Book Recommendations for the Pastor’s Local Church

Pastors, looking for some books to think through leadership and life in your church? Here are some of the books I most highly recommend and have shaped my biblical understanding of the local church:

The Pastor’s Local Church

• What is a Healthy Church (Mark Dever)
• The Deliberate Church (Mark Dever/ Paul Alexander)
• What is Healthy Church Member (Thabiti Anyabwile)
• The Trellis and the Vine (Collin Marshall/ Tony Payne)
• Elders in Congregational Life (Phil Newton)
• Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church (Michael Lawrence)
• The Church and the Surprising Offense of God’s Love (Leeman)
• Life in the Body (Curtis Thomas)
• A Display of God’s Glory (Mark Dever)
• Spiritual Disciplines within the Church (Don Whitney)
• Polity (Mark Dever)
• Ministries of Mercy (Tim Keller)
• Loving the Church (John Crotts)
• Why We Love the Church (Kevin DeYoung/ Ted Kluck)
• Biblical Eldership (Alexandar Strauch)

Brian Croft is Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church. To find out more, please visit Practical Shepherding.

Originally published March 20, 2014.