First Baptist Church of Waverly, NY
Making Christ Known in the Twin Tiers and the World

Computer Christian Classroom
This site is designed to provide the pastor, Sunday School teacher, seminarian, lay leader or any other Christian interested in spiritual growth with a virtual online library at the click of a mouse. The page is divided into the following categories:


Family Resources
Youth Resources
Bible and Theology
Church History
Worship Resources
General Resources
Christian Counseling
College & Seminary
Pastor & Pulpit
Missions
Apologetics, Christian Thought, Cults & Religions
Christian Education




NOTE: The links on this page do not necessarily reflect the theological position of the First Baptist Church of Waverly or of its pastor. These links are here to help the Christian relate his/her faith in today's world even if some of these sites are not consistent with our church's evangelical position.

 


 

Family Resources

1) Focus on the Family/Family.org: Excellent Family resource from Dr. James Dobson
2) Family Life Today: A number of Good resources
3) All About Families: Extensive Resources for Family issues.
4) Christian Parenting: Resources for parenting from Christianity Today
5) Marriage Partnership: Marriage Resources from Christianity Today
6) Men of Integrity: Men's issues from Christianity Today
7) Today's Christian Women: Women's resources from Christianity Today
8) Christian Answers.net Family Site: Many good links to family/parenting issues. Includes links to teens, abortion, sex etc.
9) Family Links: Site has many links to Christian family sites including families in crisis. Very good place to start for "surfing" on family issues.
10) American Family Association: Site on issues promoting traditional family values.
11) Purposeful Singleness: Not everyone is married and this site has some excellent resources for the single person.
12) Family Dynamics: Site has some excellent articles on issues affecting today's family


 

Youth Resources

1) Youth Specialties: Very extensive youth resources site
2) Youth Ministries Galore/Pastor2Youth: Great source of Youth freebies
3) Egads! Lots of Ideas: This site speaks for itself. Lots of reasources
4) Center for Student Missions: Inner City Mission trips for youth & college students
5) Youth Pastor.com: Excellent resource for youth leaders
6) Campus Life: A great youth site from Christianity Today
7) National Network of Youth Workers: Contains good resources plus info. on joining the network as a way of sharing ideas
8) Beyond Belief: Designed by Josh McDowell, site helps youth to move beyond belief to convictions
9) Youth Ministry.com: Extensive youth ministry site
10) The Source For Youth Ministry: Excellent online site for free resources for Youth Ministry

Bible & Theology

1) Nave's Topical Bible:Bible by topics
2) Hitchcock Bible Names Dictionary:Bible people & their names
3) Christian Theology Page: Extensive Theology Site
4) Oriental Institute: University of Chicago's archeology site
5) Perseus Text Tools: Greek text work site
6) Computer Assisted Theology: Many links & online theology resources
7) Torrey's Topical Textbook: Bible Themes links
8) Baker's Dictionary of Evangelical Theology: Good Theological Resource
9) Virtual Religion Index: Extensive site hosted by Rutgers University
10) Calvinist Corner: Theology Site in the Reformed Tradition
11) Ethereal Library: Huge reference site including Christian "classics"
12) Catholic Encylopedia: Useful online resource to Catholic theology links
13) Dead Sea Scrolls Page: Library of Congress site on Dead Sea Scrolls

14) Encylopedia of Religious Knowledge: Very Good reference site

15) New Testament Gateway: Many New Testament study links
16) Bible Gateway: Entire Bible searchable by word, phrase, or verse
17) Theology From a Bunch of Dead Guys: Superb theology site
18) World Wide Study Bible: Practical Bible Study aid
19) Easton's Bible Dictionary: Online Bible Dictionary
20) Blue Letter Bible: Huge site with Greek & Hebrew interlinear
21) Ray Stedman Library: Great resource for sermon and Sunday School material
22) Biblical Studies: Early Christian Writings Site
23) Biblical Studies on the Web: Catholic Scholarly Page
24) Society of Biblical Literature: Links to many scholarly articles
25) Believe: Religious Information: Many links. Very extensive
26) Bible.org: Good Bible Studies and Theology Site. Many articles etc.
27) Search God's Word Web Site: Lots of links including Lexicons
28) Sermon Illustrations: Huge data base of sermon illustrations
29) Question and Answers: Site in which questions are posted concerning the Christian life & theology. Very useful
30) Professor's Soapbox: A whole bunch of articles written by Daniel Wallace, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary on practical theological issues
31) International Standard Bible Encylopedia: Another good online resource of Bible topics

32) Tyndale House Doorway to Christian Scholarship: Excellent site. Go to "Online resources" link for extensive list of Bible/theology links
33) E-Sword: An extensive Bible tool site.  Must be downloaded but has lots of great resources
34) Easy Bible Translation.  Has a nice understandable commentary section.


Church History

1) Christian Classics Ethereal Library:Many History Links (See Also Bible & Theology)
2) Christian History & Biography: Excellent historic journal from Christianity Today
3) C.S. Lewis Website: Good historical look at one of Christianity's great thinkers and writers of the 20th century.
4) Tyndale House: Many good Church History links & other scholarly works
5) Church History Web Site:Internet archive for historical texts & documents
6) Theology From a Bunch of Dead Guys: Good Historical links as well as theology
7) The Tredways.com: Church History Timeline of major church history events



General Resources

1) Christianity Today: Great Link to a number of periodicals covering many topics
2) Leadership University: Great online "Think Tank" covering theology & apologetics etc.
3) Christian Resources Index: Over 2000 links to many resources
4) A "Zillion Sites" for Christians: Just about any resource you can find
5) Cross Search Site: A search tool for Christian resources
6) Internet Resources for Academic Study of Religion: Muhlberg College. Some helpful links
7) World Magazine: Excellent magazine outlining world events from a Christian perspective
8) Christianity.com: All kinds of general resources including a nifty Bible quiz
9) Christian Answers.net: All kinds of resources of a variety of subjects.
10) Family Life Network: Located in Bath, NY, site is home to the Family Life Radio station, some links to its counseling services, retreat centers and a number of general resources

Worship Resources

1) Cyber Hymnal: Thousands of Hymns, their histories & MIDI tunes
2) Worship Together.com: Worship resources for a new generation
3) Experiencing Worship Web Site: A Resource for the worship leader and the worshiper
4) Christian Copyrighting Licensing International: Site to obtain copyright license to reproduce music in local church
5) Integrity Music Web Site: Contains a number of worship resources



CHRISTIAN COUNSELING

1) American Association of Pastoral Counselors: Focus on pastoral counseling issues
2) American Association of Christian Counselors: Includes search engine for counselor near you
3) Christian Association of Psychological Studies: Good links integrating faith & psychology
4) Crown Financial Ministries: Provides Christian counseling as it relates to financial issues
5) National Association of Nouthetic Couselors: Some excellent resources from the Nouthetic school of Christian counselors







God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in times of trouble -Psalm 46:1

College & Seminary

1) College Guide:Site includes click on map/search engine for Christian colleges
2) Seminary & Graduate School Guide: Clip on map/search engine for Seminaries etc.
3) Trinity Theological Seminary and Virtual Campus: Degree programs at school or online
4) Association of Theological Schools: Links to fully accredited theological seminaries
5) Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary: Large Evangelical Seminary near Boston
6) Eastern University: Christian Liberal arts college near Philadelphia
7) Houghton College: Western New York Christian Liberal Arts College
8) Roberts Wesleyan College: Excellent college near Rochester, NY
9) Nyack College: Affiliated with Christian Missionary & Alliance Church on the banks of Hudson River near New York City. Very good missions program
10) Messiah College: Located near Harrisburg, PA.
11) Grove City College: A highly academic school with very low tuition in Western PA
12) Philadelphia Biblical University: Formerly Philadelphia school of the Bible
13) Lancaster Bible College: Located in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country
14) Geneva College: Western PA Christian college in the Reformed tradition.
15) Davis College: Formerly Practical Bible College. Located in Binghamton, NY
16) Palmer Theological Seminary (Formerly Eastern Baptist Seminary): Located near Philadelphia and associated with Eastern University






Have any other links? Feel free to e-mail us at:

fbcwaverly@stny.rr.com

 


Pastor & Pulpit

1) Christianity Today: Many good links for pastors
2) Small Group Network: Excellent resources for small group ministry
3) Parsonage.org: Excellent resources for pastors & their families
4) Pastors.com: Extensive site for pastors from Rick Warren (Purpose Driven Ministries)
5) Leadership Journal: Very practical resource for pastors from Christianity Today
6) Sermon Central: Links to over 70,000 sermons. Good site for sermon illustrations
7) Mennolink Resources for Pastors: A Mennonite site with lots of good pastoral resources
8) Smoldering Wick Ministries: Good site dealing with pastoral burnout issues plus information about their retreat center in Oklahoma.



Missions:

1) Society of International Missions: Very good missions resource site
2) Urbana Missions Conference: Sponsored by Intervarsity
3) Interserve: A Christian organization in which professional skills are used for ministry.
4) Mission Network News: Mission news updates from around the world
5) Short Term Missions: Excellent site for finding short term mission projects
6) American Baptist Missions: Our church's denomination
7) CIA Worldbook of Facts: Excellent reference guide on each nation of the world including important political & demographic data
8) World Christian Resource Directory: Many good mission links
9) International Conference on Computing in Missions: A ministry which uses the computer as a tool for missions.



Apologetics, Christian Thought & Religion & Cults

1) Probe Ministries: Current Issues, Bible & Science, Apologetics, Christian worldview in secular world links
2) Christian Answers.net: Questions and Answers about cults
3) Probe Ministries Cult Page: Excellent source for cult related issues
4) Comparative Religions: A Comprehensive site on many of the world's religions
5) World Religions Index: Charts & Tables comparing beliefs of world's religions
6) Virtual Religion Index: Rutgers University site on various religions
7) Denominations Links: Extensive site listing various web sites for denominations
8) Theology From a Bunch of Dead Guys: Excellent resource on modern cults and the heretics from the early church. Gives historical data on heresy.
9) Kairos Journal: A prophetic, scholarly site dealing with current trends


Christian Education Resources

1) E-Bible Teacher.com: Excellent online resource for church school teachers
2) Resources for Christian Teachers: Excellent resource center andis one of better Christian Education sites on the web
3) Children's Sunday School Teacher Online: Resources for Children's ministries
4) Christian Ed Warehouse.com: A place to order curriculum, supplies etc.
5) Kid Stuff: Christian resource for children
6) Child Evangelism Fellowship: One of the pioneers in outreach programs to children
7) Sunday School Help.com: Pennsylvania State Sunday School Association site with many good resources
8) Sunday School Page: Sunday School workers resource site





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