Welcome to our virtual bookstore! In support of our mission to "Gather, Nurture and Equip Disciples of Jesus Christ", we are pleased to offer this link with Cokesbury, our United Methodist bookstore. Here you will find excellent resources to nurture your faith and equip your ministry for the sake of Christ.

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... or check out these recommended books

Jack Harnish recommends:

In connection with our Lenten Study on the parables of Jesus, I would recommend:

• Twelve Parables of Jesus by Maxie Dunnam
• Parables from the Backside by J. Ellsworth Kalas, President of Asbury Theological Seminary
• Our Lent by David Crumm, former religion editor of the Free Press and member of FUMC Ann Arbor

For current reading of the life of the church:

• Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations by Bishop Robert Schnase
• Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor

Carl Gladstone recommends

• Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell
• Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis (novels)
• Organic Church by Neil Cole
  

Sue Ives recommends

• For parents: anything by Kevin Leman
• For kids: Come Worship With Me by Ruth Boling

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