Careers in Religion & Christian Ministry

Religion & Christian Ministry Careers:  
Find More Books — Ministry Professions & Offices

To find print books and eBooks about particular ministry professions and offices, click a topic below.

For books about other areas of ministry and ministry life, please see the ►TABS ABOVE.

Ministers / Clergy / Pastors

• Administrative pastors —  use: Church management
• Bishops
• Christian leadership
• Church meetings
• Church management
• Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn) – government
• Church officers
• Church personnel management
• Clergy
• City clergy 
• Deaconesses
• Deacons
• Elders
• Ministers — use: Clergy
• Pastors — use: Clergy
• Rural clergy
• Team leadership — use: Group ministry
• Urban pastors and ministers — use: City clergy  and  City churches
• Women clergy
   

Administrators

• Church administrators or administration — use: Church officers and Church management
• Church management
• Church officers
• Church personnel management
• Deaconesses
• Deacons
• Elders (church officers)
   

Chaplains

• Chaplains
• Chaplains, hospital
• Chaplains, police
• Military chaplains — see also: United States. Army – chaplains
• Prison chaplains
• Religion in the workplace
• Urban chaplains — use: City churches
  
  

Christian Educators / Teachers

• Christian education
• Christian education directors
• Christian education – study and teaching
• Religious education – teacher training
• Sunday schools
• Theology – study and teaching
• Small groups
   

Christian Writers/Authors

• Christian literature – authorship
• Christian literature – publishing
   

Counselors & Spiritual Directors

• Counseling
• Pastoral care
• Pastoral counseling  —  resources about pastors counseling others
• Spiritual direction
  
  

Evangelists, Apostles, and Church Planters

• Apostles
• Church development, new 
• Church planting — use: Church development, new  and  Evangelistic Work 
• Evangelistic work
• Evangelistic work – Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn)
• Evangelists

Media Ministers / Technology Ministry

• Church marketing
• Church work – audio-visual aids
• Church work – data processing 
• Communication – religious aspects
• Digital media – religious aspects
• Mass media in religion
• Online social networks
• Social media
• Social media – religious aspects
   

Missionaries

• Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn) – missions
• Church work with immigrants
• Church work with minorities
• Cross-cultural ministry (a keyword search)
• Ethnicity – religious aspects
• Intercultural communication – religious aspects
• Missionaries
• Missions
• Multiculturalism – religious aspects
• Race relations – religious aspects
   

Music Ministers / Musicians / Worship Leaders

• Ministers of music
• Music in churches
• Worship leaders and pastors — use: Ministers of music  and  Music in churches
   

Preachers

• Preachers — use:  Clergy  or  Preaching
• Preaching
   

Teachers

• See the 'Christian Educators / Teachers' category (above on this page).

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Religion & Christian Ministry Careers:  
Find More Books — Church Types

To find print books and eBooks about particular church types, click a topic below.

For books about other areas of ministry and ministry life, please see the ►TABS ABOVE.

Church / Congregation / Fellowship Types

• Big churches — large churches and megachurches
• Small churches
   
• City churches — use for urban churches 
• City clergy
• Rural churches
• Suburban churches
   
• House churches
• Independent churches
• Non-institutional churches
• Nonprofit organizations
   
• Church group work
• Small groups
• Small groups — religious aspects
   
• Emerging church movement
• Evangelicalism and liturgical churches
• Liturgical churches 
• Liturgical movement
• Missional church movement
• Pentecostalism
   

Christian Denominations / Traditions / Movements

To find resources about a particular denomination, conduct a 'keyword' or 'subject' search in the library's catalog.

Examples:

• African Methodist Episcopal Church
• Assemblies of God
• Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn):
     - Library Catalog search
     - Dixon Pentecostal Research Center — Collections of Church of God, Pentecostal, and Charismatic resources for research.
• Church of God in Christ
• Church of God of Prophecy
• Evangelicalism —  use for evangelical churches
• Holiness churches
• Pentecostal churches
• Pentecostalism —  Pentecostal and Charismatic movements and beliefs
• Southern Baptist Convention
• United Methodist Church
• Wesleyan Holiness Church
   

Churches & Ministry within a Particular Ethnicity or Culture

• Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn) – missions
• Church work with immigrants
• Church work with minorities
• Cross-cultural ministry (a keyword search)
• Ethnicity – religious aspects
• Intercultural communication – religious aspects
• Missionaries
• Missions
• Multiculturalism – religious aspects
• Race relations – religious aspects
   

Particular ethnic groups or people:

To find resources about a particular ethnic group or people, conduct a 'keyword' or 'subject' search in the library's catalog.

Examples:

• African American churches
• African American clergy
• African Americans – religion
• Church work with African Americans
• African American Christian denominations and traditions:
  - African Methodist Episcopal Church
  - African American Methodists
  - African American Pentecostal churches
  - African American Pentecostals
  - Church of God in Christ
   
• Asian Americans – religion
• Korean American churches
• Korean Americans – religion
   
• Jewish Christians
• Judaism – relations – Christianity
• Messianic Judaism
• Missions to Jews
• Missions to Muslims
   
• Hispanic American churches – Latino churches, Spanish-speaking churches
• Hispanic American Pentecostals
• Indigenous church administration
• Indians of North America – Missions
• Indians of North America – Religion
   

Particular religions:

• Conduct a subject search in the Library's catalog on the name of the religion. 
  Example: a subject search for: hinduism
   

Christianity and other religions:

• Christianity and other religions
• Conduct a keyword search in the Library's catalog on the word  "Christianity"  and  'the name of the religion.'   
  Example: catalog keyword search: 'christianity and hinduism'

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Religion & Christian Ministry Careers:  
Find More Books — Ministry to Various Ages

To find print books and eBooks about particular ministry to various age groups, click a topic below.

For books about other areas of ministry and ministry life, please see the ►TABS ABOVE.

Ministry to Children

• Christian education of children
• Church work with children
• Church work with exceptional children
• Religious education of children
• Intergenerational relations
   
• Christian education of preschool children
• Church work with preschool children
• Religious education of preschool childre
   

Ministry to Youth

• Christian education of teenagers
• Christian education of young people
• Church group work with youth
• Church work with students
• Church work with teenagers
• Church work with youth
• Intergenerational relations
   

Ministry to Adults

• Christian education
• Christian education of adults
• Church work
• Church work with men
• Church work with women
• Religious education of adults
   
• Church work with young adults
• Young adults – religious life
   
• Christian education of older people
• Church work with nursing home patients
• Church work with older people
• Church work with widows
• Older Christians
• Older people – religious life
• Retirement
• Widows – religious life
   
• Intergenerational relations
• See also the TAB ABOVE (at the top of this page):  '► Ministry for Particular Life Circumstances.'
   

Ministry to Singles

• Church work with single people
• Church work with divorced people
• Church work with single parents
• Church work with single people
• Church work with students
• Church work with widows
• Divorced people
• Widowers
• Widows
   

Ministry to Families

• Church work with families
• Church work with divorced people
• Church work with dysfunctional families
• Church work with single parents
• Church work with stepfamilies
• Intergenerational relations
• Marriage counseling
   

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Religion & Christian Ministry Careers:  
Find More Books — Care & Counseling

To find print books and eBooks about counseling and care, click a topic below.

For books about other areas of ministry and ministry life, please see the ►TABS ABOVE.

Counseling & Spiritual Direction

• Counseling
• Discipling (Christianity)
• Pastoral care
• Pastoral counseling  —  resources about pastors counseling others
• Spiritual direction
• Spiritual formation
   
• Chaplaincy:
  - Chaplains
  - Chaplains, hospital
  - Chaplains, police
  - Military chaplains — see also: United States. Army – chaplains
  - Prison chaplains
  - Religion in the workplace
  - Urban chaplains — use: City churches
   

Compassion / Care Ministries

*See also the TAB ABOVE (at the top of this page):  '► Ministry for Particular Life Circumstances.'

• Deaconesses
• Deacons
• Elders
• Pastoral care
   
• Benevolence
• Charities
• Charity
• Church charities
• Faith-based human services
• Poverty – religious aspects
• Social justice and church  (a keyword search)

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Religion & Christian Ministry Careers:  
Find More Books — Life Circumstances

To find print books and eBooks about particular life circumstances, click a topic below.

For books about other areas of ministry and ministry life, please see the ►TABS ABOVE.

A-B-C

• Abuse:
       Church work with abused women
       Church work with abusive men
       Family violence – religious aspects
       *See also the category further down on this page: 'Sexual abuse / Human trafficking / Prostitution.'
• Addiction:
       Church work with recovering addicts
       Church work with drug addicts
       Twelve-step programs
       Twelve-step programs – religious aspects
• Alcoholism:
       Church work with alcoholics
       Twelve-step programs
       Twelve-step programs – religious aspects
• Assisted living:
       *See below:  'Retirement — Retirement Communities — Assisted Living — Nursing Homes.'
       *See below:  'Health and Healing' (and)  'Hospitals.' 
• Benevolence ministry:
       Church work with the poor
       Church work with the homeless
       Compassion – religious aspects
       City churches
       City missions
       Rural churches
• Bereavement/Grief:
       Church work with the bereaved
       Grief – religious aspects
• Children
  *See also the TAB ABOVE (at the top of this page):  '►Ages' 
       Christian education of children
       Church work with children
• Church/Ministry work:
       Church work
• City/Urban ministry:
       Church work with the homeless
       Church work with the poor
       City churches
       City missions
       Compassion – religious aspects
• College students:
       Church work with students
       College students – religious life
• Compassion ministry:
       Chaplains
       Church work with the poor
       Church work with the homeless
       Compassion – religious aspects
       City churches
       City missions
       Rural churches
       *See also other related ministry topics listed above and below on this page.

D-E-F

• Deaf/Hearing impairment:
       Church work with the deaf
• Disabilities:
        Church work with people with disabilities
        Church work with people with mental disabilities
        Church work with the deaf
• Disasters:
        Church work with disaster victims
• Divorce:
        Church work with divorced people
• Drug addiction:
       Church work with drug addicts
       Church work with recovering addicts
       Twelve-step programs
       Twelve-step programs – religious aspects
• Elderly:
  *  See also the TAB ABOVE (at the top of this page):   '► Ages' 
  *  See also the categories further down on this page:
            'Retirement — Retirement Communities — Assisted Living — Nursing Homes.'
             'Health and Healing' (and)  'Hospitals.' 
       Church work with older people
       Church work with widows
       Older Christians
       Older people – religious life
       Retirement
       Widowers
       Widows
       Widows – religious life
• Family:
       Child rearing – religious aspects
       Church work with families
       Church work with dysfunctional families
       Church work with single parents
       Church work with stepfamilies
       Church work with widows
       Families – religious life
       Gender identity – religious aspects
       Homosexuality – religious aspects
       Intergenerational relations
       Marriage counseling
       Marriage – religious aspects
       Parenting – religious aspects

G-H-I

• Grief:
       Church work with the bereaved
       Grief – religious aspects
       Church work with the terminally ill
• Handicaps/Disabilities:
       Church work with people with disabilities
       Church work with people with mental disabilities
• Health and healing:
       Church work with the sick
       Church work with nursing home patients
       Church work with the mentally ill
       Church work with the terminally ill
       Counseling – religious aspects
       Healing – religious aspects
       Health – religious aspects
       Mental health – religious aspects
       Parish nursing
       Prayer – Christianity
       Spiritual healing
• Homelessness:
       Church work with the homeless
       City missions
       Compassion – religious aspects
• Hospitals:
       Chaplains
       Chaplains, hospital
       Church work with nursing home patients
       Church work with the mentally ill
       Church work with the sick
       Church work with the terminally ill
• Human trafficking
  *See the category further down on this page: 'Sexual abuse / Human trafficking / Prostitution.'
• Illness:
       *See also above:  'Health and Healing' (and)  'Hospitals.' 
• Immigrants / Refugees:
       Church work with immigrants
       Church work with refugees
       Unaccompanied immigrant children
       Unaccompanied refugee children

J-K-L-M

• Marriage:
       Marriage counseling
       Church work with families
       Church work with dysfunctional families
• Mental disabilities:
       Church work with people with mental disabilities
       Church work with children with mental disabilities
       Church work with people with disabilities
• Military / Veterans:
       Church work with military personnel
       Church work with veterans

N-O

• Nursing Homes
  * See the category further down on this page:  'Retirement — Retirement Communities — Assisted Living — Nursing Homes.'
• Orphans / Foster Care / Adoption:
       Adoption – religious aspects
       Church work with orphans
       Foster children
       Foster home care
       Orphans – care
  
       Child prostitution     
       Child trafficking
       Juvenile delinquents
       Unaccompanied immigrant children
       Unaccompanied refugee children
  
       Children – counseling of
       Youth – counseling of
       Family social work
  
       Church of God Home for Children (former name)  —  current name: Smoky Mountain Children's Home (www.smch.org)

P-Q-R

• Parenting
       *See 'Family' category above.
• Poverty:
       Christian sociology
       Church and social problems
       Church work with the poor
       Church work with the homeless
       Church work with the working class
       City missions
       Compassion – religious aspects
       City churches
       City missions
       Race relations – religious aspects
       Rural churches
• Prison ministry:
       Prison chaplains
       Church work with prisoners
• Race relations:
       City churches
       Race relations – religious aspects
       Race relations – religious aspects – Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.)
       Racism 
           – biblical teaching
           – dictionaries
           – religious aspects
           – religious aspects – pentecostalism
• Recovery ministry:
       Church work with alcoholics
       Church work with drug addicts
       Church work with recovering addicts
       Twelve-step programs
       Twelve-step programs – religious aspects
• Refugees / Immigrants:
       Church work with immigrants
       Church work with refugees
       Unaccompanied immigrant children
       Unaccompanied refugee children
• Retirement — Retirement Communities — Assisted Living — Nursing Homes:
       *See also above on this page:  'Health and Healing' (and)  'Hospitals.' 
       Chaplains, hospital
       Church work with nursing home patients
       Church work with older people
       Church work with widows
       Older Christians
       Older people – religious life
       Retirement
       Retirement communities
       Widows – religious life

S-T-U

• Sexual abuse / Human trafficking / Prostitution
       Child prostitution
       Child trafficking
       Church work with prostitutes
       Church work with the homeless
       Human trafficking
       Sex crimes
• Sickness:
       *See also above:  'Health and Healing' (and)  'Hospitals.' 
• Singles:
       Church work with divorced people
       Church work with single parents
       Church work with single people
       Church work with students
       Church work with widows
       Divorced people
       Widowers
       Widows
• Social issues / Social justice:
       Church and social problems
       Church and the world
• Stepfamilies:
       Church work with stepfamilies
       Stepfamilies
       Stepparents
• Support groups/ Twelve-step programs: 
  *See also resources about particular life issues for information about support groups.
       Group counseling
       Self-help groups     
       Twelve-step programs
       Twelve-step programs – religious aspects
• Teenagers
        *See the TAB ABOVE (at the top of this page):  '► Ages' 
• Urban/City Ministry:
       Church work with the homeless
       Church work with the poor
       City churches
       City missions
       Compassion – religious aspects

V-W-X-Y-Z

• Veterans / Military:
       Church work with military personnel
       Church work with veterans
• Victims of crimes:
       Church work with victims of crimes
• Widows and Widowers:
       Church work with widows
       Widowers
       Widows
• Working class:
       Church work with the working class
• Young adults      
       *See the TAB ABOVE (at the top of this page):  '► Ages' 
• Youth       
       *See the TAB ABOVE (at the top of this page):  '► Ages' 

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Religion & Christian Ministry Careers:  
Find More Books — Ministry Management 

To find print books and eBooks about ministry management, click a topic below.

For books about other areas of ministry and ministry life, please see the ►TABS ABOVE.

Church Administration and Management

• Church committees
• Church finance
• Church fundraising
• Church growth
• Church management
• Church officers 
• Church personnel management
   
• Deaconesses
• Deacons
• Elders (church officers)
   
• Church public relations
• Digital media – religious aspects
• Social media
• Social media – religious aspects
   

Facilities Management

• Church buildings
• Church facilities
• Church maintenance and repair
   

Management of Particular Types of Churches

• Big churches
• Small churches
• City churches — churches and ministries in urban areas
• Rural churches
• Suburban churches
• See also the TAB ABOVE (at the top of this page):  '► Church Types.'

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Religion & Christian Ministry Careers:  
Find More Books — Communication

To find print books and eBooks about church and ministry communication, click a topic below.

For books about other areas of ministry and ministry life, please see the ►TABS ABOVE.

Communication (General)

• Communication – religious aspects
• Interpersonal relations – religious aspects
   

Media

• Church marketing
• Church work – audio-visual aids
• Church work – data processing 
• Communication – religious aspects
• Digital media – religious aspects
• Mass media in religion
• Online social networks
• Social media
• Social media – religious aspects
   

Group Communication and Collaboration / Fellowship / Conflict Management

• Church controversies
• Church group work
• Church meetings
• Communication in small groups
• Conflict management
• Fellowship – biblical teaching
• Fellowship – religious aspects
• Group problem solving
• Parliamentary practice
   

Communication among Groups / Churches / Denominations

• Intergenerational relations
• Intergenerational relations – religious aspects
   
• Ecumenical movement
• Interdenominational cooperation
   
• Cross-cultural ministry  (keyword search)
• Intercultural communication – religious aspects
• Multiculturalism – religious aspects
• Race relations – religious aspects 
   

Communication within Evangelistic Ministry

• Church marketing
• Evangelistic work
• Witness bearing (Christianity)
• See also 'Media' category above.

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Religion & Christian Ministry Careers:  
Find More Books — Personal & Family Life

To find print books and eBooks about a minister's personal and family life, click a topic below.

For books about other areas of ministry and ministry life, please see the ►TABS ABOVE.

Minister's Way of Life

• Clergy – conduct of life
• Clergy – etiquette
• Clergy – finance, personal
• Clergy – legal status, laws, etc.
• Clergy – political activity
• Clergy – professional ethics
• Clergy – religious life
• Clergy – sexual behavior
• Clergy – spiritual life
   

Clergy Health

• Burn out (psychology)  (general)
• Clergy – counseling of
• Clergy – health and hygiene
• Clergy – job stress
• Clergy – mental health 
• Clergy – psychology
• Spiritual retreats for clergy
   

Family Life

• Clergy – family relationships
• Work and family  (general)
• Spouses of clergy

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