Ministry Resources
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COLLEGE/CAREER
CHOICES
Crosswalk.com
directory.crosswalk.com
Christian College & University search.
COLLEGE
PREPARATION
Campus Crusade
for Christ's College Prep Seminars
www.collegeprep.org
A
Campus Crusade ministry to help high school seniors get prepared
for the college experience. Seminars help students excel in their
faith by helping them understand the challenges of a new college
environment.
College Transition Project
Check out this link; be sure to scroll through the article to
see all the resources.
LiveAbove.com
A new online community of students helping one another
enjoy life beyond high school without compromise. It will link
young people with ministries, offering a way to build friendships,
locate good roommates and seek anonymous assistance for real
life questions and issues.
DATING,
ENGAGEMENT, & MARRIAGE
Families Northwest
www.familiesnorthwest.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=11670
Northwest
opportunities and resources to assist those who are dating, engaged,
or working on their marriage. Use these resources for yourself
or for those you are working with.
DISCIPLESHIP
Worldwide Discipleship Organization
www.wdausa.org
WDA’s mission is to serve the Church worldwide by developing
Christlike character in people and equipping them to disciple
others according to the pattern Jesus used to train his disciples.
EDUCATORS
Christian
Leadership Ministries' Academic Initiative
christianacademics.com/index.html
Partnering
with faculty to restore the plausabilityof the Gospel and the
prominence of the Christian worldview in academia by influencing
today's professors and cultivating tomorrows professors.
The Christian Professor
in the Secular University
www.leaderu.com
Dr. Joseph (Rae) Mellichamp, professor emeritus of the University
of Alabama, has created a notebook of strategies he has used
over years of ministry. This notebook represents the entire spectrum
of ministry opportunities for Christian university and college
professors and professional staff.
Christian
Educators Association International
www.ceai.org
CEAI is an excellent resource for Christian educators.
EVANGELISM
guidance.gospelcom.net/answer.htm
Answers
questions about Christianity
www.meant4more.com
A
site for students to explore, to hear from other students and
learn more about faith in God.
www.stacistory.com
The
story and testimony of Staci Stephens.
GRADUATION
interlinc’s GRAD DVD
Great
gift idea for those involved in your ministry.
HISTORY
SOURCES
History Channel
www.historychannel.com
See what happened on any particular day in history, i.e. your
birthday.
LEGAL
ISSUES
Freedom
Forum
www.freedomforum.org/
Legal challenges and issues relating to the First Amendment.
MISSIONS
AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS
Campus Crusade for Christ International
www.ccci.org
Interdenominational
ministry committed to helping take the gospel of Jesus Christ
to all nations.
DELTA
Ministries International
www.Deltaministries.com
Work with church and college teams offering strategic assistance
in
sending their own teams while giving them ownership of the ministry
project.
Trained staff coming to you church/college for a
week-end training, and materials for follow-up sessions. Provide
a "mini-missionary experience" for individuals guaranteed
to help
them grow and shape their future.
Hope
for Youth International
www.hfyinternational.org
Through the ministry of homestays with households of believers,
we seek to share the love of God with high school foreign exchange
students who are in the United States experiencing the American
culture and way of life.
Royal Servants
www.royalservants.org
An non-denominational summer missions outreach designed for students
age 13-19 and adults leaders 20 and older.
Wycliffe
- GET Global
www.wycliffe.org/getglobal/home.htm
Connects students and young people to the Bible translation movement
through an authentic cross-cultural missions experience.
Youth Group
Missions
www.groupworkcamps.com
The
Group Workcamps Foundation exists to serve churches by providing
Christian mission trips that help children, youth and adults
grow in their relationship with Jesus.
NATIVE
AMERICAN MINISTRIES
NAMB
Native Ministries
http://nambnativeministries.org/
North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The site is a resource to further evangelical Native American
and First Nations ministries throughout North America.
mailto:rusty@fidalgo.net
to be contacted about Northwest Native Ministries website "Red
Soul Rising" under development.
NEWS
& CURRENT EVENTS SOURCES
Leadership
U
www.leaderu.com
Current issues topic list and resources. Sponsored by Christian
Leadership Ministries, the faculty outreach and training arm
of Campus Crusade for Christ International.
Maranatha
Christian Journal
www.mcjonline.com
News with a Christian perspective. Free-update e-mails in seven
different categories.
PROGRAM HELPS
Learning Change: Inspire! Youth Series
www.inspireyouthseries.com/ministry.php
This
software collection is an interactive activity resource that
will help youth pastors and youth leaders learn to lead thought
provoking, cooperative activities. Each activity can be tied
to scripture and lessons, providing a unique method for youth
to learn about their faith and each other. Provides icebreakers,
fun things to do, etc. - while teach them about leadership, cooperation,
communication and taking care of one another.
PROGRAM
HELPS - DENOMINATIONS
Northwest
Ministries Network of the Assemblies of God
www.northwestministry.com
The Pacific Northwest Assemblies of God youth page.
PROGRAM HELPS - ENTERTAINMENT
Forefront Records
www.forefrontrecords.com
Company website featuring artist interviews, Bible study resources,
ice breakers, coupons for music, and more.
interlinc
www.interlinc-online.com
Linking the resources of Christian music toward more effective
ministry with youth.
Ministry
and Media
www.ministryandmedia.com
A
storehouse of pop culture information and programming ideas that
will help youth workers use media to relate the gospel to teenagers.
Ideas that are meant for use within a youth group setting and
ideas that are offered for use outside the youth group with kids
who've seen a questionable movie or listened to a questionable
artist.
Preview
Online
www.gospelcom.net/preview
A ministry dedicated to providing detailed information about
movie and TV entertainment to parents and other discerning viewers
(certain levels require membership).
PROGRAM
HELPS - MINISTRIES
Dare 2 Share
www.dare2share.org
Energizing a generation to evangelize the world.
Everyschool.com
www.everyschool.com
A ministry of Campus Alliance. Locally, all Christian students,
youth workers, educators, parents, churches, and organizations
are invited to become an active part of the Alliance Mission
by networking their efforts to reach any of the 56,000 (public
and private) middle, junior high and high schools in America
for Christ.
On their home page click on "Campus Alliance" (lower
right side) to find a listing of member organizations and resource
ministries for further contact relating to youth ministry.
Family
Life
www.familylife.com
Conferences, e-mail newsletters, tips, daily devotionals and
more for your family and marriage. Great for you personally,
for staff couples or those you are counseling. www.familylife.com/conferences/marriage.asp
for a list of conferences.
GospelDirect.com
www.1800gospeldirect.com
A ministry of Gospel Communications, selling DVD's/Video's, books
and software.
GROUP
Magazine
youthministry.com
GROUP Magazine and Group Publishing connect people, organizations,
ideas, and resources.
Institute
for Theology in Culture:
NewWine, NewWineskins
new-winskins.org/
Program heightens the awareness of students in the communities
where they are at to the needs around them and inspires them
to help in meeting the need.
Jesus-Focused
Youth Ministry
www.reach-out.org/jesusfocusedyouthministry.htm
Provides training and resources that represent a paradigm shift
in youth ministry toward...
--creating a powerful prayer environment
--going deeper in intimacy with Christ
--building leaders for in-depth and long-term ministry
--discipling students with passion for Jesus
--penetrating the student culture
--designing outreach opportunities to reach students for Christ
Reach
Out Youth Solutions
www.reach-out.org/
Equipping leaders to connect Jesus with a disconnected generation
Team
CE
www.teamce.com
Christian Endeavor International's Youth Ministries Resource
site.
Teen
Life Minstries
www.teenlifeministries.com
Youth ministry resources, youth Bible lessons, and Christian
youth speakers. Books available to purchase; and 500 tips, tools
& techniques to maximize your ministry.
TruthQuest
Training
www.tqtraining.net
TruthQuest Training's focus on "Training Youth. Training
Youth Leaders" has resulted in a number of programs for
high school students and adults who are actively involved in
youth ministry.
Walk Thru the Bible
www.walkthru.org
Resource products available on their web store. Excellent ministry
enhancement tools for the church, marriage and family, as well
as teacher training materials.
RURAL
MINISTRIES
Rural Home Missionary Association
www.rhma.org
RHMA is a fellowship of missionaries who have banded together
for the primary task of planting and strengthening churches in
small-town America.
YD
Communities
www.yd.org
Youth Dynamics established YD Communities in small or rural towns
throughout the Pacific Northwest which are not already touched
by other similar ministries. Staff and volunteers seek to foster
personal relationships with both non-Christian and Christian
students. These relationships and community specific programs
provide a framework for evangelism and discipleship.
Summer internships are available on a limited basis, contact
mevans@yd.org
URBAN
MINISTRIES
URBNET
www.urbanyouthworkers.com
The urban emphasis of the National Network of Youth Ministry.
Equips, empowers, and encourages urban youth leaders by linking
relationships and providing relevant urban youth ministry resources.
Urban
Youth Workers Institute
http://www.UYWI.org
Restores faith, hope, and love to the cities of America by partnering
with urban churches, developing, networking, and resourcing their
leaders and mobilizing emerging leaders as vital change agents
into those high-risk communities.
YOUTH
CULTURE
Center for
Youth/Parent Understanding
cpyu.org
Serves to bridge the cultural-generational gap between parents
and teenagers by helping parents, youth workers, educators, and
others understand teenagers and their culture so that they will
be better equipped to help children and teens navigate the challenging
world of adolescence.
YOUTH
MINISTRIES
Campus
Crusade for Christ International
www.ccci.org
Ministry organizations posted on Campus Crusade for Christ's
website.
U.S. Minstries
International
Ministries
Student
Venture
www.svlinc.com
The high school ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ
Young Life
www.younglife.org
Young Life is a non-denominational, Christian organization committed
to impacting kid's lives and preparing them for the future.
Youth
Dynamics
www.yd.org
Two
distinct branches of ministry
YD Communities in small or rural towns throughout the Pacific
Northwest which are not already touched by other similar ministries.
YD Adventures draws teens closer to God, themselves and others
through an adventure based experience.
Youth
for Christ
www.yfc.org
Evangelizing and discipling youth.
Broad-based
ministry resource for students and families.