Work, Vocation & Ministry: Resources

Seminary

Bibliographies and Journals

Work and Faith Bibliography for scholars, pastors & churches, and business practitioners by Richard Barnett (see also his brief Outline of Theological Reflection on the Purpose of Work)
Work, Vocation and Ministry Bibliography, by Dr. Jeff Greenman
Marketplace Ministry -Lausanne Occasional Paper No. 40 (2005)
The Marketplace (MEDA Magazine)
Christians@work (UK-based organization)
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Relevant Texts

Banks, Robert J., and R. Paul Stevens. The Marketplace Ministry Handbook: A Manual for Work, Money and Business. Regent College, 2005.
Charry, Ellen T., ed. Enquiring After God When Working, in: Inquiring After God: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Wiley-Blackwell, 2000. Ch. 4, pp. 81-107.
Hammett, Edward H. The Gathered and Scattered Church: Equipping Believers for the 21st Century. Smyth & Helwys, 1999.
Hammond, Pete, R. Paul Stevens, Todd Svanoe. The Marketplace Annotated Bibliography: A Christian Guide to Books on Work, Business & Vocation. InterVarsity Press, 2002.
Larive, Armand. After Sunday: A Theology of Work. Continuum, 2004.
Mallory, Sue. The Equipping Church: Serving Together to Transform Lives. Zondervan, 2001.
Miller, David W. God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement. Oxford, 2007.
Ogden, Greg. Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God. Rev`d ed. Zondervan, 2003.
Spears, Larry C., and Michele Lawrence, eds. Focus on Leadership: Servant-Leadership for the Twenty-First Century. Wiley and Sons, 2001.
Stevens, R. Paul. Liberating the Laity: Equipping All the Saints for Ministry. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1985.
Stevens, R. Paul. The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
Stevens, R. Paul. Doing God`s Business: Meaning and Motivation for the Marketplace. Eerdmans, 2006; The Equipper`s Guide to Every-Member Ministry: Eight Ways Ordinary People Can Do the Work of the Church. Regent College, 2000; The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective. Eerdmans, 2000.

How does or should a marketplace or workplace theology respond to the global financial crisis? What kind of economic order does Christian faith call for? See Global Financial Crisis: Theological Responses and Resources (including resources for developing a theology of work).

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