Congregations
Recommended Reading
The following are books recommended by your peers to help with your journey as Lutherans. Please send your book recommendations to Susan Barton-Nonno , Communications Director, along with a brief summary as to why you recommend the book.
- Recommended Reading: Advocacy
- Recommended Reading: Being Lutheran
- Recommended Reading: Congregational Growth
- Recommended Reading: Domestic Violence
- Recommended Reading: Inspiring Stories
Recommended Reading: Advocacy
The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America
by Jim Wallis
Recommended Reading: Being Lutheran
The Book of Concord (New Translation): The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Lutheran Handbook: A Field Guide to Church Stuff
Reclaiming the '' L'' Word: Renewing the Church from Its Lutheran Core
Recommended Reading: Congregational Growth
Frogs Without Legs Can't Hear: Nurturing Disciples in Home and Congregation
Leading on Purpose: Intentionality and Teaming in Congregational Life
What NeXt?: Connecting Your Ministry to Generation X
Recommended Reading: Domestic Violence
. . .And Marries Another
by Craig Keener
The Batterer as Parent
by Lundy Bancroft and Jay G. Silverman
Ending Violence in Teen Dating Relationships
by Al Miles
Keeping the Faith
by Marie Fortune
The Verbally Abusive Relationship
by Patricia Evans
Recommended Reading: Inspiring Stories
90 Minutes in Heaven
by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey






