Children, Youth and Family Web Sites
Web resources for issues connected with children, youth, family, and ministry. Each of categories link to a list of sites below.
Religious Education for Children 
Annotated Bibliography for Children, Youth and Family Ministry (PDF)
Christianity Today Children’s Ministry
http://www.christianitytoday.com/childrensministry/
Workshop Rotation Model
http://rotation.org/
Godly Play Resources
http://www.godlyplay.com/index.asp
Practical Sunday school and Christian education resources
http://www.sundayschoolhelp.com/
Youth and Family Ministry
Princeton Theological Seminary Institute for Youth Ministry
http://www.ptsem.edu/iym/
Family Based Youth Ministry
http://www.familybasedym.com/
Youth and Family Institute
http://www.youthandfamilyinstitute.org
Youth and Family Institute Free Resources
http://www.youthandfamilyinstitute.org/resources/articles.asp
Huntington College Link Institute for youth ministry
http://www.linkinstitute.com/
Peer Ministry
http://www.peerministry.org/
Youthworker Journal articles
http://www.youthspecialties.com/articles/index.php
Youth Ministry Resources
http://www.youthpastor.com/
Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project Book List and home site
http://www.ymsp.org/resources/documents/bibliography.html
http://www.ymsp.org/welcome.html
Urban Youth Workers Institute
http://www.uywi.org/
Center for Parent/Youth Understanding
http://www.cpyu.org/
Network on Transitions to Adulthood
http://www.transad.pop.upenn.edu/index.htm
Family Ministry: Empowering Through Faith articles
http://www.fmef.org/index.cfm?PAGE_ID=52
Center for Youth and Family Ministry
http://www.cyfm.net/
Help for Youth Workers and Parents of Teenagers Understanding your teenager
http://www.understandingyourteenager.com/
Center for Family& Community Ministries Baylor University
http://www.baylor.edu/cfcm
The Source for Youth Ministry ideas
http://www.thesource4ym.com/book.asp
Youth Ministry Resources
http://www.youthpastor.com/
Resource List of 6000 websites of interest to youth pastors
http://www.youthpastor.com/Resource/
Faith Inkubators
http://www.faithink.com/
Way to Live: Christain Practices for Teens
http://www.waytolive.org/
MethodX: The Way of Christ
http://www.methodx.org/
On Line Devotions Upper Room Ministries Devo’zine
http://www.upperroom.org/devozine/2005/sepoct/
Practicing Our Faith
http://www.practicingourfaith.org/
http://www.practicingourfaith.org/cfm/library/index.cfm
TalkPoints (relationship building)
www.talkpoints.com
Youth Leadership
youthleadership.org
Research: Children, Youth, and Family Ministry
National Study of Youth and Religion Resources and additional surveys and
Youth Ministry Websites
http://www.youthandreligion.org/resources/
http://www.youthandreligion.org/resources/surveys.html
http://www.youthandreligion.org/resources/sites_youth.html
Faith Factors Research
http://www.faithfactors.com/index.htm
Search Institute
http://www.search-institute.org/
http://www.search-institute.org/bibliography/
http://www.search-institute.org/congregations/
http://www.search-institute.org/research/publications.html#families
Study of Exemplary Congregations in Youth Ministry
http://www.exemplarym.org/
Youth and Religion Research Project
http://www.uic.edu/depts/soci/yrp/comp/pages/home.html
Religion, Culture, and Meaning Research
http://www.colorado.edu/journalism/mcm/research.htm
Cultural Studies Central: Links to a multitude of cultural studies and websites
http://www.culturalstudies.net/
Barna Research
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Topic&TopicID=37
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=Home
Carnegie Corporation report on adolescents
http://www.carnegie.org/sub/pubs/reports/great_transitions/gr_intro.html
Research on Religion and Families from Hartford
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/research_religion_family_research.html
Religion and Family Project
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/family_Becker-projectindex.html
Brain Connection Library
http://www.brainconnection.com/library/
Brain Connection Neurotheology articles
http://martha.scilearn.com
Fuller Youth Institute
http://fulleryouthinstitute.org
Denominational Websites about Children and Youth
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
http://www.nfcym.org/
Roman Catholic
http://www.usccb.org/cchd/youth.shtml
Episcopal Church
http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/myp/
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
http://www.elca.org/christianeducation/
http://www.elca.org/christianeducation/educators/
http://www.elca.org/youth/index.html
ELCA synod Resource Center
http://synodresourcecenter.org/
ELCA Outdoor Ministries
http://www.elca.org/camps/
Missouri Synod Lutheran Church
http://www.lcms.org/pages/default.aspx?NavID=1696
Assembly of God National Youth Ministries
http://www.ag.org/youth/
United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship
http://www.gbod.org/education/default.asp
http://www.gbod.org/youth/
http://www.gbod.org/family/
Wesleyan Church
http://www.wesleyan.org/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp
United Church of Christ
http://www.ucc.org/youth/index.html
Presbyterian Church
http://www.pcusa.org/youthministry/
Greek Orthodox
http://www.goarch.org/en/archdiocese/departments/greekeducation/
http://www.goarch.org/en/archdiocese/departments/youth/
Southern Baptist Convention
http://www.sbc.net/
Unitarian Universalist
http://www.uua.org/re/
http://www.uua.org/families/index.html
Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education
http://www.caje.org/
Children With Special Needs
Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities
http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/boggscenter/index.htm
Dimensions of Faith and Congregational Ministries with Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families
http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/boggscenter/products/dimensions.htm
Faithability Religion, Spirituality, and Disability
http://www.faithability.org/
United Methodist Church Disabilities Concerns
http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/work/health/disc/
The Center for the Study of Religion and Disability
http://www.jeffmcnair.com/CSRD/
Reformed Church in America Disability Resources
http://www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=1710&srcid=2225
Center for Religion and Disability
http://www.religionanddisability.org/default.asp
Teaching Disabilities Studies
http://www.disabilitystudies.com/teachingds.htm
Worship resources-persons with disabilities
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/worshipers/disabil/
Cross-generational worship resources
http://www.fmef.org/index.cfm?PAGE_ID=80
Bibliography of Resources for Intergenerational Worship from Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/worshipers/intergen/intergen_bib.php
Wonderful collection of worship resources
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/resources/
http://webapps.calvin.edu/worship/worshipers/children/resources.php
The Text This Week Revised Common Lectionary
http://www.textweek.com/
God’s Children: Welcoming Children to Worship
http://www.worship.ca/docs/godkids1.html
Earth Ministry Annotated Bibliography & Congregation Resources
http://www.earthministry.org/annotated_bibliography.htm#top
http://www.earthministry.org/curricular_aids_cong_resources.htm
Earth Charter Initiative
http://www.earthcharter.org/
North American Association fro Environmental Education
http://eelink.net/pages/EE-Link+Introduction
SEEK
http://www.seek.state.mn.us/
Practically Green With Love
http://www.webofcreation.org/start/manuals/scheidt/
Web of Creation
http://www.webofcreation.org/
Center for Children and Theology Nonviolence
http://www.cctheo.org/nonviolence.html
Parenting for Peace and Justice
http://www.ipj-ppj.org/PPJN--2dNEW.htm
Sojourners: Christians for Justice and Peace
http://sojo.net/
Joint Religious Legislative Council
http://www.jrlc.org/
Faith and Values
http://forum.faithandvalues.com/intro.asp
Christian Non-Violence Study Group
http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/peace/
United Nations Special Session on Children
http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/
United Nations Children’s News
http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.aspx?SelectTheme=Children
Center for Research on Child Well Being
http://crcw.princeton.edu/
Future of Children
http://www.futureofchildren.org/
Children’s Spirituality
http://www.childspirituality.org
Children’s Spirituality Research
http://www.childspirituality.org/don/
Children’s Spirituality Website Links
http://www.childspirituality.org/links/
|http://www.childspirituality.org/don/books.htm bibliography
Association for Children’s Spirituality
http://www.cwvp.com/
Challenge of Media Culture
/mhess/mrcsource.html
Film Study Sites
/mhess/film.html
Mediawise
http://www.mediafamily.org
The Media Theory Site
http://www.theory.org.uk/
Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/
Movie Themes Index
http://www.textweek.com/movies/themeindex.htm
Movie Reviews
http://www.mrqe.com/lookup
Websites about films and faith
http://www.cpyu.org/page.aspx?id=76666
http://www.cmu.ca/library/faithfilm.html
Pop culture from a spiritual point of view
http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/
Movie Reviews for Parents
http://movies.go.com/parentpreviews/
Christian Music Central
http://www.cmcentral.com/
Media Channel: US Media Ownership rules
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/indepth/fcc/
Media Channel Teacher’s Guide
http://www.mediachannel.org/teach/
Media Literacy Websites
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/resources/resources.html
http://www.medialit.org/
Media, Religion, and Culture
http://www.colorado.edu/Journalism/mcm/mrc/
Christian Software for children, youth and adults
http://www.sundaysoftware.com/
Religion and Ethics News Weekly
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/index.html
Resources for Christian Leaders
http://www.christianleaders.org/
Journal of Religious Leadership
http://www.christianleaders.org/JRL/index.htm
Pulpit and Pew Research on Pastoral Leadership
http://www.pulpitandpew.duke.edu/
Alban Institute
http://www.alban.org/
Lilly Endowment Religion page
http://www.lillyendowment.org/religion.html
Journal of Lutheran Ethics
http://www.elca.org/scriptlib/dcs/jle/
Resources for American Christianity
http://www.resourcingchristianity.org/
Mentoring Peer Resources
http://www.peer.ca/mentor.html
Mentoring
http://www.mentoring.org
Religious Education Association
http://www.religiouseducation.net/
Religious Studies Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~lipton/index.html
Louisville Seminary
http://www.lpts.edu/Academic_Programs/More_
Information/CongregationsFamily_Ministry.asp
Hartford Institute for Religious Education
http://hirr.hartsem.edu/default.html
Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation
http://www.ptev.org/
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/
Wabash Guide to Internet Resources
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/Internet/front.htm
Yale University Divinity School Library Research Guide for Christianity
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/xtiangde.htm
Reference Tools and Bibliographies
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/refergde.htm
Free Online Religion Resources
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/forfree.html
American Academy of Religion
http://www.aarweb.org/default.asp
Lutheran Association of Christian Educators
http://www.elca.org/lace/
Association of Presbyterian Church Educators
http://apcenet.org/
Augsburg Fortress
http://www.augsburgfortress.org/
Group Publishing
http://www.grouppublishing.com/
Hartcourt Religion Publishers: Whole Community Catechesis
http://www.harcourtreligion.com/wcc.asp
Cokesbury
http://www.ileadyouth.com/default.asp
Youthwork: resources for youth workers
http://www.youthwork.com/
Godly Play Resources
http://www.godlyplay.com/index.asp
Search Institute
http://www.search-institute.org/
Faith Inkubators
http://www.faithink.com/
Practicing Our Faith
http://www.practicingourfaith.org/
Youth and Family Institute
http://www.youthandfamilyinstitute.org
Christian Software for children, youth and adults
http://www.sundaysoftware.com/
Youth Leadership
www.youthleadership.org
Statistics About Children and Youth
AACAP developed Facts for Families to provide concise and up-to-date information on issues that affect children, teenagers, and their families
http://www.aacap.org/page.ww?section=Facts+for+Families
Kids Count tracks the status of children in the country
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/index.htm
American Religion Data Archive-recent religious statistics are available
http://www.thearda.com/
Statistics about America’s children
http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp
Child Trends Data Bank
http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/
Bureau for Justice Statistics about juveniles
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/index.html
World Religions Statistic Geography Church Statistics
http://www.adherents.com/
The Health and Well-being of Children and Youth
Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/
The Future of Children provides resources and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children from Princeton and Brookings Research
http://www.futureofchildren.org/
Viva Network: Better Care for Children
http://www.viva.org/?page_id=56
http://www.viva.org/?page_id=316
Annie E Casey Foundation to build better futures for vulnerable children and families
http://www.aecf.org
Information about Children at Risk
http://prevetteresearch.net
Children Now organization to ensure that children are at the top of public policy
http://www.childrennow.org/
Clearing House on Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies
http://www.childpolicyintl.org/
http://www.childpolicy.org/
List of Crisis Hotlines from National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth
http://www.ncfy.com/hotline.htm
Child and Family Web Guide for a multitude of issues for children of all ages and families
http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry has resources on many issues affecting children and youth
http://www.aacap.org/
List of websites for youth in crisis
http://www.cpyu.org/page.aspx?id=76681
National PTA has good parent resources section
http://www.pta.org/
Children Youth and Family Consortium at U of M
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/welcome.html
Frameworks Institute: Kids Count E-Zines articles about issues involving children
http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/products/kids.shtml
Childwatch CWI Research Resources: The network is a response of the research community to insure that the perspectives of children are heard.
http://www.childwatch.uio.no/what_is_cwi/index.html
Children Youth and Families Education and Research Network
http://www.cyfernet.org/
Youthwork: resources for youth workers
http://www.youthwork.com/
Youth Today is an on-line newsletter about working with youth
http://www.youthtoday.org/youthtoday/
Become a Child Advocate
http://www.onlinepsychologydegree.net/2012/10/29/become-a-child-advocate/
World Religions Index: a website to help Christians understand other world faiths
http://wri.leaderu.com/
Interfaith Network
http://www.nain.org/
