This page is dedicated to useful resources on the internet. Some are free, some are not. Some are just entertaining, others extremely helpful. The Central Baptist Association is not responsible for the content of external internet sites, and does not necessarily endorse, support or encourage external site content. This is just to help youth workers and volunteers find what they are looking for. With that in mind, please feel free to surf the sites below and if you come across anything that could help others, please submit it to us.

If you are an organisation or church which has information or resources that may help equip others please submit your details to Jon to be entered on this site.

Last Updated: Wednesday, 14-Jun-2006 9:19 AM

Youth Work Links:

General Youth Work Resources

Youthwork - A Website containing information on resouces, training and online forums for those working with young people.

Christian Answers.net - A mega-site providing biblical answers to contemporary questions for all ages and nationalities with 40-thousand files.

Teen Q’s - Sister site of Christian Answers.net providing young people related questions and answers.

St.Martin-in-the-Fields Bible Crosswords - Site with Bible Crosswords available for youth groups and Bible studies.

Eden: Worship Creatively - A site demonstating a creative look at worship for young people.

Infed - A site that explores informal education and lifelong learning.

Clarifying Christianity - A site that makes it easy to understand Christianity and the Bible, explain the apparent contradictions, and reveal its relevance to today’s world.

The Bible Gateway.com - A very useful site for finding passages from the Bible.  Has several different version to search.

Re:Jesus - Site with lots of useful stuff looking at Jesus' life, peoples stories today, spirituality, and community .

Youth Focus - Working with voluntary and community youth organisations for the benefit of young people within Buckinghamshire

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Culture

Damaris Culture Watch - CultureWatch contains hundreds of articles and study guides on films, books, music, television and some of the developments within culture as a whole. As part of Damaris, there is a distinctively Christian angle on all this material, but CultureWatch is for people of all faiths and people of no faith at all who want to explore the message behind the media.

bethinking.org - UCCF site to help you engage with culture.

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Random Resources

The Free Information Society - A site with downloaded sound bites from history.

Wikipedia - The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

Lets Sing it.com - Is a music community where people can find music related information about artists and can share information with each other. If you need a song lyric for a talk this can be a real help.

Puzzlers Cave - Make your own crossword puzzles for youth groups or Bible studies.

Youth Health Talk - A collection of interviews with young people about their experiences of health or illness. They tell you what it’s really like! www.youthhealthtalk.org aims to identify the issues, questions and problems that matter to young people.

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Publications/Journals

Youthwork Magazine - A publication with tons of information on youth culture and plenty of meeting guides, resources, ideas and creative worship tools.

JAM Magazine - Christian magazine with contemporary topics that can be used as a tool for evangelism as well as with a Christian group.

Interpretation - A Journal of Bible and Theology.  A concise source of fresh insigh and inspiration for writing and preaching.

Grove Books - A series of books on contemporary issues that are based on biblical principles, that engage with best practice, and offer practical application.

Grove Books Youth Series - Offers clear and concise explorations of Christian youth ministry. New titles are published quarterly in March, June, September and December.

St Andrews Bookshop - Christian Bookshop

Wesley Owen - Christian Bookshop

Sunrise Software - Christian software online store

Eden.co.uk - Christian Bookshop

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Media

Christian Video Licensing - Information on legally showing video's and DVD for church activities.

Christian Copyright Licensing (ltd) - Information on leagally using music and songs for church activities.

Luke Spurway - Design and Media. Promotional material, websites and media.

Forumage.com - An easy to use and free forum hosting service. For an example why not check out the CBA Youth Worker Forum!

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Charities and Good Causes

MSN Search and NSPCC search engine that donates money. Every time you search from this site you raise money for the NSPCC.

Red - RED was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world's most iconic brands to produce RED-branded products. A percentage of each (RED) product sold is given to The Global Fund. The money helps women and children with HIV/AIDS in Africa.

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Amusing/Funny

The Brick Testament - The Bible illustrated in lego, with helpful rating guides as to the content.

Cows with Guns - Just a funny animation.

The Simpsons - The Simpsons homepage with lots of info about the TV series.

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Mission Organisations

BMS World Mission – Fuse - Is the free, bi-monthly resource for your youth group meeting.

BibleLands - Bringing Christ's Compassion to the Needy in the Lands of the Bible

Christian Aid - Useful site with information and resources about the work of Christian Aid. 

Crusaders -Site packed with resources for Crusaders members and information on the work of Crusaders.

Hope UK - Encouraging children and young people to make drug-free choices.

Joshua Generation - Joshua Generation exists to see our culture transformed through developing leaders. We do this ourselves by initiating relationships with other organisations, churches and individuals.

Surefish.co.uk - Is more than just a website - it's an internet service provider that works to change lives. 100 percent of our profits support Christian Aid's work to reduce poverty world-wide.

Tearfund - Christian action with the world's poor.  Tearfund also have a specific site for youth leaders with loads of resources and a FREE magazine called Network which is well worth getting

Underground - exists to disciple young people to take their faith seriously as they take action for the Persecuted Church. underground mobilises young people to think globally; to act justly and to live obediently as followers of Jesus Christ.  Underground is part of Open Doors

WEC UK - WEC International (Worldwide Evangelization for Christ) is a bunch of people from many nations and denominations. We have banded together with the shared goal of seeing Jesus known, loved and worshipped among the peoples of the earth forgotten by many.

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Training Groups/Colleges etc

Spurgeons - Spurgeon's College, preparing Christians for mission and ministry.

OASIS Youth Work and Ministry Course - Site with information about their youth work and minsitry course.

LST - London School of Theology is an interdenominational, evangelical theological college, offering Cert HE, Dip HE, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Theology, Theology & Counselling, and Theology Music & Worship, as well as a variety of open learning courses.

Spectrum - A Training programme for anyone involved in Christian Youth Work.

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Festivals & Events

Ultimate Events - Alton Towers event each May with live bands and events in the evening.

Greenbelt - Site giving all the details about the Christian music and arts Festival held every August at Cheltenham Racecourse.

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Links!

Youthwork Online Directory - This Directory will give details of Christian UK-based organisations and groups that work with and support young people and youth workers.

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Online Spirituality

Sacred Space - We invite you to make a 'Sacred Space' in your day,
and spend ten minutes, praying here and now, as you sit at your computer, with the help of on-screen guidance and scripture chosen specially every day.

Re:Jesus Spirituality - Creative ideas

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Children’s Work Links:

BU "On Our Knees" - resources to help us develop a heart for reaching children and reversing the trend of 30,000 children leaving the church in the last two years.

Children's Ministry - For those with a heart for children.  If you're involved in the evangelism, discipling and teaching of children - whether they're under 5s, 5-9s or young teens - you'll find a wealth of information and resources here to inspire and equip you.

Kids Sunday School - Kid's Sunday School Place is your source for fresh, creative Children's Ministry resources, Sunday school lessons, Bible crafts, activities, object lessons, stories, skits, games, songs & much more. Teaching Sunday school has never been so much fun!  Some free stuff, some stuff you need to register for.

Reaching Every Child 1 - takes you through 10 key aspects of reaching the child which would be part of the culture and values of a child friendly church

Reaching Every Child 2 - takes you through 10 key aspects of reaching the child which would be part of the culture and values of a child friendly church

More coming soon

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