Links You Can Use
Valuable ministry links:
- Listing of affiliated CAMPS which honor D&J camp discount cards
- The Mailbox Club International
- Christianity Cove - a great one-stop-shop for free Sunday School lessons, Bible games, crafts, skits and activities for Children's Church
- YouVersion—free access to the Bible in many versions and in more than 100 languages; they also have an app that works in all mobile devices.
- MAX7 - living to the max, 7 days a week with Jesus; an open source resource library helping leaders disciple children and young people
- Bible iPhone app from The Gideons—Explore what God, faith and Christianity are all about. Read the Bible whenever you want, wherever you are.
- Dare to be a Daniel—soul-winners training for young people from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
- Bible for Children—Bible stories and Bible readings in various languages
- The Beginner's Bible—wonderful new series of YouTube video animations with great music, introducing children to major Bible stories
Safeguarding Internet use for children:
- Family's Guide to Social Media Safety
- Internet Safety Guide for kids - A parents' comprehensive guide to Internet safety for kids
- Healthy Digital Citizens - Helping Kids Stay Active & Safe in the Internet Age; a comprehensive resource dealing with Internet Safety, Cyberbullying, and Screen Time
- Internet Safey for Kids - 17 rules to protect my child online
- Use Screen Time to set restrictions and parental controls on Apple devices
- Enough is Enough - a site devoted to making the Internet safer for children and families
- Preventing Cyberbullying - good reference material defining cyberbullying and ways to prevent it
- Identity Theft - How to protect your child from identity theft
Resource Sources:
- Guardians of Ancora—a world class digital game featuring an amazing virtual world that 8 to 11 year olds can enter, and a place where Bible stories come alive; from Scripture Union
- The Story of Jesus Christ app—free app for Apple & Android devices; story of Jesus taken from the Action Bible; comic book format in 49 languages
- Let the Little Children Come—Child evangelism tools that are more than simple children's tracts.
- YouTube Bible channels for kids—11 YouTube channels devoted to Bible-content videos for children
- Bible Games Central—Fun Bible games that teach Bible truths; for kids, youth and adults
- Calvary Curriculum—Free materials for Sunday School teachers, from Calvary Chapel
- Bible study tools from Crosswalk
- Visual storytelling meets the Bible
- Next Bible (with the popular NET Bible translation)—a great resource for Bible study; find any Bible passage in this freely-available version and get dictionary definitions of words, explanatory articles, Greek/Hebrew tools, and even sermon illustrations
- Illustrated Bible—downloadable Bible portions with illustrations and audio narrations at give-away prices; can be burned to DVD and freely distributed; ideal for Sunday School classes etc.
- The NIV Live—a multi-sensory audio Bible using professional voices and cinematic enhanced sound. For mobile devices and also on CD.
- The Pocket Testament League—resources for Bible study and sharing your faith by distributing "pocket" Gospels; also a free daily devotional
- Always Be Ready—lots of articles plus DVD/book resources for answering questions from skeptics about the Bible, Jesus and the Christian faith
- Steps to Peace with God—from Billy Graham
- Focus on the Family
- Kids of Integrity—tools for growing godly character; from Focus on the Family
- Christian Courses—online Christian education from RBC Ministries
- Eternal Answers—a Christian blog with lots of answers to common questions
- Test your own Bible knowledge with questions from this Bible Trivia site.
Christian graphics
- Oxygen Multimedia Ministries—professional Christian graphics and PowerPoint slides; indispensable resource for ministry graphics (many of the graphics used in our lessons come from this source)
- Free Bible Images—excellent resource for Bible-related graphics; lots of material, most with the same graphic appearance, and free for Christian ministry use
- Christian Stock Photography—reasonably priced great Christian images in five resolution sizes – the cross, symbols, backgrounds, Christmas, Easter, etc.
- Biblical Stock Photography—nice mixture of Bible/Christian-related photos and graphics
- The Glory Story—a good resource for free Bible story graphics, though not as good quality as Oxygen or Free Bible Images
Bible Colleges and Christian Universities:
- Briercrest Family of Schools
- Millar College of the Bible
- Nipawin Bible Institute
- Peace River Bible Institute
- Prairie Bible Institute
- Trinity Western University
- Tyndale University College & Seminary
- Listing of Christian Colleges in the USA—a helpful resource for finding Christian colleges in the USA with online and campus-based degree programs
- Most affordable christian bachelors degree programs in the U.S.A.
Missions:
- The Navigators
- SIM—Serving in Mission
- Wycliffe—Bible translators
- Youth for Christ International (YFCI)
- Youth With a Mission (YWAM)
(Please if you have a suggestion to add to this list)