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DIRECTORY Legalism, Spiritual Abuse and Authoritarianism Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, Church Discipline Forgiveness and Recovery Biblical Leadership Theological and Miscellaneous

Legalism, Spiritual Abuse and Authoritarianism

• Battered Into Submission: The Tragedy of Wife Abuse in the Christian Home by James Alsdurf and Phyllis Alsdurf
• Faith That Hurts, Faith That Heals: Understanding the Fine Line Between Healthy Faith and Spiritual Abuse by Stephen Arterburn, Jack Felton
• Betrayal by Randall Arthur
• Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur
• Cultures of Secrecy and Abuse: A Paradox for Churches by Cara Beed
• Damaged Disciples: Casualties of Authoritarian Churches and the Shepherding Movement by Ron and Vicki Burks
• Twisted Scriptures: A Path to Freedom From Abusive Churches by Mary Alice Chrnalogar
• Churches That Abuse by Ronald M. Enroth
• Is Nothing Sacred? The Story of a Pastor, the Women He Sexually Abused, and the Congregation He Nearly Destroyed by Marie Fortune
• Serpents in the Manger: Overcoming Abusive Christianity by Jerry L. Harris, Melody J. Milam
• The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse by David Johnson, Jeff VanVonderen
• The Drift into Deception: The Eight Characteristics of Abusive Christianity by Agnes C. Lawless, John W. Lawless
• Growing Up Fundamentalist: Journeys in Legalism and Grace by Stefan Ultsein
• Tired of Trying to Measure Up by Jeff VanVonderen
• Exposing Spiritual Abuse by Mike Fehlauer
  

Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, Church Discipline

• Handbook of Church Discipline by Jay Adams
• Caring Enough to Confront by David W. Augsburger
• When Caring Is Not Enough: Resolving Conflicts Through Fair Fighting by David W. Augsburger
• Caring Enough to Hear and Be Heard: How to Hear and How to Be Heard in Equal Communication by David W. Augsburger
• Authority, Leadership and Conflict in the Church by Paul D. L. Avis
• Never Call Them Jerks by Arthur Paul Boers
• Church Conflict: The Hidden System Behind the Fights by Charles H. Cosgrove, Dennis D. Hatfield
• When Christians Clash: How to Prevent and Resolve the Pain of Conflict by Horace Fenton
• When the Saints Come Storming in by Leslie B. Flynn
• Communication and Conflict Management in Churches and Christian Organizations by Kenneth O. Gangel, Samuel L. Canine
• Antagonists in the Church: How to Identify and Deal With Destructive Conflict by Kenneth C. Haugk
• The Trauma of Transparency: A Biblical Approach to Inter-Personal Communication by J. Grant Howard
• Conflict and Caring: Preventing, Managing, and Resolving Conflict in the Church by Keith Huttenlocker
• Fight to the Better End by G. Brian Jones, Linda Phillips-Jones
• Discover Your Conflict Management Style by Speed B. Leas
• The Journey Toward Reconciliation by John Paul Lederach
• Conflict Management in Congregation by David B. Lott (Editor)
• Resolving Disputes in Christian Groups by Marlin E. Thomas
• War in the Pews: A Foxhole Guide to Surviving Church Conflict by Frank Martin
• Surviving Church Conflict by Dave Peters
• More Light, Less Heat: How Dialogue Can Transform Christian Conflicts into Growth by Joseph Phelps
• The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict by Ken Sande
• Leading Your Church Through Conflict and Reconciliation: 30 Ways to Transform Your Ministry by Marshall Shelley (Editor), Timothy Jones (Editor)
• Well-Intentioned Dragons: Ministering to Problem People in the Church by Marshall Shelley
• Making Peace With Conflict: Practical Skills for Conflict Transformation by Carolyn Shrock-Shenk (Editor), Lawrence Ressler (Editor)
• The Christian's Handbook on Conflict Resolution: Biblical Principles for Restoring and Preventing Broken Relationships by Greg M. Sumii
• Firestorm: Preventing and Overcoming Church Conflicts by Ron Susek
• War of Words: Getting to the Heart of Your Communication Struggles by Paul David Tripp
• Free to Disagree: Moving Beyond the Arguments over Christian Liberty by John Wecks
• War in the Pews by Chester Weigle
• Church Discipline That Heals: Putting Costly Love into Action by John White, Ken Blue
• Healing the Wounded: The Costly Love of Church Discipline by John White, Ken Blue
  

Forgiveness and Recovery

• From Forgiven To Forgiving by Jay Adams
• Bold Love by Dan B. Allender, Tremper Longman
• Caring Enough to Forgive by David W. Augsburger
• Helping People Forgive by David W. Augsburger
• The New Freedom of Forgiveness by David W. Augsburger
• Healing Spiritual Abuse: How to Break Free from Bad Church Experiences by Ken Blue
• Hope When You're Hurting by Dr. Larry Crabb, Dr. Dan B. Allender
• Encouragement by Larry Crabb, Dan B. Allender
• Recovering From Churches That Abuse by Ronald M. Enroth
• Forgive! As the Lord Forgave You by Patrick H. Morison
• Anger: Escaping the Maze by David Powlison
• The Art of Forgiving: When You Need to Forgive and Don't Know How by Lewis B. Smedes
• Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve by Lewis B. Smedes
• When God's People Let You Down/How to Rise Above Hurts That Often Occur Within the Church by Jeffrey VanVonderen
• When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man by Edward T. Welch
• Church: Why Bother? by Philip Yancey
• Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church by Philip Yancey
• To Love Mercy: Becoming a Person of Compassion, Acceptance, & Forgiveness by C. Samuel Storms
  

Biblical Leadership

• Shepherds and Sheep: A Biblical View of Leading and Following by Jerram Barrs
• Team Leadership in Christian Ministry: Using Multiple Gifts to Build a Unified Vision by Kenneth O. Gangel
• Church Leadership by Lawrence (Larry) Richards, Clyde Hoeldtke
• Biblical Eldership by Alexander Strauch
• Pastors Off the Record: Straight Talk About Life in the Ministry by Stefan Ultsein
• Jesus on Leadership by C. Gene Wilkes
  

Theological and Miscellaneous

• Essays on Freedom and Power by John Acton
• Connecting by Lawrence (Larry) Crabb
• The Safest Place on Earth by Lawrence (Larry) Crabb
• The Religion of Power by Cheryl Forbes
• Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis by L. Gregory Jones
• Reframing Paul: Conversations in Grace and Community by Mark Strom
• Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation by Miroslav Volf
• What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey
• Exit Interviews: Revealing Stories of Why People Are Leaving the Church by William Hendricks
• Love in Hard Places by D. A. Carson

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