Who Pastors are Reading
Thursday, December 11, 2003 An interesting tidbit from the latest Sojourners weekly... Who preachers are reading Catholic and Protestant clergy surveyed about their reading habits were asked the question: "Other than the Bible, what three authors do you read most often in your work as a pastor?" Here are the top five picks from each tradition: Catholics 1. Henri J. M. Nouwen 2. John Paul II 3. Raymond Brown 4. William J. Bausch 5. Walter J. Burghardt Mainline Protestants 1. Henri J. M. Nouwen 2. William Willimon 3. Frederick Buechner 4. Max Lucado 5. Eugene Peterson Conservative Protestants 1. Max Lucado 2. John C. Maxwell 3. Charles Swindoll 4. John MacArthur 5. Warren Wiersbe
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