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Recommended books



Vocation

  • Live for a change by Francis Dewar. pub: DLT
  • Called or Collared by Francis Dewar. pub: SPCK
  • Life calling: a 5-session course on vocation for Lent by Robert Warren and Kate Bruce. pub: CHP
  • What color is your parachute? 2009 by Richard Nelson Bolles. pub:Ten Speed Press
  • The Abolition of the Laity by R. Paul Stevens. pub: Paternoster Press


Ordained Ministry

  • The Life and Work of a Priest (Very highly recommended- start with this one if you are considering being ordained) by John Pritchard. pub: SPCK
  • Being a Priest Today (Recommended) by Cocksworth/Brown. pub: Canterbury Press
  • Ministry in Three Dimensions by Stephen Croft. pub: DLT
  • Here I Am by Richard Giles.  pub:  Canterbury Press
  • The Christian Priest Today by Michael Ramsey. pub: SPCK
  • Praying for England by Samuel Wells and Sarah Coakley. pub: continuum
  • Working the Angles/Contemplative Pastor by Eugene Peterson. pub: Eerdmans
  • The Curate's Guide edited by John Witcombe. pub: CHP
  • If You Meet George Herbert on the Road, Kill Him by Justin Lewis-Anthony.  pub: Continuum


Licensed Lay Ministry

  • Bridging the Gap – Reader Ministry Today edited by Gordon W Kuhrt and Pat Nappin.  pub: Church House Publishing

Ministry/Leadership

  • Jesus’ People – What the Church Should Do Next by Steven Croft.  pub: CHP
  • Mission Shaped Church/Generation Y/Evangelism in a Spiritual Age. pub: Church House Publishing  (CHP)
  • Transforming Community by Steven Croft. pub: DLT
  • Courageous Leadership (don’t miss Chapter 11!!) by Bill Hybels. pub: Zondervan
  • Beyond the Good Samaritan (Mowbray) and Journeying Out (Morehouse) by Ann Morisy
  • The Provocative Church by Graham Tomlin. pub: SPCK
  • Who moved my cheese? by Dr Spencer Johnson. pub: Vermilion
  • Leadership by the Book by Blanchard, Hybels and Hodges. pub: Harper Collins



Spiritual Development

  • Silence and Honey Cakes by Rowan Williams.  pub:  Lion Hudson Plc
  • God of Surprises by Gerrard Hughes. pub: DLT
  • Anything by Henri Nouwen but particularly : The Return of the Prodigal; The Wounded Healer; The Way of the Heart; and In the name of Jesus  (all published by DLT)
  • The Life You’ve Always Wanted by John Ortberg. pub: Zondervan
  • Spirituality Workbook by David Runcorn. pub: SPCK
  • Now is the time by Sr Stanislaus Kennedy. pub: Town House (Dublin)

Theology

  • Introduction to Theology by David Ford. pub: OUP
  • The Christian Theology Reader by Alastair McGrath. pub Blackwells
  • Exploring Faith: theology for life series Ed: Leslie Francis/Jeff Astley. pub: DLT
  • What is the Point of Being a Christian? by Timothy Radcliffe. pub: OP Burns and Oates
  • The Wild Gospel  by Alison Morgan. pub: Monarch
  • Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire by Brian J. Walsh, Sylvia Keesmaat. pub: Authentic Media Paperback


Emerging Church / Emerging Theology

  • A is for abductive: the language of the emerging church by Sweet, McLaren and Haselmayer. pub: Zondervan
  • Anything by Philip Yancey but especially: What's so amazing about grace?, The Jesus I never knew, The Bible Jesus read.
  • The Vision and the Vow by Pete Greig. pub: Survivor
  • Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell. pub: Zondervan
  • The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning. pub: Authentic
  • Christianity Rediscovered by Vincent Donovan. pub: SCM
  • After MacDonaldization by John Drane pub DLT
  • The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch pub Brazos Press
  • How (not) to Speak of God by Peter Rollins.  pub: SPCK 


Cross Cultural Mission

  • Distinctly welcoming by Richard Sudworth pub Scripture Union
  • Grace for Muslims? by Steve Bell pub Authentic Media