry so far?

    Yes, there ...

  • Disaster Ministry Handbook, By Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan
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    Disaster Ministry Handbook

    by Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan

    FEMA Community Preparedness Award

    When disasters happen, people turn to local churches as centers for response and assistance. When floods or tornadoes devastate an area, or when shootings and violence shock a community, knowing what to do can be the difference between calm and chaos, courage and fear, life and death. But few churches plan in advance for what they should do—until ...

  • Besides the Bible: 100 Books that Have, Should, or Will Create Christian Culture, By Dan Gibson and Jordan Green and John Pattison
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    Besides the Bible

    100 Books that Have, Should, or Will Create Christian Culture

    by Dan Gibson, Jordan Green, and John Pattison

    So many books, so little time. How do you decide what to read? Walking into a bookstore, a library, or looking online can be an intimidating and overwhelming experience, to say the least. With so many options and not knowing what's best for you, it's easy to just end up making an impulse buy or giving up on reading altogether. We barely spend as much time reading as we'd like, and then we often ...

  • Spirituality According to John: Abiding in Christ in the Johannine Writings, By Rodney Reeves
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    Spirituality According to John

    Abiding in Christ in the Johannine Writings

    by Rodney Reeves

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist

    Through all of John's works, a consistent message is woven: being a Christian is about abiding in Christ and in his words. The Gospel of John, the epistle of 1 John,and the Apocalypse all begin in the same way: by pointing to the importance of knowing the Word, both written and incarnate. Using an artistic, storytelling ...

  • Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work, By Arianna Molloy
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    Healthy Calling

    From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work

    by Arianna Molloy

    When You Don't Know Who You Are Anymore

    Research shows that people who have a sense of calling are more productive, motivated, and resilient than their peers. But they are also more likely to experience the physical,mental, and spiritual exhaustion of burnout. When they do, the impact is more severe and disorienting. Burnout often starts from something very ...

  • As both writers and readers, IVP authors find inspiration in books that have shaped their faith and influenced their calling. In our IVP Bookshelf video series, we've asked them to tell us what they're reading and why these books mean so much to them.