Leadership for Vital Congregations
Pilgrim Press, 2006

Leadership for Vital Congregations is an essential leadership tool for clergy and lay leaders who wish to revitalize their leadership style and approach in order to become more effective leaders. It offers functional strategies to lead; information on developing as a spiritual leader; ways in which the congregation can understand the importance of leadership; and more.

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Common Grace: How to Be a Person and Other Spiritual Matters
Sasquatch Books, 2006

In the Christian world, Special Grace is knowledge of God through the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, while Common Grace is finding God through everyday life - experiences with family and friends, observance of the natural world. This book explores the spiritual and moral pathways that can inform one’s everyday life. With the natural skills of a gifted preacher, Anthony B. Robinson connects stories and anecdotes to biblical wisdom and offers nurturing life lessons. Robinson’s thoughts on being a parent, the power of the blessing, forgiveness and how to do it, and much more make this a useful, inspiring guide to modern living.

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Called to Be Church: The Book of Acts for a New Day
(with Robert W. Wall)
Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006

Featuring both careful exegetical study and exciting contemporary exposition, this book explores the familiar narratives of Acts and, in doing so, dives into many of the most vexing issues faced by the early church and by today's church: conflict resolution, change, pluralism and multiculturalism, as well as issues of money, sexuality, inclusion and exclusion, political authority, and the role of the Holy Spirit. Through it all Acts challenges the church, while pursuing its global mission, to stay connected to its Jewish legacy and to that legacy's call to be a people set apart while welcoming diversity.

This book will lend itself particularly well to group study within congregations, among clergy, and in seminary and university classes. Those interested in theology, the church, homiletics, and the study of Scripture will find Called to Be Church both helpful and inspiring.

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What's Theology Got to Do With It?: Convictions, Vitality and the Church
Alban Institute, 2005

"Theology" can be a loaded word for mainline Protestant congregations. It often suggests the dogmatic or implies fault lines for conflict. But when unleashed from its narrow academic sense, "theology" offers a powerful way to get at many of the issues that impact the health and vitality of congregations.

This book carefully defines theology as the "core convictions" that help members of a congregation understand their common perspective and shared identity. Likewise, the book examines the problems that occur when congregations are reluctant to focus on theology and are unsure of their beliefs.

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Words for the Journey: Letters to Our Teenagers About Faith and Life
(with Martin Copenhaver)
Pilgrim, 2003

Today, more and more baby boomers are searching for ways in which to share their faith with their children. In response, two United Church of Christ pastors have joined together to write letters to their middle teenaged children to discuss what they call "matters of the heart."

The authors have composed letters about God, church, Bible, vocation, relationships and difficult matters, and discuss such topics as faith, doubt, prayer, sex, abortion, race and homosexuality. Additionally, they discuss what God and their faith mean to them in words that share love and deep hopes of their faith.

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Transforming Congregational Culture
Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2003

"This book is a 'must read' for all clergy and lay leaders in the 21st Century. Anthony Robinson offers rare gifts - the honed observations of an experienced pastor, gracious humility and honest repentance for his own mistakes, a deep comprehension of the massive changes in our society, and urgent challenges for churches to be biblically transformed into missional communities. These are gems your church needs."

- Marva J. Dawn, author of Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God and Reaching Out Without Reaching Down

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Good News in Exile
(with Martin Copenhaver and William Willimon)
Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999

In this forward-looking contribution to pastoral theology, three leading ministers attempt to identify what has changed in various aspects of the the church and to trace the implications of those changes. From a perspective grounded in the realities of the parishes they serve, the authors explore the particular opportunities that our new world offers the church and provide a clear picture of what a "postliberal" church can look like in practice.

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New Occasions Teach New Duties: A Renewed Vision of the Teaching Church
(with Elizabeth Chandler Felts)
United Church Press, 1994

This book explores the changing cultural context of the local church and the resulting implications of that change for the teaching church. The authors present four central convictions regarding the local church's teaching ministry, and offer strategies for local churches and church leaders who wish to act upon similar convictions.

For more information or to purchase this book, contact United Church Resources at 216-736-3775.

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