Tools for Ministry
Writing Your Congregation's History
Bibliography

American Congregations, Vol. 1: Portraits of Twelve Religious Communities, Vol. 2: New Perspectives in the Study of Congregations, Edited by James P. Wind and James W. Lewis, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994

Backgrounds for Congregational Portraits: Ideas and Resources for Local Church Historians in the Stone-Campbell Tradition, By Anthony L. Dunnavant, Nashville: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1994

Carriers of Faith: Lessons from Congregational Studies, Edited by Carl S. Dudley, Jackson W. Carroll, and James P. Wind, Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991

Congregations: Stories and Structures, By James F. Hopewell, Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987

Congregations: Their Power to Form and Transform, Edited by C. Ellis Nelson, Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988

Guide for Writing the History of a Church, By Davis C. Woolley, Nashville: Broadman Press, 1969

Handbook for Congregational Studies, Edited by Jackson W. Carroll, Carl S. Dudley, William McKinney, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1986

Places of Worship: Exploring Their History, By James P. Wind, Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1990

General Stone-Campbell Histories (available in our Book Nook)

For Church of Christ

The Stone-Campbell Movement: The Story of the American Restoration Movement, By Leroy Garret, Joplin, MO: College Press, 1994, $25.00

For Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Journey in Faith: A History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), By Lester G. McAllister and William Tucker, St. Louis: Bethany Press, 1975, $17.00

For Christian Churches and Churches of Christ

In Search of Christian Unity, A History of the Restoration Movement, By Henry E. Webb, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Co., 1990, $30.00