• American Congregations, Vol. 1: Portraits of Twelve Religious Communities
  Edited by James P. Wind, James W. Lewis, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994
• American Congregations, Vol. 2: New Perspectives in the Study of Congregations
  Edited by James P. Wind, James W. Lewis, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994 
• Backgrounds for Congregational Portraits: Ideas and Resources for Local Church Historians in the Stone-Campbell Tradition
  Anthony L. Dunnavant, Nashville: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1994
• Carriers of Faith: Lessons from Congregational Studies
  Edited by Carl S. Dudley, Jackson W. Carroll, James P. Wind, Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991
• Congregations: Stories and Structures
  James F. Hopewell, Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1987
• Congregations: Their Power to Form and Transform
  Edited by C. Ellis Nelson, Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1988
• Guide for Writing the History of a Church
• Davis C. Woolley, Nashville: Broadman Press, 1969
• Handbook for Congregational Studies
  Edited by Jackson W. Carroll, Carl S. Dudley, William McKinney, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1986
• In Search of Christian Unity, A History of the Restoration Movement
  Henry E. Webb, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Co, 1990
  (For Christian Churches and Churches of Christ congregations)
• Journey in Faith: A History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
  Lester G. McAllister  St. Louis: Bethany Press, 1975
  (For Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) congregations)
• Places of Worship: Exploring Their History
  James P. Wind, Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1990
• The Stone-Campbell Movement: The Story of the American Restoration Movement
  Leroy Garrett  Joplin, MO: College Press, 1994
  (For Church of Christ congregations)