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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.

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
Life Questions Every Student Asks: Faithful Responses to Common Issues, Edited by Gary M. Burge and David Lauber
Life Questions Every Student Asks
Edited by Gary M. Burge and David Lauber
Not Done Yet: Reaching and Keeping Unchurched Emerging Adults, By Beth Seversen
Not Done Yet
Beth Seversen
The Leader in You: Discovering Your Unexpected Path to Influence, By Ebony S. Small
The Leader in You
Ebony S Small
Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church Right Where You Are, By Tim Soerens
Everywhere You Look
Tim Soerens
Mission 3:16: God's One-Verse Invitation to Love the World, By Paul Borthwick
Mission 3:16
Paul Borthwick
Rediscipling the White Church: From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity, By David W. Swanson
Rediscipling the White Church
David W Swanson
Spiritual Conversations with Children: Listening to God Together, By Lacy Finn Borgo
Spiritual Conversations with Children
Lacy Finn Borgo
Renewing Communication: Spirit-Shaped Approaches for Children, Youth, and Families, By Colleen R. Derr
Renewing Communication
Colleen R. Derr
Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness, By Matthew S. Stanford
Grace for the Children
Matthew S. Stanford
A Big Gospel in Small Places: Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters, By Stephen Witmer
A Big Gospel in Small Places
Stephen Witmer
Sent to Flourish: A Guide to Planting and Multiplying Churches, Edited by Len Tang and Charles E. Cotherman
Sent to Flourish
Edited by Len Tang and Charles E. Cotherman
How to Give Away Your Faith, By Paul E. Little
How to Give Away Your Faith
Paul E. Little
How to Give Away Your Faith Bible Study, By Paul E. Little
How to Give Away Your Faith Bible Study
Paul E. Little
6 Sessions
The World, By John Stott
The World
John Stott
Together for the City: How Collaborative Church Planting Leads to Citywide Movements, By Neil Powell and John James
Together for the City
Neil Powell and John James
Sustainable Young Adult Ministry: Making It Work, Making It Last, By Mark DeVries and Scott Pontier
Sustainable Young Adult Ministry
Mark DeVries and Scott Pontier
I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People, By Terence Lester
I See You
Terence Lester
Taking It to the Streets: Lessons from a Life of Urban Ministry, By Harry Louis Williams II
Taking It to the Streets
Harry Louis Williams
The Reluctant Witness: Discovering the Delight of Spiritual Conversations, By Don Everts
The Reluctant Witness
Don Everts
The Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege, By Ken Wytsma
The Myth of Equality
Ken Wytsma
Campus Life: In Search of Community
Campus Life
Disability and the Way of Jesus: Holistic Healing in the Gospels and the Church, By Bethany McKinney Fox
Disability and the Way of Jesus
Bethany McKinney Fox