“What are some books that every pastor should read?”
PTS faculty were asked this question in spring 2023. Consider these 14 recommendations for pastoral leadership:
- James Miller, Go Grow Your Church!: Spiritual Leadership for African American Congregations
- Gil Rendle, Quietly Courageous: Leading the Church in a Changing World
- Barbara Brown Taylor, The Preaching Life
- Eugene Peterson, The Contemplative Pastor
Framing post-Christendom Challenges
- Lesslie Newbigin, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society
- Darrell Guder, Missional Church
- Bryan Stone, Evangelism after Christendom
- Jehu Hanciles, Beyond Christendom
- James Smith, How (Not) to be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor
- David Kinnaman, unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity
Theology of Place and Community
- bell hooks, Belonging: A Culture of Place
- John McKnight and Peter Block, The Abundant Community
- Margaret Wheatley, Turning to One Another
- Peter Block, Community: The Structure of Belonging