Servant Partners Recommended Reading

Christian Life

• Life Together. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1954)

• The Cost of Discipleship.  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1963)

• Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life.  Henri Nouwen, Donald McNeill, Douglas Morrison (1983)

• The Call to Conversion: Recovering the Gospel for These Times.  Jim Wallis (1981)

• The Upside-Down Kingdom.  Donald Kraybill (1994)

• Joy Unspeakable.  D. Martin Lloyd-Jones (1984)

• Authority.  D Martin Lloyd-Jones (1997)

• Studies in the Sermon on the Mount.  D. Martin Lloyd-Jones (1959)

• The Spirit of the Disciplines.  Dallas Willard (1988)

• With Christ in the School of Prayer.  Andrew Murray

• Waiting on God.  Andrew Murray

• The Ministry of Intercession.  Andrew Murray

• Reflections on the Psalms.  C. S. Lewis (1958)

• Our Heavenly Father.  Helmut Thielicke (1960)

• Guilt and Grace. Paul Tournier (1983)

• Holiness.  J.C. Ryle (1995)

• A Serious Call to the Devout and Holy Life.  William Law

• Open Heart, Open Home.  Karen Mains (1976)

• The Mystery of Marriage—As Iron Sharpens Iron.  Mike Mason (1985)

Urban Poor Ministry

• Cry of the Urban Poor. Viv Grigg (1992)

• Companion to the Poor.  Viv Grigg (1990)

• Beyond Charity.  John Perkins (2000)

• Sharing the Good News With the Poor.  Bruce J. and Buelah Wood Nicholls (1997)

• Discipling the City.  Roger Greenway (1997)

• Empowering the Poor:  Community Organizing Among the City’s ‘Rag, Tag, and Bobtail.’  Robert C. Linthicum (1991)

• Theirs Is the Kingdom.  Robert D. Lupton (1989)

• God of the Empty-Handed.  Jayakumar Christian (1999)

• Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger.  Ronald Sider (rev. ed. 2005)

• The Virtuous Spiral.  Alan Fowler (2000)

Cross-Cultural Ministry

• Bridging the Gap:  Evangelism, Development, and Shalom.  Bruce Bradshaw (1994)

• Anthropology for Christian Witness.  Charles Kraft (1997)

• Transforming Mission.  David J. Bosch (1991)

• Bonding and the Missionary Task & Language Learning Is Communication Is Ministry. Elizabeth and Thomas Brewster (1987)

• Christ and Culture.  H. Richard Niebuhr (1951)

• Ministering Cross-Culturally.  Sherwood G. Lingenfelter and Marvin K. Mayers (1986)

• Breaking Down Walls.  Raleigh Washington and Glen Kehrein (1993)

• Christianity With Power.  Charles Kraft (1989)

Church Planting (Movements)

• Signs of the Spirit—How God Reshapes the Church.  Howard Snyder (1997)

• The Problem of Wineskins.  Howard Snyder (1975)

• The Community of the King.  Howard Snyder (1978)

• Creating Communities of the Kingdom.  David Shenk and Ervin Stutzman (1988)

• Christianity.  Roland Bainton (1987)

 Leadership

• The Master Plan of Evangelism.  Robert Coleman (1963)

• Dedication and Leadership.  Douglas Hyde (1966)

• The Power of Servant Leadership.  Robert K. Greenleaf (1983)

• The Making of a Leader—Recognizing the Lessons and Stages of Leadership Development.  J. Robert Clinton (1988)

• Connecting—The Mentoring Relationships You Need to Succeed in Life.  Paul D. Stanley and J. Robert Clinton (1992)

• Social Base Processing—The Home Base Environment Out of Which a Leader Works.  (Pamphlet). J. Robert Clinton (1993)

• Unlocking Your Giftedness—What Leaders Need to Know to Develop Themselves and Others. J. Robert Clinton and Richard Clinton (1983)

• Corporate Lifecycles.  Ichak Adize (1990)

Theology and Philosophy

• Christian Anarchy.  Vernard Eller (1987) 

• The Politics of Jesus.  John Howard Yoder (1972)

• Facing the Powers.  Thomas McAlpine (1991)

• Pedagogy of the Oppressed.  Paulo Freire (1993)

• The Secular City.  Harvey Cox (1995)

• Desiring God—Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. John Piper (1986)

• The Unity of the Bible.  Daniel P. Fuller (1992)

• Naming the Powers.  Unmasking the Powers.  Engaging the Powers.  Walter Wink (1984, 86)

• City of God, City of Satan.  Robert C.  Linthicum (1991)

• Testaments of Love.  Leon Morris (1981)

 (Auto) Biographies and Stories

• St. Francis of Assisi.  G. K. Chesterton (1957)

• J. Hudson Taylor: A Man in Christ.  Roger Steer (1993)

• A Testament of Hope:The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.  James Melvin Washington, Editor (1991)

• Paul—Apostle of the Heart Set Free.  F. F. Bruce (1996)

• Saint in the Slums: The Story of Kagawa of Japan.  Cyril Davey (2000)

• Chasing the Dragon.  Jackie Pullinger (1980)

• The Autobiography of George Muller.  George Muller

• Bush Aglow (story of D.L. Moody). Richard Ellsworth Day(1997)

• Revolution from the Heart.  Niall O'Brien (1991)

• City of Joy.  Dominique Lapierre (1990)

• Amy Carmichael of Dohnavur.  Frank Houghton

• A Chance to Die (Amy Carmichael).  Elizabeth Elliot (1987)

• The Surprising Work of God. Jonathan Edwards

 Compiled by Lisa Engdahl, 2002