Books & author
Unofficial, sourced notes on the books behind the five practices framework and on their author, Robert Schnase. We do not sell or reproduce these books.
- Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations: an unofficial guide to the book
An independent note on Robert Schnase's Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations (Abingdon Press, 2007; revised 2018): what the book argues, how it is structured, how congregations have used it, translations and adaptations, and questions it raises.
- Five Practices of Fruitful Living: the five practices applied to personal faith
An independent note on Robert Schnase's Five Practices of Fruitful Living (Abingdon Press, 2010), which applies the five congregational practices to individual discipleship: how each practice is reframed, how the book was used, and how it relates to the congregational version.
- Forty Days of Fruitful Living: a devotional companion, and how forty-day readings work
An independent note on Robert Schnase's Forty Days of Fruitful Living (Abingdon Press, 2010), the daily devotional based on Five Practices of Fruitful Living: its purpose, structure and use in Lent, and practical advice for congregations planning a forty-day reading season.
- Robert Schnase: a factual profile of the author of Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations
An unofficial, sourced profile of Robert Schnase, the United Methodist bishop best known for Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations: his pastoral career in Texas, his years as bishop in Missouri and Rio Texas, his books and the reception of his work.
