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Best Modern Books On Pastoral Ministry

1. 9 Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever

2. The Pastors Justification by Jared C. Wilson 

3. The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine

4. Preaching and Preachers by Martyn Lloyd-Jones

5. The Contemplative Pastor by Eugene Peterson

6. Under The Unpredictable Plant by Eugene Peterson

7. The Pastor by Eugene Peterson

8. Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson by Don Carson 

Best Classic Books On Pastoral Ministry

1. The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter

2. Lectures to my Students By Charles Spurgeon

3. The Christian Ministry by Charles Bridges

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