 | Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry by John Piper
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $7.50 It would be good if every deacon could understand the heart and office of a pastor. I use this book as a 60-day devotional guide to train all new leaders about my heart as a pastor.
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 | For the Love of God: A Daily Companion for Discovering the Riches of God's Word by D. A. Carson
Buy used from: $60.00 I have found that many deacons do not spend time deepening themselves in the word of God. Carson takes you into the word of God DAILY.
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 | Today's Gospel: Authentic or Synthetic? by Walter J. Chantry
Buy new: $7.00 / Used from: $0.01 Every servant needs to understand the Gospel. But many offer a cheap substitute. This text is a short, clear explanation of the Gospel.
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 | The Gospel According to Jesus by John F. MacArthur Jr.
Buy used from: $0.66 Servants also need to recognize the work of the Gospel in the lives of those they serve. This book will challenge deacons to look for fruit rather than simple professions among those they serve.
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 | City on a Hill: Reclaiming the Biblical Pattern for the Church in the 21st Century by Philip Ryken
Buy new: $11.04 / Used from: $3.75 Before one can understand WHAT a deacon is, one needs to understand WHY a deacons is -- that is Christ has a plan for HIS church, and He appoints servants of His bride.
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 | Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God by J. I. Packer
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $0.01 Every servant needs to embrace evangelism, and understand how the Lord sovereignly adds to His church. Thus, we can avoid manipulating professions of faith and membership.
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 | Cross and Christian Ministry, The: Leadership Lessons from 1 Corinthians by D. Carson
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $7.50 Carson says what every pastor would wish to say to his deacons about Christ-centered ministry.
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 | Humility: True Greatness by C. J. Mahaney
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $6.99 Before servanthood must come humilty. A short and powerful work on humility. A working man can read it in two or three nights.
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 | Humility: The Forgotten Virtue (Strength for Life) by Wayne A. Mack
Buy new: $8.79 / Used from: $1.88 Before servanthood must come humility. A little longer than the work by Mahaney, but fills out the picture on the humility of Christ and his servants.
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 | The New Testament Deacon: The Church's Minister of Mercy by Alexander Strauch
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $3.47 The training manual every deacon must have. It should replace and bury the erroneous work of Hiscox!
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 | The Message of the New Testament: Promises Kept by Mark Dever
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $16.79 Deacons must hold the mystery of the faith. This assumes a knowledge of the plan of God. Dever makes it simple.
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 | Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview by Albert M. Wolters
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $7.25 A godly pastor should operate from a Biblical worldview. He needs deacons who can do the same. A short and important text, able to be read in two nights.
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 | The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by D. A. Carson
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $9.11 Deacons need to know theology. Carson provides a short, easy to read work on the doctrine of God. It can be read in two nights.
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 | Well-Intentioned Dragons: Ministering to Problem People in the Church by Marshall Shelley
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.25 The book that opens deacons' eyes to problem members that have been around them for years. Following this book keeps the pastor from being the only black-hat gun-slinger for the Gospel in the church.
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 | Step by Step: Divine Guidance for Ordinary Christians (Resources for Changing Lives) by James C. Petty
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $4.10 A short, practical book deacons can use to help their people with discerning the will of God.
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 | Each for the Other: Marriage as It's Meant to Be by Bryan Chapell
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $6.98 A short, practical text deacons can use to help their people with marital conflict and growth. Every deacon should be able to offer a family basic marital help.
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 | Growing Up Christian: Have You Taken Ownership of Your Relationship With God? by Karl Graustein
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $3.72 A short, practical text deacons can use to help their people with raising Godly teens.
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 | Worship by the Book by Rev. Mark Ashton
Buy new: $13.25 / Used from: $6.99 A short, practical text deacons can use to help their people with the wars over worship and music.
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 | Stop Dating the Church!: Fall in Love with the Family of God (Lifechange Books) by Joshua Harris
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $4.35 A short, practical text deacons can use to help their people with being complacent about church. It is a mini-theology of church.
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 | What's the Difference?: Manhood and Womanhood Defined According to the Bible by John Piper
Buy used from: $1.58 A short, practical text deacons can use to help their people with Biblical gender distinctions, and the problem of women in ministry.
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 | Love in Hard Places by D. A. Carson
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $9.93 A not-so-short text deacons can use to help their people with the issue of forgiveness.
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 | The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry on the Gospel by Mark Dever
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.00 A short, practical text deacons can use to help their people move a church toward revival, reformation, and being Gospel-centered.
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 | Jonathan Edwards: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought by Stephen J. Nichols
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $3.47 It is good to read the life of a pastor who lived a Gospel-centered life. I wish every deacon, younger or older, would read this book.
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 | Elders in Congregational Life: Rediscovering the Biblical Model for Church Leadership by Phil A. Newton
Buy new: $11.89 / Used from: $3.90 And finally, who cannot plainly read Acts 20:27-35; Eph. 4:6-16; I Tim. 5:17; Tit. 1; I Pet. 5:1-4 and see how the Lord has ordered his church for HIS glory. But this requires deacons to deny self.
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 | Deacons And Deaconesses Through the Centuries by Jeannine E. Olson
Buy new: $41.00 / Used from: $55.64 CODA: For a historical consideration. See also works on Calvin's Geneva.
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