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Pastoral Leadership

Being a pastor is a challenging, yet sacred, calling. If you're feeling burned out in your pastoral vocation, these books will inspire you and support your spiritual health, giving you new motivation and wisdom for leading your church. You can also browse books specifically on the art of preaching and women in ministry.

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry, By Ruth Haley Barton
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership
Ruth Haley Barton
Emboldened: A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry, By Tara Beth Leach
Emboldened
Tara Beth Leach
Preaching as Reminding: Stirring Memory in an Age of Forgetfulness, By Jeffrey D. Arthurs
Preaching as Reminding
Jeffrey D. Arthurs
God and Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith, By Eric L. Johnson
God and Soul Care
Eric L Johnson
An Unhurried Leader: The Lasting Fruit of Daily Influence, By Alan Fadling
An Unhurried Leader
Alan Fadling
Preaching in the New Testament, By Jonathan Griffiths
Preaching in the New Testament
Jonathan Griffiths
The Self-Aware Leader: Discovering Your Blind Spots to Reach Your Ministry Potential, By Terry Linhart
The Self-Aware Leader
Terry Linhart
The God Conversation: Using Stories and Illustrations to Explain Your Faith, By J. P. Moreland and Tim Muehlhoff
The God Conversation
J. P. Moreland and Tim Muehlhoff
Becoming a Pastor Theologian: New Possibilities for Church Leadership, Edited by Todd Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand
Becoming a Pastor Theologian
Edited by Todd A Wilson and Gerald L. Hiestand
More Than Enchanting: Breaking Through Barriers to Influence Your World, By Jo Saxton
More Than Enchanting
Jo Saxton
Praying for Your Pastor: How Your Prayer Support Is Their Life Support, By Eddie Byun
Praying for Your Pastor
Eddie Byun
A Little Handbook for Preachers: Ten Practical Ways to a Better Sermon by Sunday, By Mary S. Hulst
A Little Handbook for Preachers
Mary S. Hulst
Crossover Preaching: Intercultural-Improvisational Homiletics in Conversation with Gardner C. Taylor, By Jared E. Alcántara
Crossover Preaching
Jared E. Alcántara
The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry, By Mandy Smith
The Vulnerable Pastor
Mandy Smith
Paul's Theology of Preaching: The Apostle's Challenge to the Art of Persuasion in Ancient Corinth, By Duane Litfin
Paul's Theology of Preaching
Duane Litfin
Teams That Thrive: Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership, By Ryan T. Hartwig and Warren Bird
Teams That Thrive
Ryan T. Hartwig and Warren Bird
Eldership and the Mission of God: Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership, By J.R. Briggs and Bob Hyatt
Eldership and the Mission of God
J.R. Briggs and Bob Hyatt
Preventing Suicide: A Handbook for Pastors, Chaplains and Pastoral Counselors, By Karen Mason
Preventing Suicide
Karen Mason
Fail: Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure, By J.R. Briggs
Fail
J.R. Briggs
Preaching in an Age of Distraction, By J. Ellsworth Kalas
Preaching in an Age of Distraction
J. Ellsworth Kalas
People-Pleasing Pastors: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Approval-Motivated Leadership, By Charles Stone
People-Pleasing Pastors
Charles Stone
Problems of Christian Leadership, By John Stott
Problems of Christian Leadership
John Stott
The Missional Quest: Becoming a Church of the Long Run, By Lance Ford and Brad Brisco
The Missional Quest
Lance Ford and Brad Brisco
The Relational Pastor: Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselves, By Andrew Root
The Relational Pastor
Andrew Root
Resilient Ministry: What Pastors Told Us About Surviving and Thriving, By Bob Burns and Tasha D. Chapman and Donald C. Guthrie
Resilient Ministry
Bob Burns and Tasha D. Chapman and Donald C. Guthrie