Dear Editor,
My wife and I belong to St John’s CofE church in Yeovil. We have found that the provision of Jesus-centred books on the bookstall is proving extraordinarily popular. This has been really helped by the church card reader having a bookstall option.
The books are carefully selected from a leading Christian bookseller, with the most expensive currently being £8.00. Over the past couple of years we have had titles by authors such as Lewis, Keller, Ryle and Patricia St. John. The bookstall is a real gathering point for regulars and newcomers to chat and browse. For books that do not sell as rapidly we reduce the price and at present have a number of titles for 10p.
As we go to other churches when on holiday we are surprised that some churches simply do not have any books whilst others appear to have no titles specifically about Jesus. If your church does not have a bookstall yet then do consider starting one – but do make sure that all titles “point people to Jesus” (this may be a clue as to the supplier of books for St John’s Yeovil).
Yours sincerely,
Iain Maitland
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