Resources

This section of the site will continue to grow as we receive your feedback and asess your needs to plan, implement, and address the challenges of building and maintaining faith formation programs in your congregations. We hope to provide you with materials to fit your needs.

When you click on a link to a resource, you will be leaving the website of the Lutheran Association of Christian Educators. We are not responsible for the content on other sites. We feel our role is to help Christain educators find as many venues and as much information as possible to support and help them in their role of planning and implementing Christian education and faith formation ministries.

Curricula, Books, and Programs for Children, Youth, and Family :

Augsburg Fortress - The publishing ministry within the ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Christian Education Discipleship Resources from the ELCA
Group Publishing
Faith Inkubators
Vibrant Faith Ministries (formerly Youth and Family Institute)
Concordia Publishing House - The publishing ministry within the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod.
Paraclete Press - The publishing house of "The Community of Jesus" is ecumenically rooted.
The Upper Room
LifeCrossings - Resources for Life's Choices
Faith Gardener - Faith formation teaching, training, and curriculum
Morehouse Education Resources - Official Publishing House for the Episcopal Church
Children's Ministry Resource Co.
Sunday Software - Christian software for church and home use

Free Online Resources for Christian Education and Faith Formation:

Feautor.org - a free, multilingual, and open space to share religious resources. This site is hosted by the ELCA Resource Centers.
Vibrant Faith@Home - a free online resource designed to equip and empower households in their faith journey from Vibrant Faith Ministries.
Enter the Bible - A wealth of resources from Luther Seminary to help you grow in your faith, add depth to your Bible studies and truly discover the people, places and events of the Bible.
Book of Faith - On this website, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has made a commitment to encourage all members of congregations, from children to adults, to dig deeper into the book of faith, the Bible.
A.P.C.E. Advocate Journal - The Association of Presbyterian Christian Educators provides issues and topics for educators and their staffs. Past issues are downloadable in pdf format. Members receive current issues on a quarterly basis.
Christian Education Workshops - Children and Prayer; Faith Development; Games for Learning; Asking the Right Questions: An Approach to Bible Study; The Christian's Role in Nurturing Faith; Consultation Training: Reshaping Christian Education; Developing Effective Adult Bible Study; and eleven more!
These workshops are available from the Workshop Team of the ELCA Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod.

Continuing Theological Education

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Leadership Resources:

The Alban Institute
Lifelong Faith - commited to helping congregations develop lifelong faith formation for all ages.
Faith Formation Learning Exchange - a service of Vibrant Faith Ministries
NCD - Natural Church Development - focuses on quality church rather than numerical growth goals
Church Innovations - a non-profit organization devoted to renewing the church's focus on God's mission in the world.
are - a renewal enterprise,inc. - Helping people and the organizations they care about be who they are and see what they have for the sake of doing what matters.
WorkingPreacher.org - The web’s most helpful, and downright coolest resource for preachers.
Marilyn Sharpe Ministries - Helping congregations to equip households to nurture faith

Resource Centers:

ELCA Resource Centers - Where to find them and what they offer.

Bibles - Best resource around to address the Book of Faith initiative!

Bibles By The Case
Lutheran Study Bible by Augsburg Fortress
Spark Bibles for children by Augsburg Fortress
Children's Bibles recommended by Vibrant Faith Ministries
Glo Bible - an interactive Bible that brings the text of Scripture to life through HD videos.
Bible Mesh - an interactive Bible learning website that presents the story of God's redemptive acts as a single narrative from Genesis to Revelation. (Paid course)
You Version Bible App - Free!

Magazines/Periodicals:

Puppet Ministry:

Appreciation and Thank You Gifts for Volunteers and Staff:

Partner Organizations:

ELEA - Evangelical Lutheran Education Assoiciation - The association provides both Elementary and Early Childhood Accreditation Programs which assure high quality in our schools and early childhood centers.

APCE - Association of Presbyterian Christian Educators - The mission of APCE is to connect, enrich, empower, and sustain persons serving in educational ministry in the Reformed family of churches.

Youth Ministry Network - The ELCA Youth Ministry Network exists to strengthen and empower adult youth ministry leaders in service to Christ as a part of God's mission.