Some Links Worth Viewing
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Center for U.S. Missions -- Newsletters, seminars, resources, training, for mission and congregations. CUSM is an agency of Synod?s N.A. Missions.
Barna Reports -- New Study Identifies the Strongest and Weakest Character Traits of Christian Leaders
The American Religion Data Archive
The American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) is a project funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and acts to preserve quantitative data on American religion, to improve access to this data, to increase the use of the data, and to allow comparisons across data files. The ARDA collection includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations).
Church Central.Com - New year presents Church with challenges and change, experts say.
CoachNet - One of the most helpful sites out there. Forums, coaching, training, files. $$$
Congregational Resource Guide - The Alban Institute and the Indianapolis Center for Congregations have created the Congregational Resource Guide to help congregational leaders connect with resources they need to gain insight into problems and to encourage transformation in their communities of faith.
Ethnic Harvest - The 2000 US Census revealed that more than 10% of the USA population is "foreign-born." A quick look around your local supermarket is likely to confirm that your community is alive with peoples and languages from around the world.
The name and vision for Ethnic Harvest comes out of an interdenominational network of ethnic churches in the Seattle area. This website exists
- to share the good news about Jesus Christ with all people
- to help you find gospel resources in foreign languages
- to encourage churches in the USA to reach out in friendship to their ethnic neighbors and
- to share the faith stories of followers of Jesus from around the world
