Apps
Bible for Droid and iPhone/iPad
- The best app you could ever own! As more and more things are favoring a digital format, the bible is a type of media that none of us should go without.
iBethel for Droid and iPhone/iPad
- The official app from Bethel church that’ll help you hear testimonies, sermons, live worship broadcasts and much more!
Blogs
Douglas Wilson's Blog
- A great modern theologian's daily blog. He writes about many important Christian topics with a great amount of wisdom.
Helpful Websites
Biblegateway.com
- A great resource to use when writing Bible studies or when you need to find a specific verse. It always is very useful for translating the bible into different languages and translations.
Bluefishtv
- A great media resource that can help you significantly in writing messages. Lots of these videos cost money, but can the ideas behind the videos can be just as helpful if you choose not to buy them.
CraftBits
- A great place for fun, and some good DIY ideas.
First Encounter With Youth
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Here's 10 things to help you with your first encounter with a young person
The Gospel Project
- The Gospel Project is a Christ-centered curriculum that examines the grand narrative of Scripture and how the gospel transforms the lives of those it touches. Over a three-year plan of study, each session immerses participants — adults, students, and kids — in the gospel through every story, theological concept, and call to missions from Genesis to Revelation.
I Will Worship (.com)
- A website that offers sheet music of all and only Christian songs.
Leadership Coaching
- A free ongoing subscription service that pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church is offering to leaders of any level in a church. He will be putting out a weekly video that can bless and aid you in your ministry. It’s completely free, but a sign up is required.
Lifeway
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A website full of christian books. good for anyone looking for some sort of christian literature to teach out of.
A Mobile Solution for Accountability
- Covenant Eyes offers an Internet browser for the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and now the android platform, which you would use in place of Safari or browser. This browser is not filtered, but simply monitors everywhere you go online, rating each Web address for mature content. This information is included in your regular Accountability Report.
- Pinterest.com is an online pinboard where users tag the ideas they like. You can either request an invitation to join & create your own pinboard, or just scroll through and look at the fun ideas for craft projects, recipes, outfits, décor, book recommendations, travel spots.
The Source4YM
- Great website for youth workers, with games, object lesson ideas, bible studies, and other great resources.
The Source4YM Youtube Channel
- There's a lot of great videos with important principles. These videos can be very helpful with raising up christian youth.
Video Blocks (.com)
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VideoBlocks.com is giving away 7 days of complimentary access to download anything you want on the site. Just create a username and password, and you get download access to everything on VideoBlocks.com for 7 days. You can download 20 clips per day. A great deal for some free downloads.
Video Game Reviews from thesource4parents
- A very helpful page where video games are reviewed individually from a Christian standpoint.
Voice of The Martyrs Classroom
- Online workshops to fully understand Christian persecution.
Youth Ministry (.com)
- Lots of free resources regarded many of the topics, such as Dealing With Angry Parents and 3 Free Devotions For Students, that are discussed while in youth ministry. The topics are presented in an articles stream and is very useful!
YM Wiki
- YM Wiki is your one stop for all things Youth Ministry! Find the best games, restaurants, guest artists and speakers.
Message Aids
Christian Articles
- A list of christian bible studies that are useful if you're looking for a theme or an idea to go off of for your bible study.
Mad About Jesus
- This is a website that has several science related object lessons for Bible studies. There is a lot of great stuff here, so look around and enjoy.
Sermon Illustrations
- An alphabetized list by topic of short stories to use as message openers or illustrations.
Wing Clips
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A website that has lots of video clips from Hollywood movies sortable by topic as a source for your Bible studies.
Youth Specialties Youtube Channel
- Youth specialties has it's own youtube channel where you can get tons of videos that are very helpful and informative!
Organizations
Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry
- A great source for those difficult questions that come up and you don't necessarily have the complete correct answer. It covers topics on all issues like: evolution, other religions, secular ideas and so many more.
The Christian Examiner
- The Christian Examiner is a Local Newspaper that has tons of current christian news.
How should Christians respond to global poverty and hunger?
- This website offers a biblical perspective on a highly controversial and relevant topic.
Metro Ministries Prayer Network
- Join metro ministries prayer network. Come together with other christians in prayer as Metro Ministries ministers God's love to children worldwide.
Pastor 2 Youth
- A website that offers over 6,000 FREE resources for help with youth ministry.
The Resurgence
- Millions of Christians around the world have come to the Resurgence for training. Their motto is “We serve leaders,” so their whole mission is to help you on the mission God has given you. They have tons of videos and great articles that will aid you in being a youth leader.
The Ryan Carter Foundation
- The Ryan Carter Foundation was created to perpetuate and provide a way for parents who wish to educate their children in a Christ Centered environment, loving each child as an individual providing form and direction to their unique talents and gifts.
San Diego Rescue Mission
- A non-profit homeless shelter and recovery center serving thousands of homeless, hungry, and poor men, women, and children in San Diego since 1955. Their mission
is to spread the good news of salvation through Christ by serving the needs of
the poor, addicted, abused, and homeless, thus improving the quality of their
lives.
The Source For Youth Ministries
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A website dedicated to bringing cutting edge resources to youth workers.
Youth Specialties
- Youth Specialties works alongside Christian youth workers from just about every denomination and youth-serving organization all around the world. Whether you're new to youth ministry or a veteran, whether you're a volunteer or a career youth pastor, Youth Specialties has great resources you can use.