Mission & Ministry Resources

Helpful and informative resources for anyone engaged in Christian mission and ministry, whether lay or ordained. Perfect books for ministers, priests, vicars, readers, teachers, Sunday-school assistants and clergy of all descriptions.

Whether you are Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, Protestant, Roman Catholic or Orthodox, you will find something here to help your ministry. Stimulate your congregation with the Gospel and grow God’s kingdom!

• Reverence: A priest's life of holiness and humanity

  by Magdalen Smith ★★★★★

  Paperback £14.99
  

  A beautifully written memoir on the life of a contemporary (female) priest. The books brims with exquisite stories of holiness and humanity from the author’s past and present contexts.

  

• Preaching for the Planet: Sermons on Creation and Climate

  by Jenny Wilson and Graham Usher (foreword)

  Paperback £14.99
  

  Sermons preached by Jenny Wilson, Canon Precentor of St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide. The introductory chapter explores ideas about preaching with a particular focus on preaching for the planet at this time of climate crisis.

  

• Go . . . Make Disciples

  by John Marsh

  Paperback £14.99
  

  A book for all who want to respond to Jesus’ challenge to “Go and make disciples”.

  

• Gospel of the Trinity: Exploring the Gospel of John

  by Patrick Whitworth

  Paperback £12.99
  

  A short accessible guide to the Gospel of John for individuals and groups. This last in a series of four books identifies the fourth Gospel as the Gospel of the Trinity and helps readers explore the unique characteristics of St John.

  

• Politics & Mission: Rediscovering the Political Power of What Christians Do

  by Martin Gainsborough and David Hoyle (foreword)

  Paperback £12.99
  

  The Church is political because it tells a radically different story from the dominant political norms of our day. Through a study of the Church’s liturgy, this book seeks to build confidence in the Church’s mission that is not dull or out of touch but fresh, relevant, exciting, and contemporary.

  

• Gospel of the Kingdom: Exploring the Gospel of Mark

  by Patrick Whitworth

  Paperback £12.99
  

  A short accessible guide to the Gospel of Mark for individuals and groups

  

• Imagining the Church: Keeping Faith in a Fragmented World

  by Tim Gibson ★★★★

  Paperback £12.99
  

  Exploring the ways in which the church is imagined in contemporary society, drawing threads of history, present and future together through poetry, art, literature and theology.

  

• Christian and Sikh: A Practical Theology of Multiple Religious Participation

  by John Barnett ★★★★

  Paperback £19.99
  

  A major contribution to the fields of interfaith practice and practical theology, in which John​​ Barnett explores the challenges of faith practice as a Christian and as a Sikh.

  

• Gospel of Fulfilment: Exploring the Gospel of Matthew

  by Patrick Whitworth

  Paperback £12.99
  

  A short, handy guide to the Gospel of Matthew for all who want to explore the first book of the New Testament in group study or on their own.

  

• Bigger and Wilder: Life, loss and learning to be a pilgrim

  by Jill Baker ★★★★★

  Paperback £14.99
  

  An excursion into the ancient spiritual practice of pilgrimage from the perspective of loss and bereavement. Jill Baker encourages others to step into the pilgrim spirit and discover more about the big, wild God who constantly calls us to follow.

  

• Anglo-Catholic Church Planting: Can it work?

  by John Wallace

  Paperback £16.99
  

  A comparison of contemporary church planting in the Anglo-Catholic tradition with how Victorian Anglo-Catholics started new churches.

  

• First Flight Feathers: The Best of Worship Live

  by Gillian R. Warson and Janet Wootton (editors)

  Paperback £16.99
  

  A vibrant collection showcasing the of the best of “Worship Live” and the writers and musicians whose work was first published in it.

  

• A Way of Putting It: Sermons of Peter Atkinson

  by Peter Atkinson and Michael Brierley (editor)

  Paperback £14.99
  

  This collection of sermons by Peter Atkinson, the dean of Worcester, honours the highly distinguished ministry of this renowned preacher on the occasion of his retirement.

  

• The Well of Life: More Sermons for the Seasons of Faith

  by Douglas Dales

  Paperback £14.99
  

  A selection of sermons following the structure of the Eucharist as the framework for Christian life, thought and prayer.

  

• Morning Prayer in Urumqi: Preparing petitions when praying for the world

  by David Goodacre

  Paperback £16.99
  

  An invaluable resource for anyone who regularly prepares prayers for public worship, guiding intercessors around the globe and helping them find the words to pray for the wider world.

  

• Preaching the Passion: Interpreting the Evangelists

  by Gregory Dunstan

  Paperback £14.99
  

  Sermons for Holy Week and Easter, written for a parish congregation, exploring the events of Jesus’ death and resurrection as told by the four Evangelists each with his distinctive perspective and interpretation.

  

• Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Re-shaping the Church for a Changed World

  by John Marsh

  Paperback £14.99
  

  ​​Drawing on a lifetime of experience in the Church's mission and ministry, John Marsh explores how churches can recover their vision for sharing the gospel following the exile experience of the pandemic.

  

• Keeping Time: Time, Liturgy and Christian Discipleship

  by Timothy Gorringe

  Paperback £16.99
  

  Aimed at clergy and laypeople, Keeping Time gives a fresh account of the liturgical year and how it shapes our lives as Christian disciples.

  

• Writing the Wisdom: Creative writing as healing from childhood trauma

  by ​Barbara Glasson and Penny Johnson

  Paperback £14.99
  

  Writing the Wisdom explores the emotional impact of childhood sexual abuse in an informative and accessible way whilst also giving a rare insight through writing, into the lived experience of survivors.

  

• Creating Space: Story, Reflection and Practice in Healthcare Chaplaincy

  by Sacha Pearce and Jan Collis ★★★★★

  Paperback £16.99
  

  Creating Space tells a professional and personal story of healthcare chaplaincy and models the way in which practice development emerges from reflecting on the human story.

  

• Prayers for Living: 500 Prayers for Public and Private Worship

  by Rosalind Brown ★★★★★

  Paperback £19.99
  

  Prayers for Living offers 500 new accessible, contemporary and wide-ranging intercessory prayers suitable for public worship or private devotion.

  

• The Spring of Hope: Sermons for the Seasons of Faith

  by Douglas Dales

  Paperback £14.99
  

  Sermons for many occasions throughout the Christian year which can be a source of comfort and strength for those alone on their Christian journey or inspiration for preachers.

  

• Using Vintage Hymns in Worship: Hidden Treasures Rediscovered for Today’s Church

  by Gillian R. Warson ★★★

  Paperback £12.99
  

  Can hymn-singing continue as a flourishing tradition with old and new coexisting comfortably alongside each other? Gillian Warson invites us to see that vintage hymn texts should be lovingly preserved so that they can be enjoyed for generations to come.

  

• Fuzzy Church: Gospel and Culture in the North of England

  by Nigel Rooms and Elli Wort, and Philip North (foreword) ★★★★★

  Paperback £16.99
  

  Rooms and Wort analyse what the North actually is, and why we need to study our context if we want to understand more about God and God’s ways.