Resources for Leaders

For All Leaders

• Studies in Leadership by Ray C Stedman
• What is Reformed Theology? by R.C. Sproul
• Body Life by Ray C. Stedman
• When All Else Fails…Read the Instructions by Bob Smith
• Essential Truths of the Christian Faith by R.C. Sproul
• RC Sproul’s Crucial Questions FREE ebooks
• The Gospel Coalition provides countless resources for specific personal and theological issues

Small Group Leaders

• How to Lead Small Groups, NavPress (get latest edition)
• Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders: A Practical Guide for Those Who Lead and Shepherd Small Group Leaders by Bill Donahue
• Leading Life-Changing Small Groups by Bill Donahue
• Building a Church of Small Groups: A Place Where Nobody Stands Alone by Bill Donahue

Bible Teachers

• Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive by Dr. Howard Hendricks
• Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon, by Bryan Chapell
• Preaching Christ in All Scripture, by Edmund P Clowney
• Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for Preaching, multiple authors
• It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It, by Joan Detz (secular)
• How to Talk so People Will Listen, by Stephen D Brown
• The Word Became Fresh: How to Preach from Old Testament Narratives, by Dale Ralph Davis
• How to Give a Pretty Good Presentation: A speaking Survival Guide for the Rest of Us by TJ Walker
• Foundations: An Overview of Systematic Theology (DVD series) by RC Sproul
• Communicating for Change: Seven Keys to Irresistible Communication by Andy Stanley
• Creative Bible Teaching by Lawrence O. Richards & Gary J. Bredfeldt

Women’s Ministry Leaders

• A Woman’s Worth by Elaine Stedman (out of print but available online; if you only have time to read 1 book in this section, read this one)
• Designing Effective Women’s Ministries by Jill Briscoe, Laure Katz McIntyre and Beth Seversen
• Women’s Ministry in the 21st Century: The Encyclopedia of Practical Ideas, multiple authors
• Spiritual Mothering: The Titus 2 Model for Women Mentoring Women, by Susan Hunt
• Women’s Ministry in the Local Church, by Ligon Duncan & Susan Hunt

Discipleship

• Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time by Greg Ogden
• Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change by Paul David Tripp
• As Iron Sharpens Iron: Building Character in a Mentoring Relationship by Howard & William Hendricks
• Becoming a Titus 2 Woman by Martha Peace
• The Lost Art of Disciplemaking by Leroy Eims
• Lifeway Christian Resources Spiritual Gifts Test
• Finding the Will of God: A Pagan Notion? by Bruce K Waltke
• Decision Making and the Will of God: A Biblical Alternative to the Traditional View by Garry Friesen

For and about Women

• Spiritual Mothering by Susan Hunt
• The Friendships of Women by Dee Brestin
• In the Company of Women by Brenda Hunter
• Treasures of Encouragement by Sharon Betters
• Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman by Anne Ortlund
• The One-Year Book of Devotions for Women by Jill Briscoe
• Women in the Life of Jesus by Jill Briscoe

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