Resources for the Early Years of Ministry and Beyond…
Listed below are some of the best ministry resources we have discovered. This is not simply a list of possible resources—but a list of some of the BEST resources. Some are links to other sites, others are materials that members of our online community have produced. Please feel free to submit the most useful resources you have discovered—particularly those most helpful to pastors in their early years of ministry. To submit a resource to be posted, send it to with a brief description.
- Company of Pastors’ Daily Quotations
- Daily quotes from a wide range of theological writers
- Congregational Resources Guide
- An effort of the Alban Institute in consultation with the Indianapolis Center for Congregations and other specialists, the Congregational Resource Guide (CRG) exists to help congregational leaders connect with resources that will enable them to face challenges and foster vitality in their communities of faith.
- CrossWalk.com’s Bible Search
- Just about every popular English Bible versions available for searching
- CyberHymnal
- 6,700 Christian hymns and Gospel songs, including lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, history, etc.
- Daily Lectionary
- Not just the Sunday texts, but also the daily texts for study, prayer, reflection.
- Hear the Word Podcast
- Weekly Revised Common Lectionary podcast by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Journey with Jesus
- Every Monday the Journey with Jesus posts a new essay based upon the Biblical lectionary, a film review, a book review, and a poem or prayer.
- Oremus Bible Browser
- Searchable NRSV
- Metamorpha
- Welcome to the Metamorpha community. We invite you to look around at all we have to offer in terms of content, conversation, and resources, however, we hope you’ll consider our site vastly more than that. We want to bring Christians together on this site to become an interactive community of formation and growth. Our goal is not just to inform but to take part in the forming and building of communities whose desire is to grow with Christ.
- National Association of Church Business Administration
- An interdenominational, professional, Christian organization which exists to serve the church by promoting the highest level of professional competence in individuals serving Christ through administration in local churches.
- Practicing Our Faith
- A site dedicated to helping people live of Christian life through the living of Christian practices. See their related books list for even more resources.
- Relevant Magazine
- We’re twentysomething Christians. We want to break stereotypes, challenge status-quo and enact change through the media. We’re seeking God, living life and striving to impact the world around us. It’s pretty simple, really. Oh yeah, and we’re a self-contained, for-profit business not affiliated with any other companies, denominations or organizations.
- Resources for American Christianity
- All kinds of information related to Lilly Endowment’s grantmaking in Religion. (Also, there is a page that details all the grant possibilities funded through Lilly Endowment. Check it out!)
- The Revealer
- A daily review of religion and the press.
- Revised Common Lectionary
- For those who preach from the lectionary, here you will find the full NRSV text of the readings for a full cycle of the lectionary
- The Text This Week
- A wide variety of resources for study and liturgy based on the 3-year Revised Common Lectionary
- Working Preacher
- A website dedicated to “support, nurture, and inspire preachers working at the craft of creating compelling, faithful, and creative biblical sermons”
