• The Baptist World Alliance
• The Baptist General Association of Virginia
• The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
• The Alliance of Baptists
• The Baptist Center for Ethics
• The Baptist Peace Fellowship
• The Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs
• Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond
• Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School
• Bread for the World
• Habitat for Humanity
• Habitat for Humanity of Martinsville and Henry County
• Missionary Family Counseling Services
  

Other Helpful Links

Bible

• The New Revised Standard Version is now available over the internet.

• J. B. Phillips NT

• Bible Gateway provides a  variety of translations and concordance services.

• Bible.org provides links to over 3500 Bible resources from a variety of perspectives as well as the first Bible translation to be published on the internet before it was in paper.

• Netministries provides Biblical Words pronunciation. Just look up the word or type it in, then click on it and hear it pronounced.

• Bible lesson resources are provided on-line from the American Bible Society.

• A website for the three-year cycle of lectionary readings is provided on-line by the Vanerbilt Divinity School. Our church uses the lectionary for worship.

Baptist sites

• Baptist Resources from the Center for Baptist Studies at Mercer University offers a wealth of information on Baptist history and theology.

• Baptists Today provides an on-line edition of news and commentary.

General Resources

• Christian Classics is an amazing "ethereal library" collecting ancient and modern Christian writings from St. Augustine to John Bunyan, from Ambrose to Chesterton. It also includes the texts of hymns from many sources.

• Beliefnet is an encycopedia of resources and information topics from world religions to church growth, discipleship development to Bible studies. In spite of the advertising, it is a worthshile site.

• Textweek compiles links to commentary, hymns, art, and interpretation arranged according to lectionary readings for coming weeks.

• Liturgy: Christian worship & spirituality is an international and ecumenical resource for worship, teaching and spirituality.

Ethics

• Sojourner's Magazine provides commentary on current ethical questions from a Christian viewpoint.

• Ethics Daily provides Christian ethics commentary on recent events and cultural trends.

• A journal that studies issues related to religion on the South can be found at Journal of Southern Religion

• Alternatives for Simple Living explores how Christians can be faithful stewards in a consumeristic society.

Mission

• Mission Research provides links to sites which give in depth background on the new face of global missions.

Spiritual Formation

• Online Spiritual Gift Inventory is a tool to help find your spiritual gift.

• Upper Room daily devotionals can be found online.

• Renovare focuses on the disciplines for spiritual development. Richard Foster is its founder.

• Christian Mystics and Christian Mysticism provide ancient and modern resources for Christians devotional life.

• Smyth and Helwys provides resources for Christian education.

• Kiersey Temperament Sorter for determining your Myers-Briggs Type

• "Lectio Divina" a practice of reading scripture and meditation

Christianity and Culture

• Hollywood Jesus reviews pop culture from a spiritual point of view. Look here for opinions about current movies.

• Christians in the Visual Arts

• Image is devoted to Christianity and the Arts

Hymns

• The Cyber hymnal site provides words and tunes to hundreds of hymns from many traditions.

Faith and Science

• Evolution and Science

• Mystery of Matter: A Thomistic view

• Resources for making the connection