Ministry Reading List

Anglicanism

• Null, Ashley, and John Yates III, eds. Reformation Anglicanism: A Vision for Today’s Global Communion. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017.
• Packer, J. I. The Heritage of Anglican Theology. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2021.
• Zahl, Paul F. M. The Protestant Face of Anglicanism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997.

Bible Commentary

• Henry, Matthew. Commentary on the Whole Bible. 1811 ed. [online text[a]]
• Ryle, J. C. Expository Thoughts on the Gospels. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2012. [online text[b] | ebook[c]]

Church Leadership

• Benton, John. The Big Picture for Small Churches: How to Thrive and Survive as a Small Congregation. Leyland, UK: Evangelical Press, 2020.
• Croft, Brian. Biblical Church Revitalization: Solutions for Dying & Divided Churches. Tain, UK: Christian Focus, 2016.
• Wilson, Jared C. The Prodigal Church: A Gentle Manifesto Against the Status Quo. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2015.

Discerning a Call to Ordained Ministry

• Allen, Jason K. Discerning Your Call to Ministry. Chicago: Moody, 2016.
• Harman, Allan. Preparation for Ministry. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2015.
• Mohler, Albert, et al. The Call to Ministry. Louisville, KY: SBTS Press, 2013.

Doctrine

• Bray, Gerald, ed. The Books of Homilies: A Critical Edition. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co., 2015.
• Bray, Gerald. The Faith We Confess: An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles. London: Latimer Trust, 2009.
• Packer, J. I. Affirming the Apostles’ Creed. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008.
• Packer, J. I. Concise Theology. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 1993.
• Stott, John. Basic Christianity. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2006.
• Stott, John, and Alec Motyer. The Anglican Evangelical Doctrine of Infant Baptism. London: Latimer Trust, 2008.
• Thomas, W. H. Griffith. The Principles of Theology: An Introduction to the Thirty-Nine Articles. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930.

Episcopacy

• Benn, Wallace. “Evangelical Episcopacy.” In Positively Anglican: Building on the Foundations and Transforming the Church, edited by Lee Gatiss, 43–53. London: Lost Coin Books, 2016.
• Benn, Wallace. “Ussher on Bishops: A Reforming Ecclesiology.” In Preachers, Pastors, and Ambassadors: Puritan Wisdom for Today’s Church, edited by Lee Gatiss, 98–121. London: Latimer Trust, 2011.
• Burkhill, Mark. “Better Bishops.” Church Society. [online text[d]]
• Cummins, George D. “Primitive Episcopacy: A Return to the ‘Old Paths’ of Scripture and the Early Church.” Sermon, Consecration of the Rev. Charles Edward Cheney, Chicago, IL, December 17, 1873. [online text[e]]
• Gatiss, Lee. “Evangelicals and Their Bishops: The Role of Bishops and How We Should Relate to Them.” Brief, Church Society Regional Conferences, February 2020. [online text[f]]
• Drury, T. W. “The Order of the English Church.” In English Church Teaching on Faith, Life, and Order, edited by R. B. Girdlestone, 178–190. London: Longmans, Green, 1908. [online text[g]]
• Holloway, David. “The Reform of the Episcopate and Alternative Episcopal Oversight.” Church Society. [online text[h]]
• Hunkin, J. W. “The Anglican Pattern of Episcopacy.” The Churchman 62, no. 2 (1948): 89–94. [online text[i]]
• Lightfoot, J. B. The Christian Ministry. Wilton, CT: Morehouse, 1983. [online text[j], an abridgement]
• Ussher, James. “The Original of Bishops and Metropolitans.” In The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, vol. VII, edited by Charles Elrington, 43–71. Dublin: Hodges, Smith, & Co., 1864. [online text[k]]

History

• Cross, F. L., and E. A. Livingstone, eds. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
• Ryle, J. C. Five English Reformers. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1991.

Ordained Ministry

• Atherstone, Andrew. The Anglican Ordinal. London: Latimer Trust, 2020.
• Atkinson, Nigel. “Ordination in the Church of England.” In Feed My Sheep: The Anglican Ministry of Word and Sacrament, edited by Lee Gatiss, 51–69. London: Lost Coin Books, 2016.
• Baxter, Richard. Pastoral Ministry (abridged). Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2010.
• Beckwith, Roger. Elders in Every City. Carlisle, UK: Paternoster Press, 2003.
• White, William. “On the Qualifications, the Authorities, and the Duties of the Gospel Ministry.” Sermon, Consecration of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Parker of Massachusetts, New York, September 14, 1804. [online text[l]]
• Wycliffe, John. Being a Pastor. Translated and edited by Benjamin L. Fischer. Leesburg, VA: Davenant Press, 2021.

Preaching

• McIlvaine, Charles P. Preaching Christ: The Heart of Gospel Ministry. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2003. [online text[m]]
• Pace, R. Scott. Preaching by the Book: Developing and Delivering Text-Driven Sermons. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2018.
• Ryle, J. C. Simplicity in Preaching. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2010. [Chapter 3 from The Upper Room: online text[n]]

Worship

• Bailey, Henry Ives. The Liturgy Compared with the Bible. London: SPCK, 1840. [online text[o]]
• Davie, Martin. Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: Liturgy, Doctrine and Scripture in History and Today. London: Latimer Trust, 2019.
• Ryle, J. C. Worship: Its Priority, Principles, and Practice. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2005. [Chapter 13 from Knots Untied: online text[p]]