LEADERSHIP BIBLIOGRAPHY—UNITY
October 1, 1986
For nearly six years, Richard Halverson has served as chaplain of the United States Senate. Prior to that, as pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., he gained the reputation of a pastor whose congregation modeled unity. Here are the books he recommends on that subject.
I feel the "how-to syndrome" tends to replace the dynamics of faith with mechanics. So these books may address only indirectly the theme of unity, but each deals in a fundamental sense with the subject.
The Reformed Pastor: A Pattern for Personal Growth and Ministry by Richard Baxter (Multnomah).
The Reformed Pastor is required reading for the church servant who takes pastoral care seriously. It is simply impossible to exaggerate the effectiveness of Baxter's pastoral ministry. The details of his life, his suffering, his perseverance, his prolific work, and his priority on pastoral care nearly overwhelm us as they challenge, inspire, and instruct us about the basics of unity.
Caring Enough to Confront by David Augsburger (Regal). Unity suffers when conflicts boil under the surface and finally explode. This classic book—simple to read, yet profound in significance—points the way to authentic relationships in congregations. Unity doesn't come from an ostrich-like approach to differences. When people care enough to confront and love enough to do it positively, a church can combine diverse elements and yet maintain oneness.
Hey, That's Our Church by Lyle E. Schaller (Abingdon). This book touches on the unity of believers through Schaller's penetrating analysis of church life. The book is a clinical study of many types of churches by a scholar who has "visited approximately three thousand congregations in forty states and three nations ...
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