Recommended Reading List for Christians in Ministry and Leadership

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Confessions
Confessions 3.99 avg rating — 71,267 ratings
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Mere Christianity
Mere Christianity 4.36 avg rating — 447,088 ratings
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The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress 4.07 avg rating — 154,144 ratings
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The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine
The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine 4.39 avg rating — 84,249 ratings
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My Utmost for His Highest
My Utmost for His Highest 4.39 avg rating — 83,407 ratings
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Where Jesus Leads: Helping Christian Communities to Follow
Where Jesus Leads: Helping Christian Communities to Follow it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Seasons With Sojourners: A Doctor's Story Working with Refugees and Outcasts in the World's Hard Places
Seasons With Sojourners: A Doctor's Story Working with Refugees and Outcasts in the World's Hard Places 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters 4.27 avg rating — 499,719 ratings
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners 4.23 avg rating — 3,556 ratings
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Jonathan Edwards Knowing Christ
Jonathan Edwards Knowing Christ 4.38 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,519 ratings
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City of God
City of God 3.94 avg rating — 13,449 ratings
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Heaven
Heaven 4.30 avg rating — 15,533 ratings
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Hinds' Feet on High Places
Hinds' Feet on High Places 4.34 avg rating — 59,455 ratings
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Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
by: John Foxe
4.26 avg rating — 19,729 ratings
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The Imitation of Christ
The Imitation of Christ 4.23 avg rating — 25,679 ratings
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Spiritual Leadership
Spiritual Leadership 4.17 avg rating — 9,197 ratings
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Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage 4.07 avg rating — 7,761 ratings
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Absolute Surrender
Absolute Surrender 4.50 avg rating — 3,661 ratings
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The Problem of Pain
The Problem of Pain 4.13 avg rating — 70,794 ratings
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The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism 4.23 avg rating — 73,325 ratings
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George Muller of Bristol: His Life of Prayer and Faith
George Muller of Bristol: His Life of Prayer and Faith 4.31 avg rating — 498 ratings
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How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture 4.18 avg rating — 14,259 ratings
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In The Arena
In The Arena 4.44 avg rating — 273 ratings
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Knowing God
Knowing God 4.33 avg rating — 62,971 ratings
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Preparing for Marriage: A Complete Guide to Help You Discover God's Plan for a Lifetime of Love
Preparing for Marriage: A Complete Guide to Help You Discover God's Plan for a Lifetime of Love 4.06 avg rating — 943 ratings
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Oswald Chambers, Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest
Oswald Chambers, Abandoned to God: The Life Story of the Author of My Utmost for His Highest 4.45 avg rating — 1,734 ratings
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Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul 3.94 avg rating — 87,159 ratings
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What the Bible is All About Bible Handbook
What the Bible is All About Bible Handbook 4.40 avg rating — 847 ratings
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In My Father's House : The Years Before the Hiding Place
In My Father's House : The Years Before the Hiding Place 4.41 avg rating — 3,484 ratings
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The Trinity
The Trinity 4.35 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
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Typology-Understanding the Bible's Promise-Shaped Patterns: How Old Testament Expectations are Fulfilled in Christ
Typology-Understanding the Bible's Promise-Shaped Patterns: How Old Testament Expectations are Fulfilled in Christ 4.35 avg rating — 316 ratings
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4 Chair Discipling: Growing a Movement of Disciple-Makers (Like Jesus Series)
4 Chair Discipling: Growing a Movement of Disciple-Makers (Like Jesus Series) 4.14 avg rating — 274 ratings
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Excavating the Evidence for Jesus: The Archaeology and History of Christ and the Gospels
Excavating the Evidence for Jesus: The Archaeology and History of Christ and the Gospels 4.35 avg rating — 218 ratings
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Dirt Matters: The Foundation For a Healthy, Vibrant, And Effective Congregation
Dirt Matters: The Foundation For a Healthy, Vibrant, And Effective Congregation 4.36 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team 4.11 avg rating — 132,336 ratings
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Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God, Workbook
Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God, Workbook 4.35 avg rating — 34,845 ratings
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Select Works of Jonathan Edwards (Vol. 1)
Select Works of Jonathan Edwards (Vol. 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement
Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement 3.97 avg rating — 751 ratings
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High 4.07 avg rating — 79,659 ratings
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Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics: The Search for Meaning
Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics: The Search for Meaning 3.81 avg rating — 358 ratings
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Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ (Library of Spiritual Classics, Volume 2)
Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ (Library of Spiritual Classics, Volume 2) 4.45 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
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The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity 4.26 avg rating — 37,681 ratings
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Concise Theology
Concise Theology 4.35 avg rating — 1,733 ratings
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Foundations of the Christian Faith
Foundations of the Christian Faith 4.32 avg rating — 296 ratings
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Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles for Leading a Healthy Congregation of under 250
Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles for Leading a Healthy Congregation of under 250 4.38 avg rating — 394 ratings
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101 Ways to Reach Your Community
101 Ways to Reach Your Community 3.73 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Have We No Rights?
Have We No Rights? 4.30 avg rating — 295 ratings
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The Battle for the Beginning: The Bible on Creation and the Fall of Adam
The Battle for the Beginning: The Bible on Creation and the Fall of Adam 4.21 avg rating — 521 ratings
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The Case for Christ
The Case for Christ 4.23 avg rating — 148,964 ratings
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The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery 4.20 avg rating — 54,607 ratings
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Kingdom Man: Every Man's Destiny, Every Woman's Dream
Kingdom Man: Every Man's Destiny, Every Woman's Dream 4.38 avg rating — 1,919 ratings
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Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career
Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career 4.02 avg rating — 306 ratings
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Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe
Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe 4.43 avg rating — 6,511 ratings
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The Origin of the Bible
The Origin of the Bible 3.89 avg rating — 215 ratings
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Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World
Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World 3.92 avg rating — 425 ratings
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What Does It Mean to Be Chosen?: An Interactive Bible Study (The Chosen Bible Study Series, #1)
What Does It Mean to Be Chosen?: An Interactive Bible Study (The Chosen Bible Study Series, #1) 4.54 avg rating — 637 ratings
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The Story of the Christian Church
The Story of the Christian Church 4.18 avg rating — 230 ratings
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The 8 Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders
The 8 Habits of Effective Small Group Leaders 3.84 avg rating — 128 ratings
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Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive
Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive 4.41 avg rating — 1,858 ratings
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Reset for Parents: How to Keep Your Kids from Backsliding
Reset for Parents: How to Keep Your Kids from Backsliding 4.29 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Blessed Are the Chosen: An Interactive Bible Study (The Chosen Bible Study Series, #2)
Blessed Are the Chosen: An Interactive Bible Study (The Chosen Bible Study Series, #2) 4.52 avg rating — 263 ratings
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Future Men: Raising Boys to Fight Giants
Future Men: Raising Boys to Fight Giants 4.32 avg rating — 2,276 ratings
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D.L. Moody - A Life: Innovator, Evangelist, World Changer
D.L. Moody - A Life: Innovator, Evangelist, World Changer 4.12 avg rating — 218 ratings
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Numbered With the Transgressors: Changing the Way We See the Lost and Ourselves
Numbered With the Transgressors: Changing the Way We See the Lost and Ourselves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings