Each month the
Opportunities to Affect in
fellowship! magazine offers a book related to the topic being studied. Reading group study guides are available each month to help lead group discussions about the book and its relationship to the missional topic of the month.
Download a
list of books for 2011-12.
2011-2012 books:
September 2011
- Rick Bragg's All Over by the Shoutin', a Pulitzer Prize winning memoir, gives readers an intimate look at poverty and faith in the rural South. Bragg tells the stories of his family in a way that allows the reader to imagine they'd been invited over for dinner.
- Download a copy of the Reading Group study guide for October.
November 2011
- What is the What is a fictional autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, a "Lost Boy" from Sudan. Author Dave Eggers uses terrific detail to describe his survival of the war in refugee camps and immigration to America.
- Download a copy of the Reading Group study guide for November.
December 2011
- In Palace Walk, Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz invites readers to follow a Muslim family through their daily life in post-WWI Egypt. The characters come to life through rich and provocative descriptions of their lives.
- Download a copy of the Reading Group study guide for December.
January 2012
- Paul Farmer, a medical doctor whose roots run deep in Haiti, is one of the world's foremost humanitarians. In Haiti After the Earthquake, Dr. Farmer provides a look at the immediate impact of the January 2010 disaster.
- Download a copy of the Reading Group study guide for January.
February 2012
- Ghanaian theologian Mercy Oduyoye gives an in-depth look at the church and theology in Africa in Hearing and Knowing. She encourages African churches to work toward an inclusive vision where both men and women lead and serve in the church and in the world.
- Download a copy of the Reading Group study guide for February.