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These are predominantly Christian. If non-Christian, I have made a note w/ NC. I feel God uses non-Christian sources to help His children.
Abuse
Bromley, Nicole- Hush (Christian sexual abuse, Excellent), founder of www.OneVOICEEnterprises.com , Christian sexual abuse
www.all-creatures.org Help w/ abuse of animals
www.behumane.org For children & animals. What to do, not to do, etc. NC
www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2009/marapr/otherprolifemovement.html “How to recognize and help rescue the battered women among us.”
www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2009/mayjun/stickyissueofsubmission.html “Counselor Leslie Vernick, author of The Emotionally Destructive Relationship, has some great advice for what to do and say when a friend or family member is in an abusive situation.”
www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2009/mayjun/whensomeoneyouloveisabused.html “When Someone You Love Is Abused- What you need to know and how you can make a difference”
www.missionhopeproject.org Non profit organization helping victims of human trafficking, located in
www.ncadv.org “The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence” NC
www.peaceandsafety.com “Peace & safety in the Christian home”
www.theraveproject.org “RAVE is an initiative that seeks to bring knowledge and social action together to assist families of faith impacted by abuse.”
Animals
www.humanesociety.org/religion animals & religion
Bible & answers
http://bible.ca the interactive Bible w/ Q&A, etc
http://bible.cc Bible passages, comparisions
www.biblegateway.com search for Bible passages, I use this one the most
www.bibleplaces.com “BiblePlaces.com features photographs and descriptions of sites in
www.biblestudy.org “You have questions… the Bible has answers.”
www.christiananswers.net "A mega-site providing biblical answers to contemporary questions for all ages and nationalities with over 45-thousand files"
www.talkingbibles.org the Bible recorded, can donate to other countries where people cannot read
Children/ teens, parenting
www.4parents.gov “You can help your son or daughter make healthy choices, including deciding to wait until marriage to have sex. 4parents.gov can help you talk to your child, pre-teen, or teen early and often about waiting to have sex, what happens as he or she grows, and other important topics.” NC
www.akidsheart.com Ideas for kids & teachers
www.breakawaymag.com for males
www.christiankidstop100.com Christian kids top 100 fun web sites
www.focusonyourchild.com Focus on the Family
www.kidscorner.net kids stories
www.momsense.com “Pursuing passion-filled parenting”
www.whitsend.org “Parents have trusted Adventures in Odyssey since 1987 to provide character-building stories kids love.”
www.yfc.net Youth For Christ, to help youth ministry
www.youthspecialties.com features seminars, resources on youth ministry
Community, forums, blogs
www.christianforums.com Christian forum for a wide variety of topics
www.gospel.com wide range of topics, blogs
http://volunteer.gospel.com A community for Christians to volunteer
Creation Care
Robinson, Tri- Saving God’s green earth
Sleeth, Matthew- Serve God, save the planet (Excellent). His site is www.servegodsavetheplanet.org
The Green Bible from Harper Bibles
www.ausable.org “The mission of Au Sable Institute is the integration of knowledge of the Creation with biblical principles for the purpose of bringing the Christian community and the general public to a better understanding of the Creator and the stewardship of God's Creation. All of its programs and activities are structured to allow, and are conducted for, promotion of Christian environmental stewardship. This includes persistent dedication to exemplary Christian stewardship in its planning, operations, programs, and outreach.”
www.blessedearth.org From Serve God Save the planet author. Blogs, resources, articles
www.careofcreation.net “At Care of Creation, our mission is to mobilize the Church toward a God-centered response to the environmental crisis.”
www.christiansandclimate.org How to global warming is affecting the poorest people first. Learn, Pray, Act for leaders, ordinary citizens, policy makers.
www.creationcare.org “The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) is a non-profit organization that seeks to educate, inspire, and mobilize Christians in their effort to care for God's creation, to be faithful stewards of God's provision, and to advocate for actions and policies that honor God and protect the environment.” One of my fave sites
www.creationcareforpastors.com “This site is to serve pastors who are interested in a growing emphasis within the Christian community called “Creation Care”: applying biblical principles of stewardship to the environment we share with all living things.”
www.creationcsp.org “The Creation Care Study program is a high-caliber academic semester abroad connecting Christian faith with the most complex, urgent global issues of the coming decades.”
www.deepgreenconversation.org “Our hope is that this site help you integrate your faith into a deep green lifestyle rooted in Christ and fueled by community and conversation.” Blogs, articles
www.earthcareonline.org “EarthCare is a Christian organization that exists to promote creation stewardship within the Christian community.” Resource materials, speakers, conferences.
www.earthministry.org “Earth Ministry is a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging people of faith in environmental stewardship.” For individuals, churches, etc
www.eco-justice.org “Eco-Justice Ministries is an independent, ecumenical agency that helps churches answer the call to care for all of God's creation, and develop ministries that are faithful, relevant and effective in working toward social justice and environmental sustainability.” Newsletter available, articles
www.ecostewards.org/rcfc.htm “The Religious Campaign for Forest Conservation is a coalition of Christian and Jewish denominations and organizations which promote an end to the cutting of old growth forests and an end to commercial logging on public lands.”
www.environmentalpartnerships.org Partners helping congregations be Creation Care conscious
www.esa-online.org “A network of Christians seeking to transform church and society in faithfulness to Jesus Christ.”, helping to transform lives, social & economic justice
www.greenfaith.org “Interfaith partners for the environment”
http://nacce.org/library “Earthkeeping news”, blogs, articles
www2.nau.edu/religion/52ways.htm “Caring for creation. Educational & pratical resources”
www.nccecojustice.org “The Eco-Justice Program office of the National Council of Churches works in cooperation with the NCC Eco-Justice Working Group to provide an opportunity for the national bodies of member Protestant and Orthodox denominations to work together to protect and restore God's Creation.” Resources, tips
www.nrpe.org “The national religious partnership for the environment”, various articles dealing with the different perspectives of faiths
www.restoringeden.org “Restoring
www.revision.org “Re:Vision is a tool for your journey toward faithful engagement in public life, helping you renew your commitment, rekindle your creativity, and reform our world.”, dealing w/ protecting creation, human rights, justice, etc.
www.sierraclub.org/partnerships/faith “To discuss and explore the linkages between environmental quality and social justice, and to promote dialogue, increased understanding and appropriate action.”
www.simpleliving.org “Equipping people of faith to challenge consumerism, live justly and celebrate in responsible earth friendly ways.”
www.targetearth.org “Serving the earth, serving the poor. Target Earth is a national movement of Christians who reflect this commitment to care. It's a movement of individuals, churches, college fellowships and Christian ministries motivated by the biblical call to be faithful stewards of everything God created-to love our neighbors as ourselves and to care for the earth.”
www.webofcreation.org “Ecology resources to transform faith & society”. How to guides for worship, living, etc
Database of sites
www.christiansunite.com a database of Christian stuff including blogs, articles, links, forums, etc
www.servehim.com Database of Christian sites
www.zoecarnate.com HUGE database of Christian links
Devotionals & studies
www.biblestudytools.com Bible study tools, passage lookup
www.christianbiblestudies.com Bible studies for personal or group use
www.ivpress.com/bible Studies, devotional
www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml “Our Daily Bread” daily devotional
www.rbc.org/utmost/index.php “Utmost for His highest” daily devotional
www.thisistoday.net “Today” daily devotional
Entertainment, TV, Movies, Stories
www.answersingenesis.org videos for creation
www.bananascomedy.com Christian comics
www.biblebelievers.com/titanic.html story of the Titanic & how a pastor was helping people be saved.
www.cbn.com Christian news
www.cbn.com/LivingTheLife Christian talk show
www.crossroads.ca Ministry including TV series like
www.chonda.org Christian Comedy Association, featuring Chonda Pierce
www.christiancartoons.com good, clean Christian comic strips
www.christianitytodaymovies.com reviews of today’s movies
www.christianmusictoday.com reviews of today’s music
www.explorationfilms.com (My notes: Creatures that defy evolution is an awesome vid!)
www.lizcurtishiggs.com Liz Curtis Higgs, a great comedian w/ just as great testimony
www.spiritclips.com Short, Christian films
www.tangle.com Formerly GodTube, Christian based version of YouTube
www.zorowski.com Christian humor featuring
Fitness
www.faithfulworkouts.com Michelle Spadafora
www.riseupministry.com Jennifer Brindley
www.timmichaels.com Tim Michaels
Health/ Mental health
www.truecampaign.org Christian site, To help people w/ body image issues
Living
Ridenour, Fritz- How to be a Christian without being perfect ’86, So What's The Difference ’01
www.ccel.org "The mission of the CCEL is to build up the church by making classic Christian writings available and promoting their use."
www.christianitytoday.com Articles of Christian topics
www.conversantlife.com “Real life spiritual conversations”, articles
www.desiringgod.org "God-centered resources from the ministry of John Piper"
www.faithaliveresources.org resources
www.peacemaker.net "Equipping & assisting Christians & their churches to respond to conflict biblically"
Marriage, singles
www.christiansinglestoday.com articles on singles
www.marriagepartnership.com articles for marriage
Simple living & sustainability
www.christiansimpleliving.org “Christian Simpleliving is a compassionate, responsible way of life, which frees people from self-serving consumer culture while contributing toward a peaceful, healthy, socially just, and environmentally sustainable world.”
Women
Grady, J Lee- 10 Lies the church tells women (Excellent), 25 tough questions about women & the church
www.giftedforleadership.com helping women in ministries & leadership positions
www.godswordtowomen.org provides info & equips women in their lives & ministry
http://godswordtowomen.org/studies/articles/Grady.htm from the book “Ten Lies The Church Tells Women”
www.todayschristianwoman.com magazine, articles
www.wogministries.com Women of God ministries
bravenet.com