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A Church of the Baptized : Overcoming Tension Between the Clergy and the Laity
Parent, Rémi
Paulist Press, 1989
A Place to Stand
Trueblood, Elton
Harper & Row, 1969
A Private and Public Faith
Stringfellow, William
Eerdmans, 1962
A Short Primer : For Unsettled Laymen
Von Balthasar, Hans Urs
Ignatius Press, 1985
A Theology As Big as the City
Bakke, Ray
InterVarsity Press, 1997
A Theology of Church Leadership
Richards, Lawrence O., & Clyde Hoeldtke
Zondervan, 1980
A Theology of Personal Ministry : Spiritual Giftedness in the Local Church.
Richards, Lawrence O., & Gib Martin
Zondervan, 1981
A Theology of the Laity
Kraemer, Hendrik
Westminster Press, 1958
Activism That Makes Sense
Pierce, Gregory F. Augustine
ACTA, 1984
Against the Protestant Gnostics
Lee, Phillip
Oxford University Press, 1987
American Catholic : The Saints and Sinners Who Built America’s Most Powerful Church
Morris, Charles R.
Times Books, 1997
American Catholic Laity in a Changing Church
D’Antonio, Davidson, & Wallace Hoge
Sheed & Ward, 1989
Awakening the Giant : Mobilizing and Equipping Christians to Reclaim Our Nation in This Generation.
Russell, Jim
Zondervan, 1996
Bearing the Witness of the Spirit
Hunsberger, George R.
Eerdmans, 1998
Body Life
Stedman, Ray C.
Regal, 1972
Bold New Laity : A Churchwide Study
Souther Baptist Brotherhood Committee
Brotherhood Commission, 1978
Bringing In the Sheaves : Transforming Poverty into Productivity
Grant, George
Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1988
Building Christian Communities
Clark, Stephen
Ave Maria, 1972
Business and Religion in the American 1920s
Lunden, Rolf
Greenwood Press, 1988
Called and Committed : World Changing Discipleship
Watson, David
Harold Shaw, 1982
Called to Serve
Green, Michael
Hodder & Stoughton, 1964
Can the Pastor Do It Alone? : A Model for Preparing Lay People for Lay Pastoring
Steinbron, Melvin J.
Regal, 1987
Caring for Society : A Theological Interpretation
Kinast, Robert L.
Thomas More Press, 1985
Challenge to the Laity
Marciniak, Ed
Our Sunday Visitor, 1980
Christ and Culture
Niebuhr, H. Richard
Harper & Row, 1951
Christian Manifesto
Ernest T. Campbell
Harper & Row, 1970
Church Next : Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry
Gibbs, Eddie
InterVarsity Press, 2000
Confident and Competent : A Challenge for the Lay Church
Droel, William L.& Gregory F.
Ave Maria, 1987
Congregations Alive
Smith, Donald P.
Westminster Press, 1981
Crash Course in Church History
Catherwood, Christopher
Hodder & Stoughton, 1998
Creative Ministry
Nouwen, Henri J. M.
Image, 1971
Creed or Chaos?
Sayers, Dorothy L.
Sophia Institute Press, 1974
Cup of Water, Bread of Life
Sider, Ronald J.
Zondervan, 1994
Dare to be Different, Dare to Be Christian : What It Means to Be a Christian in God's Holy Nation
Colson, Charles
Victor, 1987
Dissenter in a Great Society : An Indictment of Christian Complacency in American Life
Stringfellow, William
Abingdon, 1966
Eighth Day of Creation : Gifts and Creativity
O'Connor, Elizabeth
Word, 1971
Empowering the Laity
Foley, Gerald
Sheed & Ward, 1986
Equipping the Saints : A Method of Self-Directed Bible Study for Lay Groups
Dozier, Verna J.
Alban Institute, 1981
Evangelism in the Early Church
Green, Michael
Hodder & Stoughton, 1970
Everyone a Minister
Feucht, Oscar E.
Concordia, 1974
Faith Development and Pastoral Care
Fowler, James W.
Fortress, 1987
Faith, Life and Witness : The Papers of the Study
Brackney, William H., with Ruby J. Burke, Eds.
Samford University Press, 1990
Final Roar
Briner, Bob
Broadman & Holman, 2000
Full Church, Empty Rectory : Training Lay Ministers for Parishes Without Priests
Geaney, Dennis
Fides/Claretian, 1980
Go to Work and Take Your Faith
West, Ross
Peake Road, 1997
God the Worker : Journeys into the Mind, Heart and Imagination of God
Banks, Robert, J.
Judson Press, 1994
God’s Frozen People
Gibbs, Mark, & Ralph T. Morton
Westminster Press, 1964
God’s Lively People
Gibbs, Mark, & Ralph T. Morton
Westminster Press, 1970
God’s Partners : (Lay Christians at Work)
Menking, Stanley J., & Barbara Wendland
Judson Press, 1993
Grace Matters : A True Story of Faith, Friendship and Faith in the Heart of the South
Chris P. Rice
Jossey-Bass, 2002
Helping Laity Help Others : The Pastor's Handbook
Menking, Stanley J.
Westminster Press, 1984
Honest Religion for Secular Man
Newbigin, Lesslie
Westminster Press, 1966
How I Changed My Mind About the Church
Halverson, Richard C.
Zondervan, 1972
How to Mobilize Church Volunteers
Wilson, Marlene
Augsburg, 1983
I Stand by the Door : The Life of Sam Shoemaker
Shoemaker, Helen Smith
Word, 1967
If Jesus Were Mayor : Transformation and the Local Church
Dr. Robert Moffitt
Harvest Publications, 2004
In The Beginning : The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation, a Language and a Culture
Alister E. McGrath
Doubleday, 2001
Laity Stirring the Church
Leckey, Dolores R.
Fortress, 1987
Laity’s Mission in the Local Church
Doohan, Leonard
Harper & Row, 1986
Laos : All the People of God
Humphreys, Fisher, & Thomas A. Kinchen
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1984
Lay Action—The Church’s Third Force : A Strategy for Enabling Lay Ministry in Secular Institutions
Hall, Cameron P.,
Friendship Press, 1974
Lay People and Religion in the Early Eighteenth Century
Jacob, W. M.
Cambridge University Press, 1996
Lay People in the Church
Congar, Yves
Christian Classics, 1985
Lay Voices in an Open Church
Hahn, Celia A.
Alban Institute, 1985
Layman, Look Up! God Has a Place for You
Henrichsen, Walter, & William Garrison
Vision Foundation, 1988
Layman’s Church
Robinson, J. A. T.
Lutterworth, 1963
Leading Your Church to Growth : The Secret of Pastor/People Partnership in Dynamic Church Growth
Wagner, C. Peter
Regal, 1984
Learning to Share the Ministry
Hahn, Celia A. & James R. Adams
Alban Institute, 1975
Let Me Out! I’m a Prisoner in a Stained Glass Jail
Armbruster, Wally
Multnomah Press, 1985
Let My People Go : Empowering Laity for Ministry
Lindgren, Alvin J., & Norman Shawchuck
Abingdon, 1980
Let My People Grow : Ministry and Leadership in the Church
Harper, Michael
Logos, 1977
Liberating the Church : The Ecology of Church and Kingdom
Snyderm Howard A.
InterVarsity Press, 1983
Liberating the Laity : Equipping All the Saints for Ministry
Stevens, R. Paul
InterVarsity Press, 1985
LITE (Lay Institute to Equip) Manual
Garlow, James L.
Beacon Hill, 1980
Living Stones : Involving Every Member in Ministry
Comfort, Earl V.
Standard, 1988
Love Is the Measure : A Biography of Dorothy Day
Forest, Jim
Paulist, 1986
Making the Church Work
Hammett, Edward H.
Smyth & Helwys, 1997
Managers with God : Continuing the Work Christ Began
Kauffman, Daniel
Herald, 1990
Marketplace Networks
Hammond, Pete
InterVarsity Market Place Department, 1986
Marketplace Preaching : How to Return the Sermon to Where It Belongs
Miller, Calvin
Baker, 1995
Minding God’s Business
Anderson, Ray S.
Eerdmans, 1986
Ministry and Solitude : The Ministry of the Laity and the Clergy in Church and Society
Fenhagen, James C.
Seabury, 1981
Ministry in Crisis : Changing Perspectives on Ordination and the Priesthood of All Believers
Harrisville, Roy A.
Augsburg, 1987
Ministry in Daily Life : A Practical Guide for Congregations
Diehl, William E.
Alban Institute, 1996
Ministry of the Laity
Anderson, James D. & Ezra E. Jones
Harper & Row, 1986
Monday Morning Religion
Luther, Joe Thompson
Broadman, 1961
Mutual Ministry : New Vitality for the Local Church
Fenhagen, James C.
Harper & Row, 1977
No Church is an Island
King, David S.
Pilgrim, 1980
One People
Stott, John R. W.
Revell, 1986
Ordination : A Biblical-Historical View
Warkentin, Marjorie
Eerdmans, 1982
Pastoral Life and Practice in the Early Church
Volz, Carl A.
Augsburg, 1990
Pilgrims in This World : A Lay Spirituality
Finn, Virginia Sullivan
Paulist, 1990
Relevance : The Role of Christianity in the Twentieth Century
Halverson, Richard C.
Word, 1968
Resident Aliens
Hauerwas, Stanley, & William H. Willimon
Abingdon, 1989
Review of “Dogmatic Constitution on the Church” (Lumen Gentium), in Faith at Work: Vocation, the Theology of Work and the Pastoral Implications
Mackenzie, Alistair
thesis, 1997
Roman Catholicism, Christianity and Anonymous Christianity : The Role of the Christian Today
Kenny, J.P.
Clergy Book Service, 1973
Salt for Society
Keller, W. Phillip
Word, 1981
Secular Work Is Full-Time Service
Peabody, Larry
Christian Literature Crusade, 1974
Signs of Hope in a Century of Despair
Trueblood, Elton
Harper & Brothers, 1950
That They Might Live : Power, Empowerment, and Leadership in the Church
Downey, Michael, Ed.
Crossroad, 1991
The Astonished Heart : Reclaiming the Good News from the Lost-and-Found of Church History
Capon, Robert Farrar
Eerdmans, 1996
The Case for Voluntary Clergy
Allen, Roland
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1930
The Challenge and Impact of Globalization
Tong Suit Chee and Allan Wong
Singapore Graduate's Fellowship, 2002
The Church and Its Laity.
Harkness, Georgia
Abingdon, 1962
The Church in the Marketplace
Carey, George
Morehouse, 1984
The Church Unleashed
Tillapaugh, Frank R.
Regal, 1982
The Company of the Committed
Trueblood, Elton
Harper & Row, 1961
The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity : An A-to-Z Guide to Following Christ in Every Aspect of Life
Banks, Robert J. (Ed), & R. Paul Stevens (Ed)
InterVarsity Press, 1997
The Compulsion of the Spirit : A Roland Allen Reader
Paton, David, & Charles H. Long
Eerdmans, 1983
The Devil’s Gauntlet
Guinness, Os
The Devil’s Gauntlet, 1989
The Doctrine of the Laity
Edge, Findley B.
Convention Press, 1985
The Emergence of the Laity in the Early Church
Faivre, Alexandre
Paulist, 1990
The Empowering Church : How One Congregation Supports Lay People’s Ministries in the World
Crabtree, Davida Foy
Alban Institute, 1989
The Equipper’s Guide to Every-Member Ministry : 8 Ways Ordinary People Can Do the Work of the Church
Stevens, R. Paul
InterVarsity Press, 1992
The Equipping Ministry
Benjamin, Paul
Standard, 1978
The Face of My Parish
Allan, Tom
Loudoun, 1984
The Faith of the People of God : A Lay Theology
Macquarrie, John
Charles Scribner & Sons, 1972
The Forgotten Factor : The Story of Lay People in the Church
Barnes, Geoffrey
Uniting Church Press, 1991
The Gathered and Scattered Church : Equipping Believers for the 21st Century
Hammett, Edward H.
Smyth & Helwys, 1999
The Gifts of Lay Ministry
Dent, Barbara
Ave Maria, 1989
The Incendiary Fellowship
Trueblood, Elton
Harper & Row, 1967
The Laity in Ministry : The Whole People of God for the Whole World
Peck, George, & John S. Hoffman
Judson Press, 1984
The Laity Today and Tomorrow
Flood, Edmund
Paulist Press, 1987
The Lay Ministry Revolution : How You Can Join
Hall, Eddy & Gary Morsch
Baker, 1995
The Lay-Centered Church
Doohan, Leonard
Harper & Row, 1984
The Lay-Driven Church : How to Empower the People in Your Church to Share the Tasks of Ministry
Steinbron, Melvin J.
Regal, 1997
The Layman in Christian History
Neill, Stephen, & Hans-Ruedi Weber
Westminster Press, 1963
The Layman’s Role Today
Wentz, Frederick K.
Abingdon, 1963
The Ministry of All God’s People
Costa, Donna M.
Discipleship Resources, 1991
The Ministry of the Laity : Sharing the Leadership, Sharing the Task
Peel, Donald
Anglican Book Centre, 1991
The Ministry of the Laity : A Biblical Exposition
Ayres, Francis O.
Westminster Press, 1962
The New Reformation : Returning the Ministry to the People of God
Ogden, Greg
Zondervan, 1990
The Once and Future Church
Mead, Loren B.
Alban Institute, 1991
The Other Six Days : Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective
Stevens, R. Paul, & Gerry Schoberg
Harold Shaw, 1989
The People Parish
Kleba, Gerald J.
Ave Maria, 1986
The Rebirth of the Laity
Grimes, Howard
Abingdon, 1962
The Samaritan Strategy : A New Agenda for Christian Activism
Doner, Colonel V.
Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1988
The Social Humanism of Calvin
Bieler, Andre
John Knox Press, 1961
The Spirituality of the Layman
Oechslin, R. L.
Desclee, 1964
The Wounded Healer : Ministry in Contemporary Society
Nouwen, Henri J. M.
Image, 1972
Theology Of, By and For the People
Banks, Robert, J.
Fuller Theological Seminary, 1989
Today’s Pastor in Tomorrow’s World
Calian, Carnegie S.
Rev. Fortress, 1982
Total Ministry : Reclaiming the Ministry of All God's People
Zabriskie, Stewart C.
Alban Institute, 1995
Transforming Parish Ministry : The Changing Roles of Catholic Clergy, Laity, and Women Religious
Dolan, Jay P. et al.
Crossroad, 1989
Where Do We Stand? An Examination of the Christian’s Position in the Modern World
Blamires, Harry
Servant, 1980
Who Is My Neighbor? Economics As If Values Matter
Sojourners
Sojourners, 1994
Wisdom and Innocence : The Life of G. K. Chesterton
Pearce, Joseph
Ignatius Press, 1996
Worship & Daily Life : A Resource for Worship Planners
Rudy, Doris
Discipleship Resources-UMC, 1999
Your Other Vocation
Trueblood, Elton
Harper & Row, 1952
Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help Your Church Grow
Wagner, C. Peter
Regal, 1979

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"All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us."

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