Book Recommendations

Book Ideas for Christian Spiritual Formation and Discipleship Ministries

• Charting the Course: A Workbook on Christian Discipleship  will help each congregation establish a comprehensive ministry for discipleship formation from long term believer to new believer.   Cokesbury Resources
• Discernment   A study of Christian Character in Community  Includes: discerning God’s presence in our midst; discerning God’s presence in our work; discerning God’s presence in the shadows; discerning God’s presence in our habit of being with a  Go and Do Challenge.  Available through the WPAUMC Office of Discipleship
• Becoming a Praying Congregation  with  Churchwide  Leadership Tools by Bishop  Rueben Job  A practical guide to invite the entire congregation into a life of prayer, individually and as a community of faith.  Cokesbury Resources
• When You Pray Daily Practices for Prayerful Living by Bishop Rueben Job.   A  useful tool for beginning a daily life of prayer.  Cokesbury Resources
• The Beautiful Work of Learning to Pray  provides 31 lessons by James Howell that will enhance the life of individual prayer as a daily practice.