A Select Reading List
Please take advice about what to read.
To begin with, visit www.cofe-ministry.org.uk and follow links to ‘Ministry in the Church of England’.
Ordained Ministry
- Rosalind Brown: Being a Deacon Today (Canterbury Press 2005)
- Christopher Cocksworth & Rosalind Brown: Being a Priest Today (Canterbury Press 2002)
- Steven Croft: Ministry in Three Dimensions (DLT 1999)
- Gordon Kuhrt: An Introduction to Christian Ministry (CHP 2000)
- Henri Nouwen: In the Name of Jesus (DLT 1997)
- John Pritchard: The Life and Work of a Priest (SPCK 2008)
- John Witcome: The Curate’s Guide: From Calling to First Parish (CHP 2005)
www.dace.org for information on permanent Diaconate
Spirituality
- Angela Ashwin: Woven into Prayer (Pauline Books and Media 2002)
- John Main: Word into Silence (Canterbury Press 2006)
- John Pritchard: How to pray (SPCK 2002)
- David Runcorn: Spirituality Workbook (SPCK 2006)
- Rowan Williams: Silence and Honey Cakes (Oxford:Lion 2003)
- Jim Borst: Coming to God in the Stillness (Kevin Mayhew)
Anglicanism
- Paul Avis: The Anglican Understanding of the Church (SPCK 2000)
- Richard Giles: How to be an Anglican (Canterbury Press 2003)
- Alastair Redfern: Being Anglican (DLT 2000)
- Todd Hunter: The Accidental Anglican (IVP)
- Samuel Wells: What Anglicans Believe (Canterbury Press 2001)
Christian Faith and Theology
- David Ford: Theology: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 1999)
- Michael Lloyd: Café Theology (Alpha 2009)
- Alistair McGrath: Christian Theology: An Introduction (Blackwells 2001)
- Alistair McGrath: Mere Theology (SPCK 2010)
- Keith Ward: Christianity: A Short Introduction (SPCK 2000)
- Rowan Williams: Tokens of Trust (Canterbury Press 2007)
- Tom Wright: Simply Christian (SPCK 2006)
Mission and Evangelism
- Paul Bayes: Mission-shaped Church – Missionary Values, Church Planting and Fresh Expression of Church (Grove Booklet Ev67, 2004)
- Bob Jackson: Hope for the Church (CHP 2002)
- Mission Shaped Church (CHP 2004)
- Graham Tomlin: The Provocative Church (SPCK 2008)