Recommended Books for Bivocational Ministers

Burt, Steven E. Activating Leadership in the Small Church. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1988.

Burt, Steven E. and Hazel A. Roper. Raising Small Church Esteem. New York: The Alban Institute, 1992

Campbell, Barry. Releasing the Power of the Smaller Sunday School. Nashville: Convention Press, 1995.

Crandall, Ron. Turn Around Strategies for the Small Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995.

Dudley, Carl S. and Douglas Alan Walrath. Developing Your Church’s Potential. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1988.

Dorr, Luther M. The Bivocational Pastor. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1988.

Farley, Gary and D.G. McCoury. We’re Family: Help for the Smaller Membership Church. Nashville: Convention Press, 1992.

Greene, James Y. The Dual Career Minister: Bivocational Ministry in the 21st. Century. Cary: The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, 1989.

McCarty, Doran C. Meeting the Challenge of the Bivocational Ministry. Nashville: Seminary Extension of the Southern Baptist Seminaries, 1996.

McCarty, Doran C. and George W. Knight. The Practice of Ministry. Nashville: Seminary Extension of the Southern Baptist Seminaries, 1995.

McCarty, Doran C. Leading the Small Church. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1991.

McCoury, D. G. Guiding the Single Staff Church. Nashville: Convention Press, 1989.

McCoury, D. G. Pastoring the Single Staff Church. Nashville: Convention Press, 1990.

McCoury, D. G. Understanding the Single Staff Church. Nashville; Convention Press, 1988.

Ogden, Greg The New Reformation: Returning the Ministry to the People of God. Michigan: Zondervan, 1990.

Pappas, Anthony G. Entering the World of the Small Church. Washington: The Alban Institute, 1988.

Powell, Paul W. Shepherding the Sheep in Smaller Churches. Dallas: Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1995.

Powell, Paul W. Getting the Lead Out of Leadership. Tyler, Texas.

Ray, David R. The Big Small Church Book. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1992.

Ray, David R. Small Churches are the Right Size. New York: Pilgrim Press, 1982.

Schaller, Lyle E. The Small Church is Different. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1982.

Schaller, Lyle E. The Smaller Membership Church. Nashville: Abingdon, Press, 1994.

"The Small Church." Review & Expositor. Vol. 93. Summer, 1996.

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