Resources for Social Justice issues 


 

Health and Disease

Learn from the efforts of CBF partner Samartian Ministry, a Tennesse-based ministry among people living with HIV/AIDS

Basic facts from the ONE campaign about the global impact of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

Worldwide access to clean and safe drinking water would reduce disease. Get involved through Water for Hope, a CBF Global Missions safe water intiative that provides safe water in Jesus' name 

Browse more resources from CBF's HIV/AIDS network

Read more about CBF's Medical Ministries, a community of missional practice. You can also join the conversation by participating in an online discussion forum
 

Environmental Justice

Energy Star for Congregations: a resource from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The Green Bible: a resource from CBF partner Baptist Center for Ethics

Web of Creation: a list of resources 

 

Human trafficking

Video of Lauran Bethell's keynote address to the 2008 CBF General Assembly in Memphis. Bethell, a Baptist minister, has done significant ministry among human trafficking victims and shares ideas about how to make a difference

Learn from the Anti-Trafficking Resource Book produced by CBF partner the Europen Bapist Federation

Information and a list of further resources from CBF partner Global Women

Education

Join a CBF partner organization in becoming a Kidshope USA church, which participates in mentoring local at-risk school children

Basic facts from the ONE campaign about global accessibility to education

Christians and Public Education, a resource from CBF partner Baptist Center for Ethics

Read more about CBF's Education & Economic Development Ministries, a community of missional practice. You can also join the conversation by participating in an online discussion forum

 

Religious Liberty

Learn more about the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Offering for Religious Liberty and Human Rights. Collected during CBF's General Assembly, this Offering supports ministry projects around the world that promote religious liberty and human rights.

Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty: This CBF partner organization has many resources available, including publications, sermons and bibliographies.

 

Peace and reconciliation

Lessons in Racism and Poverty - Use this Bible study as a personal challenge to promote racial reconciliation

Resources from Baylor University's Center for Christian Ethics, including study guides, articles and worship service guidelines about peace and war

 

U.N. Millennium Development Goals

Resources for teaching children and youth about the MDGs

Service opportunites are available through CBF Global Missions. Many ministry projects mirror the MDGs and provide a hands-on way to get involved. There are opportunities for college students and teams and individuals

Check out more information from CBF about the MDGs
 

Hunger and Poverty

Bread for the World publishes an annual hunger report on the state of world hunger. This in-depth resource can be downloaded.

Join the ONE campaign to fight global poverty

Microcredit: Empowering the Poor to End Poverty, an audio recording of a workshop led by Phil Smith and Don Durham at the 2008 General Assembly

Resources from Baylor University's Center for Christian Ethics, including study guides, articles and worship service guidelines about food and hunger

Read about the Fellowship's efforts to reduce poverty in the Fellowship magazine's September/October 2007 issue that focused on poverty

Read more about CBF's Poverty and Transformation Ministries, a community of missional practice. You can also join the conversation by participating in an online discussion forum

Check out more poverty resources
 

Disabilities

The Shepherd's Cote: Non-denominational order of worship published weekly as a guide for planning and implementing your own spiritual ministry to the developmentally disabled

Inclusion of Poeple with Disabilities by Devita Parnell