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Reading List Retention
2009-2010 WMF Reading List
Each year, WMF encourages its members to become well-read, providing a helpful list with a variety of current Christian books. Local church WMF groups are challenged to see which group can have the most readers read the most books!
Canton (OH) First Friends was the winner for the 2008-2009 contest, reading the highest number of books (a total of 262) and also averaging the highest number of books read per member (43.3). They will receive a free set of next year's books.
The 2009-2010 reading list includes the following titles. Or, click here for a one-page flyer with colorful bookcovers included.
1. Secret Believers by Brother Andrew and AI Jannsen
Revell, 2007 Cost: $14.99
What happens when Muslims believe in Christ? Brother Andrew invites you to experience the true story of the Church in Islamic countries and how Christians struggle with hostile governments and terrorist acts.
2. The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Banister
by Nonna Banister with Denise George and Carolyn Tomlin
Tyndale House Publishers 2009 Cost: $19.99
This is an eyewitness account of Nonna Banister, a remarkable Russian-American woman who saw and survived the evils of the Holocaust as a young girl. Her story is one of suffering, torture and death, but also of kindness that shows the triumph of faith and love over despair and evil.
3. Fireflies by Patsy Clairmont
Thomas Nelson, 2009 Cost: $16.99
There’s a laugh and insight in every beam (spotlights,headlights, flashlights, and The Light of the World). Patsy takes readers on a journey of enlightenment with stories and scripture that wiII light up your life.
4. Reckless Faith by Beth Guckenberger
Zondervan, 2008 Cost: $14.99
Beth and Todd Guckenberger established a ministry in Mexico to help orphans. It shows faith at work in the most difficult circumstances as Beth and Todd take some chances for God. You may remember Beth as the granddaughter of Esther and Lowell Ewing, previously of Salem, Ohio.
5. Grace Givers by Dr. David Jeremiah
Integrity House, 2006 Cost: $14.99
This is a book of true stories of people who have touched their world through love and service to the lost, hurting, and forgotten of society with both ordinary and extraordinary gifts of grace.
6. A New kind of Normal by Carol Kent
Thomas Nelson, 2007 Cost: $19.99
How do you carry on when the unexpected changes your life forever? Carol Kent, our Retreat speaker in 2009, knows that sometimes you can’t force life to meet your expectations. Instead you must adjust to a new kind of normal.
7. Billy by Paul McKay and Ken Abraham
Thomas Nelson, 2008 Cost: $19.99
Billy is the untold story of the early years of Billy Graham and the relationship
with Charles Templeton, extraordinary preacher of the 20th century. This is a true story of a crisis of faith.
8. A Lifetime of Wisdom by Joni Eareckson Tada
Zondervan, 2009 Cost: $21.99
Joni gives us rubies of His wisdom that Jesus has given her to live life victoriously in the face of disappointments and challenges we face.
9. Dangerous Surrender by Kay Warren
Zondervan, 2007 Cost: $21.99
You have a plan for the rest of your life. God has a plan for the rest of your life. Are the plans the same? Can you surrender your goals for God’s?
10. Murder By Family by Kent Whitaker
Howard Books, 2008 Cost: $22.99
This is the incredible true story of a son’s treachery and a father’s forgiveness. Instead of condemnation, the father offers the grace and forgiveness that Jesus calls us to extend to those who hurt us.
