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Specific Ministry Contexts

If you serve in church ministry, you may be focused on a particular geographical context, an age range, or a specific type of outreach work. See books on children's & youth ministry, church & neighborhood, church planting, college & young adult ministry, evangelism, inclusive ministry, non-profit organizations, or urban ministry.

Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church, By Eric Costanzo and Daniel Yang and Matthew Soerens
Inalienable
Eric Costanzo and Daniel Yang and Matthew Soerens
Agents of Flourishing: Pursuing Shalom in Every Corner of Society, By Amy L. Sherman
Agents of Flourishing
Amy L. Sherman
True Story: A Christianity Worth Believing In, By James Choung
True Story
James Choung
Participating in Abundant Life: Holistic Salvation for a Secular Age, By Mark R. Teasdale
Participating in Abundant Life
Mark R. Teasdale
Special Grace: Prayers and Reflections for Families with Special Needs, By Elrena Evans
Special Grace
Elrena Evans
Faithful Antiracism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change, By Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan
Faithful Antiracism
Christina Edmondson and Chad Brennan
Who Moved My Neighborhood?: Leading Congregations Through Gentrification and Economic Change, By Mark E. Strong
Who Moved My Neighborhood?
Mark E. Strong
The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change, By Rick Richardson and Brenda Salter McNeil
The Heart of Racial Justice
Rick Richardson and Brenda Salter McNeil
The Celebration Place: God's Plan for a Delightfully Diverse Church, By Dorena Williamson
The Celebration Place
Dorena Williamson
To Think Christianly: A History of L'Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement, By Charles E. Cotherman
To Think Christianly
Charles E. Cotherman
Forming Resilient Children: The Role of Spiritual Formation for Healthy Development, By Holly Catterton Allen
Forming Resilient Children
Holly Catterton Allen
Effective Intercultural Evangelism: Good News in a Diverse World, By W. Jay Moon and W. Bud Simon
Effective Intercultural Evangelism
Jay Moon and Bud Simon
Belonging: Accessibility, Inclusion, and Christian Community, By Deborah Meyer Abbs
Belonging
Debbie Abbs
9 Sessions
Cradling Abundance: One African Christian's Story of Empowering Women and Fighting Systemic Poverty, By Monique Misenga Ngoie Mukuna
Cradling Abundance
Monique Misenga Ngoie Mukuna
More Than Equals: Racial Healing for the Sake of the Gospel, By Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice
More Than Equals
Spencer Perkins and Chris Rice
When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together, By Terence Lester
When We Stand
Terence Lester
My Vertical Neighborhood: How Strangers Became a Community, By Lynda MacGibbon
My Vertical Neighborhood
Lynda J MacGibbon
Postmortem Opportunity: A Biblical and Theological Assessment of Salvation After Death, By James Beilby
Postmortem Opportunity
James K. Beilby
The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide: Six Sessions on Pursuing the Common Good Right Where You Live, By Tony Cook and Don Everts
The Hopeful Neighborhood Field Guide
Anthony Allan Cook and Don Everts
6 Sessions
Refuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship in Global Politics, By Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville
Refuge Reimagined
Mark R Glanville and Luke Glanville
Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion, By Lamar Hardwick
Disability and the Church
Lamar Hardwick
Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World: Evangelism as a Way of Life, By Rebecca Manley Pippert
Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World
Rebecca Manley Pippert
Planting a Church Without Losing Your Soul: Nine Questions for the Spiritually Formed Pastor, By Tim Morey
Planting a Church Without Losing Your Soul
Tim Morey
Institutional Intelligence: How to Build an Effective Organization, By Gordon T. Smith
Institutional Intelligence
Gordon T. Smith
Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good, By Alvin Sanders
Uncommon Church
Alvin Sanders