Resources
Individual Youth Resources
Seeking Justice: Exploring God’s Perspective Ten Minutes at a Time by Brian Cress
A daily devotional book where you’ll discover God’s love for justice. Discover how you can honour God through involvement in social justice issues.
YouVersion Bible App
Download the App and check out the devotional reading plans and sign up for one. Search for these devotionals under the Plans section:
Restart: Compassion and Justice– 40 day devotional
Social Justice and the Love of Money– 7 day devotional
Justice– 40 day devotional
When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbert and Brian FikkertEmphasizing the poverty of both heart and society, this book exposes the need that every person has and how it can be filled. Buy it Here
Wordeed by CBM Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Terry G. Smith.
This is a primer on integral mission, great for small groups too. It is a description of mission that we at Canadian Baptist Ministries believe best describes the vision and way that God transforms our world. Read it online
mosaic Magazine by CBM, published three times a year.mosaic serves as a catalyst to stimulate and encourage passionate discipleship among Canadian Baptists and their partners. Read it online
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Youth Group Resources
When Helping Hurts: The Small Group Guide by Steve Corbert and Brian FikkertRather than simply looking at economics, it looks at the poverty of relationships between man and God, man and man, man and creation, and man and self.
Buy it Here and find the free online videos here.
Deep Justice JourneysThese resources are excellent to use in preparation for short term mission trips.
Deep Justice In A Broken World: Helping your kids serve other and right the wrongs around them by Chap Clark & Kara E. Powell.
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Deep Justice Journeys: Moving from mission trips to missional living. Leader’s Guide and Student Journal available.
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Church Resources
Discover: A Guide for Evaluating Your Church’s Mission HeartA global discipleship tool where you will spend time reflecting on social and spiritual needs that are local, regional and global. You will spend time evaluating your present mission commitments, both financially and through volunteer time. You will make decisions that impact the future direction of your church.
Find out more and book a Discover facilitator
Kids Care: Teaching Resource
CBM’s annual children’s educational mission resource, which comes in 5 separate lessons. It gives kids the opportunity to learn about children in another part of the world through fun activities, crafts, games, and Bible lessons while assisting them to respond to God’s love through giving.
On Hope by John Prociuk
Borderland Churches: A Congregation’s Introduction to Missional Living by Gary V. NelsonBorderland Churches is a call to embrace the pluralistic, post Christian and postmodern culture with a sense of opportunity and hope.
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Going Global: A Congregation’s Introduction to Mission Beyond Our Borders by Gary V. Nelson, Gordon W. King and Terry G. SmithThis book will assist church leadership as they look for resources to help them balance the agenda of short-term versus long-term mission, fund-raising, and the tension between evangelism and compassionate social ministry.
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