We asked these participants at Clergy Gathering, "What book is lying on your nightstand?"
Bert Bastian
Moores Gap UMC
Oak Ridge District
The Shack, by William P. YoungRonnie Collins
First Hillsville UMC
Wytheville District
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God,
by Francis Chan and Danae Yankoski
Barbara Doyle
New Mt. Olive/New Hope UMC
Wytheville District
One Size Doesn't Fit All: Bringing out the Best in Any Size Church, by Gary L. McIntosh
Rebekah Fetzer
Cokesbury UMC
Knoxville District
Where is Your Jesus Now? Examining How Fear Erodes Our Faith, by Karen Spears Zacharias
David Graves
Ooltewah UMC
Cleveland District
God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It, by Jim Wallis
Ken Lytton
Boone's Creek UMC
Johnson City District
More Than Numbers: The Way Churches Grow,
by Loren B. Mead