Posted for Dorothy Lewis
As my library life is winding down, I am appalled at the increase in banned books. Now I am aware that as congregational librarians we are expected to be selective in the books we choose for our particular denomination and o
Read more…Tori Wright, Manager of the Brentwood Baptist Church Resource Room located in Brentwood, TN is in the process of transitioning the library to a Family Resource Room. In order to do that, they are downsizing their collection and cleaning out their sup
Read more…Dear Church Libraries Network,
I am currently in the process of updating our book collection for youth aged 12-16. Do you have any current book lists available for this teenage age group?
Additionally, I am looking for recommended book lists for early
Roxy Klassen asks the following:
What are your favorite Bible Story Series books for kids? Such as:
Very Best Bible Stories | 10ofThose US
Tales That Tell the Truth: 15 Volume Set (Pack)
God's Daring Dozen Box Set 1: John Brown, Brian Wright Illus
Read more…From Edie Asbury
Does your library offer jigsaw puzzles to borrow? After visiting a church library that has them, I am thinking about adding a few to our collection but to limit them to only ones with particular spiritual meaning such as ones with ch
Read more…As we continue with revitalizing our very full library and working to put books in the hands of our church members, we have plans to create a new satellite location in the building where our parents of growing families congregate for Bible study. It
Read more…Our library has a generous amount of Easter books for both young children and adults, but very little for elementary, middle school, or youth ages. Can you recommend any for these age groups?
Read more…Which Easter books are you featuring this time? Feel free to share by posting a photo or list the titles.
This Wednesday, I will be placing these books on our display:
Hello everyone,
I am working to revitalize our church's library and will soon be purchasing a lot of new books to fill our shelves. I was wondering if any of you have ever had any success with asking publishers for a church library discount if you pur
Read more…In thinking about the summer, we will have multiple teams going to Honduras for mission trips. I would like to build up our small selection of books about missions. As we are reducing the number of holdings in our library and are desiring to have th
Read more…Looking for recommendations for Christian fiction novels for men.
Thanks!
First Baptist Church, Kingsport, TN
Jonna Bridgeman replied:
All of Charles Martin's books would be good.
Read more…We have purged our CD collection, but hesitated letting go of all DVDs. We wanted to determine if there was any demand for them.
Not one has been checked out since then!
I'm wondering if other smaller libraries are keeping these, are they being check
Great day to share titles of books about United States Presidents. What do you have in your church's collection?
Read more…Our library has a long wall of shelves packed with Christian novels. We are in the Revitalization stage and are letting go of many holdings in order to have more uncluttered shelves with quality materials. Many of these Christian fiction books are s
Read more…Have you seen the November 2025 Barna report titled about this comback? Click here to read the report. You will need to click in the blank space following the introduction if you do not see the graphics.
I wonder how many of our churches/Parishes/Sy
Read more…Dr. Paul T. Jackson asked me to post the following as a discussion starter. What would you add.
Here’s a focused starter list of practical, everyday-life books that many church libraries find helpful for patrons—resources that support people facing
Read more…The Barna research team has discovered interesting results in regard to adult Bible reading. Click here to read the article. They use the words "spike" and "surge" in this article which I find fascinating and curious for us.
Let's read this article t
Read more…How do librarians purge books? I know this has been discussed before, but as newer books are becoming increasingly "edgy," should we be keeping some of the older "tried & true" and if so, what criteria could we use to make our decisions?
Denise Robe
Read more…My church is the location of Southeastern Baptist Seminary student cohorts. This is the third year, the leader of these cohorts asked the Enrichment Center Team to include the textbooks for a course that starts August 18. He asked us to add 16 books
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Roxy Klassen wants to know . . .
What review sites do you use to determine if a book should be added to your library?
I've used https://www.alignmyread.com/ for adult books.
And https://christianparentreviews.com/ for kids books.
But they don't hav