The resources listed on this page are not required for our class. They are here in case you are looking for additional information. They are listed by topic, and I'll add more books to this list as we go.
Spiritual Gifts
Bryant, Charles. Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts: Building up the Body of Christ through the Gifts of the Spirit. Upper Room Books, Nashville. 1991. Cokesbury / Amazon
Carter, William J. Each One a Minister: Using God's Gifts for Ministry. Discipleship Resources, Nashville. 2013. Cokesbury / Amazon
Foster, Richard. Celebration of Discipline. HarperOne. San Francisco. 1998. Cokesbury / Amazon.
Foster, Richard. Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home. HarperOne. San Francisco. 1992. Cokesbury / Amazon
Planning Worship
Hickman, Hoyt. Worshiping with United Methodists: A Guide for Pastors and Church Leaders. Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2007. (Cokesbury / Amazon)
United Methodist Book of Worship (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Wilson, Len and Jason Moore. Taking Fight with Creativity: Worship Design Teams that Work. Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2009. (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Wilson, Cynthia, Diana Sanchez-Bushony, Derek Weber, and Jeff Campbell. Forming Disciples through Worship. SeeAllThePeople Resource. Free Download
Campbell, Jeff, et.al. Online Discipleship. SeeAllThePeople Resource. Free Download
Moore, Jason. Both/And: Maximizing Hybrid Worship Experiences for Online and In-person Audiences. Free Portico class.
Preaching
Callahan, Kennon. Preaching Grace: Possibilities for Growing Your Preaching and Touching People's Lives. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1999. (Amazon)
Evangelism
Fox, H. Eddie and George E. Morris. Faith-Sharing. Discipleship Resources, Nashville, TN, 1996. (Cokesbury / Amazon)
General Church Ministry/Leadership
Farabaugh, Timothy. Lay Pastoral Caregiving. Discipleship Resources, Nashville, 2008. Cokesbury / Amazon
Kotan, Kay and Black Bradford. Impact: Reclaiming the Call of Lay Ministry. Market Square Publishing, 2018. (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Kotan, Kay. Being the Church in a Post-Pandemic World. Market Square Publishing, 2021. (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Kotan, Kay. Mission Possible: A Simplified Structure for Missional Effectiveness. Market Square Publishing, 2021 (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Leas, Speed B. Discover Your Conflict Management Style. Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 1997 (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Lewis, Stephen, Matthew Wesley Williams, and Dori Baker. Another Way: Living and Leading Change on Purpose. Chalice Press. St. Louis, Missouri. 2020. Cokesbury / Amazon
Nouwen, Henri. In the Name of Jesus; Reflections on Christian Leadership. Crossroad Publishing Company. New York. 1989. Amazon
Ross, Stephen. Leadership and Organization for Fruitful Congregations. 2018. (also known as Simple Governance: Liberating Your Church for Mission). Amazon.
The Arbinger Institute. The Anatomy of Peace (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Discipleship
Schreinder, Mike and Ken Willard. Stride: Creating a Discipleship Pathway for your Church. Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2017. (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Stewardship
Dick, Dan, Beyond Monday: Becoming Good and Faithful Stewards. Discipleship Resources. Nashville, 2006. (Amazon)
McKenzie, Scott. Generosity Rising: Lead a Stewardship Revolution in your Church. Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2016. (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Nouwen, Henri. Spirituality of Fundraising. Upper Room, 2000. (Cokebury / Amazon) (Also, this book is available upon request from the United Methodist Foundation of West Virginia)
Weems, Lovett and Ann Michel. Generosity, Stewardship, and Abundance: A Transformational Guide to Church Finance. Rowman & Littlefield. Lanham, Maryland. 2021. Cokesbury / Amazon.
For a list of additional stewardship resources, go here.
Finance Ministry
Marden, Bonnie Ives. Church Finances for Missional Leaders: Bests Practices for Faithful Stewardship. Wesley's Foundry Books, 2019 (Cokesbury / Amazon)
Local Church Audit Guide - a Publication of the General Council on Finance and Administration. Free Download.
