Resource Library
A library, actually filtered.
167 curated resources across 16 categories — tools, guides, and organizations for churches across Lake County, including 5 on child protection and safe ministry.
50 Steps With Jesus (Believer's/Shepherd's Guide)
An 8-week one-on-one discipleship study by Dr. Ron Harvell for walking alongside a new or young believer.
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)
Religious-liberty legal organization; ad highlights IRA charitable giving / RMD strategies.
Visit Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)Anchored Virtual
Biblically-grounded, clinically-informed virtual counseling; offers church partnerships, free consultations, and church/staff training.
Visit Anchored VirtualAnnie Armstrong Easter Offering
Annual offering funding North American missionaries.
Visit Annie Armstrong Easter OfferingApologetics (NAMB)
Resources for defending and explaining the Christian faith.
Visit Apologetics (NAMB)AWANA
A long-standing children's discipleship and Bible-memory program. Used by churches of many denominations, including SBC churches, to disciple kids from preschool through high school.
Visit AWANABaptist Press
The official SBC news service covering denominational, ministry, and church news.
Visit Baptist PressBaptist University of Florida
A Florida Baptist university preparing students for ministry and various vocations within a Christian worldview. It offers degree programs across multiple campuses (Graceville, Orlando, Miami-Hialeah, Jacksonville, and West Palm Beach).
Visit Baptist University of FloridaBCLC Church Lending
Ministry-focused church financing for expansion, renovation or new construction.
Be Known for Something (Church Branding)
Church branding and communications consultancy.
Boyce College
Undergraduate Christian college (Southern Seminary, Louisville KY); offers dual enrollment for high schoolers.
Visit Boyce CollegeChange A Life (Buy a Tree Change a Life)
Giving initiative helping children globally and locally.
Visit Change A Life (Buy a Tree Change a Life)Chaplaincy (NAMB)
Endorses and supports SBC chaplains serving in the military, hospitals, public safety, and other settings, with training and a missionaries/chaplains portal.
Visit Chaplaincy (NAMB)Charleston Southern University
Christian university (Charleston, SC).
Visit Charleston Southern UniversityChildren's Tuition Fund (ACSI)
Certified Scholarship Granting Organization facilitating the Federal Tax Credit Scholarship for K-12 students.
Visit Children's Tuition Fund (ACSI)Christian Education Network SGO (CEN SGO)
Scholarship Granting Organization helping Christian schools and families use the new Federal School Choice Tax Credit.
Visit Christian Education Network SGO (CEN SGO)Church Interior Design firm
Interior design and project management for new construction, renovations and rebranding.
Church Replanting (NAMB)
Pathways, coaching, and resources for revitalizing declining or dying churches and giving them a fresh start.
Visit Church Replanting (NAMB)Churchteams
Church management software with people/groups/communication/registration/giving and Text-to-Church features.
Visit ChurchteamsCorpus (Leadership & Revitalization)
Leadership assessment, ReNew (transitional/interim), ReFocus Pathfinder training, Overseer & Revitalization Pastor certification, and women-in-ministry resources.
Courageous and Free, Inc.
Central Florida nonprofit (founded 2022) supporting human-trafficking survivors and educating communities; hosts an annual golf scramble.
Disability Inclusion Ministry (Luke 14)
Resource encouraging churches to include people with disabilities (Parable of the Great Banquet).
ECAP – Safer Churches Workshop
Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention one-day workshop equipping churches to prevent and respond to abuse; upcoming dates announced at ecap.net/saferchurches. Explicitly invites associational leaders.
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Public-policy engagement on issues affecting churches and religious liberty.
Visit ERLC - PolicyERLC - Resources
Articles, explainers, and tools on cultural and ethical issues.
Visit ERLC - ResourcesEthics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC)
SBC entity helping churches apply Christian principles to moral/social issues and public policy; offers free guides (e.g. 'God's Good Design').
Visit Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC)Evangelism (NAMB)
Equips believers to share the gospel through training, tools, and apps, with Spanish, women's, and children's resources plus apologetics.
Visit Evangelism (NAMB)Evangelism En Espanol (NAMB)
Spanish-language evangelism resources.
Visit Evangelism En Espanol (NAMB)Evangelism for Children (NAMB)
Resources to share the gospel with children.
Visit Evangelism for Children (NAMB)Exchange Ministries
Compassionate support, groups and discipleship for those leaving an LGBTQ identity; offers church partnerships.
Visit Exchange MinistriesFBI – Through the Bible Courses
Free in-church Bible training (seminary-level) for congregations; used by 1,800 churches, start with as few as 10 students, one night a week.
Visit FBI – Through the Bible CoursesFlorida Baptist - Associations
Resources for Baptist associations across Florida.
Visit Florida Baptist - AssociationsFlorida Baptist - Campers On Mission
Volunteer RV/camping ministry serving projects across the state.
Visit Florida Baptist - Campers On MissionFlorida Baptist - Chaplaincy
Chaplaincy ministry and endorsement in Florida.
Visit Florida Baptist - ChaplaincyFlorida Baptist - Church Planters
Help and coaching for those planting churches in Florida.
Visit Florida Baptist - Church PlantersFlorida Baptist - Church Planting
Starts new churches throughout Florida.
Visit Florida Baptist - Church PlantingFlorida Baptist - Community Ministries
Compassion ministries meeting practical needs statewide.
Visit Florida Baptist - Community MinistriesFlorida Baptist - English Language Mission (ESL)
ESL ministry helping non-English speakers while sharing the gospel.
Visit Florida Baptist - English Language Mission (ESL)Florida Baptist - Events
Statewide trainings, conferences, and gatherings.
Visit Florida Baptist - EventsFlorida Baptist - Global Hunger
Addresses hunger locally and globally.
Visit Florida Baptist - Global HungerFlorida Baptist - Migrant Missions
Ministry to Florida's migrant worker communities.
Visit Florida Baptist - Migrant MissionsFlorida Baptist - Ministries Overview
Directory of all Florida Baptist ministry areas.
Visit Florida Baptist - Ministries OverviewFlorida Baptist - Ministry Leaders
Training for staff and lay ministry leaders.
Visit Florida Baptist - Ministry LeadersFlorida Baptist - Mission Partnerships
Mission partnership opportunities for churches.
Visit Florida Baptist - Mission PartnershipsFlorida Baptist - Missions
Statewide and partnership mission efforts.
Visit Florida Baptist - MissionsFlorida Baptist - Mobile Dental Ministry
Provides dental care to underserved communities.
Visit Florida Baptist - Mobile Dental MinistryFlorida Baptist - Multicultural / International
Resources for Florida's multicultural and international congregations.
Visit Florida Baptist - Multicultural / InternationalFlorida Baptist - Next Gen
Umbrella for children, student, and collegiate ministries.
Visit Florida Baptist - Next GenFlorida Baptist - Next Gen: Children
Children's ministry resources and events.
Visit Florida Baptist - Next Gen: ChildrenFlorida Baptist - Next Gen: Collegiate
Collegiate ministry across Florida campuses.
Visit Florida Baptist - Next Gen: CollegiateFlorida Baptist - Next Gen: Students
Student ministry resources and events.
Visit Florida Baptist - Next Gen: StudentsFlorida Baptist - Pastors
Support, encouragement, and resources for Florida pastors.
Visit Florida Baptist - PastorsFlorida Baptist - Seaport Ministry
Ministry to seafarers and port workers.
Visit Florida Baptist - Seaport MinistryFlorida Baptist - Stories
Testimonies and news from Florida Baptist churches.
Visit Florida Baptist - StoriesFlorida Baptist - Women's Ministry
Discipleship and events for women in Florida churches.
Visit Florida Baptist - Women's MinistryFlorida Baptist Convention
The state convention serving and resourcing Florida Baptist churches and associations. Its ministries span disaster relief, church planting, next-gen, community compassion, women's ministry, and multicultural work. It connects churches to cooperating institutions like Baptist University of Florida and One More Child.
Visit Florida Baptist ConventionFlorida Baptist Disaster Relief
Florida Baptist Convention disaster-relief ministry; partners with associations, runs volunteer trainings and background checks. State Director David Coggins.
Visit Florida Baptist Disaster ReliefFlorida Baptist Financial / Florida Baptist Foundation
Listed by the Florida Baptist Convention as 'Florida Baptist Financial'; the site presents as the Florida Baptist Foundation, providing charitable giving, estate planning, and endowment/investment management services for individuals and churches.
Visit Florida Baptist Financial / Florida Baptist FoundationFollow The Call Ministries
Helps churches and associations raise up and develop called men for ministry; seeks associational 'ambassadors'.
Visit Follow The Call MinistriesFor Students (NAMB)
Missions and discipleship resources for student ministry.
Visit For Students (NAMB)Free M.Div. / Doctor of Education (seminary promo)
Seminary promotion offering a free M.Div. and graduate education degrees (publisher to confirm — likely NOBTS/Leavell).
Gateway Seminary
An SBC seminary headquartered in Ontario, CA, training ministers for the western U.S. and beyond. It houses the Jonathan Edwards Center and provides online learning resources.
Visit Gateway SeminaryGC2 Press / church insurance & curriculum
Affordable property and liability insurance solutions plus adult Bible-study curriculum for churches.
GenSend (NAMB Student Missions)
Summer missions immersion program for students in urban contexts.
Visit GenSend (NAMB Student Missions)Get Involved / Go (NAMB)
Opportunities to serve on mission through NAMB.
Visit Get Involved / Go (NAMB)Global Youth Ministry
Youth camps across the Southeast (GA, AL, FL, NC, SC).
Visit Global Youth MinistryGlorieta (Camps & Conference Center)
Conference and adventure-camp center in NM offering free minister retreats, family camp, and youth/marriage/corporate retreats.
Visit Glorieta (Camps & Conference Center)God's Greater Grace Ministries
A 7-week daily ministry tool to shepherd new or young believers through the basics of the faith.
Great Commandment Network – T.H.R.I.V.E. Solutions
On-demand discipleship courses across six T.H.R.I.V.E. dimensions, plus leader retreats.
Visit Great Commandment Network – T.H.R.I.V.E. SolutionsGuideStone
Retirement, health, property/casualty and wellness solutions for ministers and ministry employees.
Visit GuideStoneHispanic Baptist Network (That All May Know)
Network (begun in Florida) to connect, contribute resources and celebrate Hispanic Baptist work; 'That All May Know' initiative.
Visit Hispanic Baptist Network (That All May Know)Honey Lake Clinic
Christ-centered residential mental health care (depression, trauma, addiction) plus 3-4 day pastoral intensives for ministry leaders. Located in Greenville, FL.
Visit Honey Lake ClinicIMB - Resources for Your Church
Missions education and mobilization resources for churches.
Visit IMB - Resources for Your ChurchIMB - Stories of Transformation
Field reports and testimonies from around the world.
Visit IMB - Stories of TransformationIMB - Take a Mission Trip / Get Involved
Pathways for churches and individuals to go on mission internationally.
Visit IMB - Take a Mission Trip / Get InvolvedIMB - The Missionary Task
Framework describing the work of a missionary.
Visit IMB - The Missionary TaskIMB - Ways to Give
Options for financially supporting international missions.
Visit IMB - Ways to GiveImpact Disciples
Disciple-making story/resource helping churches and leaders multiply disciples.
Visit Impact DisciplesIndoor Play / Sport Surfaces vendor
Installed and portable indoor play / sport flooring and play stations.
International Mission Board (IMB)
The IMB sends and supports missionaries taking the gospel to unreached peoples outside the U.S. and Canada. It equips churches with missions education, mobilization pathways, and giving opportunities. It shares field stories and prayer resources.
Visit International Mission Board (IMB)Join Compassion Movement
Movement focused on restoring, caring, strengthening and equipping through compassion ministry.
KiDs Beach Club (KBC)
Turn-key after-school Bible clubs in public schools; provides volunteer screening/background checks, training, curriculum and liability insurance.
Visit KiDs Beach Club (KBC)Kingdom Architects
Annual fund and capital-campaign consulting for churches and ministries (also business advisory / M&A).
Visit Kingdom ArchitectsKOZ – Outdoor Men's Ministry
Church-based outdoor mentoring ministry where men disciple fatherless boys through monthly adventures; book 'Walking on Uneven Ground'.
Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center
A Florida Baptist retreat and conference center in Lake County hosting trainings, camps, retreats, and statewide gatherings.
Leadership Development / Coaching (Five Challenges)
Leadership-development resource addressing assessing reality, developing people, implementing change, navigating crisis and planning succession.
LegacyWay / Southern Baptist Foundation
Donor-advised funds, trusts, endowments and estate/stewardship planning, a ministry of the Southern Baptist Foundation.
Visit LegacyWay / Southern Baptist FoundationLife on Mission App (NAMB)
Mobile tool to help believers share their faith conversationally.
Visit Life on Mission App (NAMB)Lifeway - Church Supplies
Practical supplies for worship, ordinances, and church operations.
Visit Lifeway - Church SuppliesLifeway - Equip & Save
Bulk/discount program for church curriculum ordering.
Visit Lifeway - Equip & SaveLifeway - Sunday School & Bible Studies
Ongoing curriculum for adult and group Bible study.
Visit Lifeway - Sunday School & Bible StudiesLifeway - Vacation Bible School (VBS)
Complete VBS kits and materials for summer children's ministry.
Visit Lifeway - Vacation Bible School (VBS)Lifeway Christian Resources
Lifeway publishes and sells Bible studies, curriculum, VBS kits, books, and church supplies. It serves churches of all sizes with discipleship materials and ministry tools.
Visit Lifeway Christian ResourcesLottie Moon Christmas Offering
Annual offering funding international missionaries.
Visit Lottie Moon Christmas OfferingMidwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS)
An SBC seminary in Kansas City, MO. It serves churches through 'For the Church' cohorts, a Women's Institute, worship ministries, and centers, plus the free 'For the Church' resource site and the Spurgeon Library.
Visit Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS)Mission:Dignity (GuideStone)
Financial assistance for retirement-aged SBC ministers, workers and widows. Mission:Dignity Sunday is observed annually in late June.
Visit Mission:Dignity (GuideStone)NAMB Evangelism Resources
Downloadable and print resources for personal and church evangelism.
Visit NAMB Evangelism ResourcesNAMB Missionaries & Chaplains Portal
Portal for those serving as NAMB missionaries and chaplains.
Visit NAMB Missionaries & Chaplains PortalNAMB Resources Library
Central library of NAMB tools, guides, and downloads.
Visit NAMB Resources LibraryNew Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary & Leavell College
SBC seminary and college; offers Preview Days and MissionLab hands-on mission weeks for church groups in New Orleans.
Visit New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary & Leavell CollegeNorth American Mission Board (NAMB)
NAMB mobilizes Southern Baptist churches for evangelism and church planting across the U.S. and Canada. It oversees Send Network, Send Relief, church replanting, chaplaincy, and Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. It also produces evangelism tools, apps, and downloadable resources.
Visit North American Mission Board (NAMB)North Greenville University (NGU)
Christian university (SC) preparing graduates for ministry, education, business and the arts.
Visit North Greenville University (NGU)Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU)
Christian university with graduate programs (MBA, MDiv, MA Christian Studies, MA Intercultural Studies) in hybrid/online formats.
Visit Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU)One Mission Financial Solutions
Financial systems, accountability and stewardship support for churches.
One More Child
Florida Baptist ministry serving vulnerable children and trafficking survivors through foster care support, anti-trafficking work, and family support.
Visit One More ChildPastor-led Holy Land Tours
Group tour operator for pastor-led Holy Land / biblical-sites tours (pastor travels free promo).
Patros (a ministry of Man Up)
Free resources, video series and podcasts challenging men to disciple a fatherless generation.
Visit Patros (a ministry of Man Up)Pigeon Forge / National Quartet Convention
Pigeon Forge, TN destination marketing and the National Quartet Convention.
Visit Pigeon Forge / National Quartet ConventionPort Ministries International
Equips and assists port chaplains reaching seafarers; 25 port locations with practical evangelism training.
Visit Port Ministries InternationalPsalm 139 Project (ERLC)
ERLC initiative placing ultrasound machines in pregnancy resource centers to promote life.
Visit Psalm 139 Project (ERLC)Pushpay
Church management, giving and congregant-engagement technology used by 14,000+ churches.
Visit PushpayRefuge International
Hospitality Guide for Local Churches: an 8-session video course on welcoming immigrants.
Replicate Ministries
Disciple-making training, cohorts, and Movement-Ready Training for churches; hosts the Multiply disciple-making conference (current dates at replicate.org).
Visit Replicate MinistriesRightNow Media
Streaming library of video Bible studies and discipleship content for churches and families.
Visit RightNow MediaSBC Abuse Prevention & Response (FORTIFY · Helpline · ECAP)
The SBC Executive Committee's abuse prevention & response office (with ECAP): the FORTIFY training initiative for associations (free to host), the Abuse Response Helpline (report, counseling referrals, response coaching, prevention guidance), and church training topics (Role of Child Safety Coordinator, Safeguards for Kids, Legal Matters, Risk Management, Online Safety, Crisis Response, Survivor Care).
Visit SBC Abuse Prevention & Response (FORTIFY · Helpline · ECAP)SBC Entities Overview
A directory describing the eleven SBC ministry entities plus the Executive Committee and the WMU auxiliary.
Visit SBC Entities OverviewSBC Executive Committee
The convention's fiduciary and administrative body that acts for the SBC between annual meetings.
Visit SBC Executive CommitteeSBC Jobs Board
Listings of ministry and staff positions at SBC churches and organizations.
Visit SBC Jobs BoardSBC Our Churches Directory
A searchable directory of cooperating SBC churches.
Visit SBC Our Churches DirectorySBC This Week (Podcast)
A podcast covering current Southern Baptist news and issues.
Visit SBC This Week (Podcast)SBC.net (Southern Baptist Convention)
The central home of the Southern Baptist Convention, linking to all entities, beliefs, and cooperative work. It explains how autonomous SBC churches cooperate for missions and ministry.
Visit SBC.net (Southern Baptist Convention)Scatter (Made to Flourish)
Survey-based insights tool to understand a congregation's daily work, skills and passions, aimed at growing churches.
Visit Scatter (Made to Flourish)Send Network - Church Planting
Resources and pathways for starting new churches.
Visit Send Network - Church PlantingSend Network - Multiplication Pipeline
Framework for churches to identify and develop future leaders and planters.
Visit Send Network - Multiplication PipelineSend Network - Planter & Family Care
Support services for the wellbeing of church planters and their families.
Visit Send Network - Planter & Family CareSend Network - Planting Residencies
Hands-on residency programs that develop future church planters.
Visit Send Network - Planting ResidenciesSend Network - Resources & Events
Training materials and events for church multiplication.
Visit Send Network - Resources & EventsSend Network (NAMB Church Planting)
NAMB's church-planting arm providing assessment, training, coaching, and support for planters. Includes residencies, a multiplication pipeline, and planter/family care.
Visit Send Network (NAMB Church Planting)Send Network Florida (Send Florida)
A joint NAMB and Florida Baptist Convention church-planting effort supporting planters statewide with resources, coaching, events, and partnerships. Resources are available through the Florida Baptist church-planters hub and NAMB.
Visit Send Network Florida (Send Florida)Send Relief
The SBC's compassion ministry, jointly supported by NAMB and IMB, meeting physical and spiritual needs at home and abroad. It organizes mission trips, serve tours, and church resources, with projects and a gift catalog.
Visit Send ReliefSend Relief - Focus Areas
Overview of Send Relief's core areas of compassion work.
Visit Send Relief - Focus AreasSend Relief - Gift Catalog
Catalog for giving toward specific relief needs.
Visit Send Relief - Gift CatalogSend Relief - International Ministry
Global compassion and relief efforts.
Visit Send Relief - International MinistrySend Relief - Mission Trips
Organized service and mission trip opportunities.
Visit Send Relief - Mission TripsSend Relief - North America Ministry
Domestic compassion projects and needs.
Visit Send Relief - North America MinistrySend Relief - Resources
Tools and materials for churches doing compassion ministry.
Visit Send Relief - ResourcesSend Relief - Serve Tours
Short-term local serving experiences for groups.
Visit Send Relief - Serve ToursShepherd's Help
ACBC-certified biblical counseling for pastors and their families at no cost to those served (Jacksonville, FL area).
Visit Shepherd's HelpSoutheastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS)
SBC seminary (Wake Forest, NC); Center for Preaching & Pastoral Leadership hosts pastoral-leadership events.
Visit Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS)Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (NAMB)
Coordinates trained volunteers to respond to disasters nationwide with cleanup, feeding, chaplaincy, and gospel ministry.
Visit Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (NAMB)Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (booth)
State-convention cooperation ministry (Texas and beyond).
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS)
An SBC seminary in Fort Worth, TX, training ministers and missionaries. It hosts academic centers and events serving churches beyond degrees.
Visit Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS)The Cooperative Program
Explains the unified giving channel that funds SBC state, national, and international missions and ministries.
Visit The Cooperative ProgramThe Readable Bible / Bible distribution project
Word-for-word translation formatted for those unfamiliar with Scripture, with maps, illustrations and footnotes (used with Good News Sunday).
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS)
The SBC's oldest seminary, in Louisville, KY. Beyond degrees, it serves churches and associations through centers for missions, revitalization, urban ministry, and biblical worship, plus church partnership programs and the Seminary Wives Institute.
Visit The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS)VisitorReach
Guest-connection and follow-up platform with digital giving and engagement metrics.
Welcome to Witness (Corpus booth)
Evangelism-equipping resource (Dr. Levi Skipper, Dr. Rob Peters) to help believers share their faith.
WMU Children's Resources
Missions curriculum, including Children's Missions Day, for kids.
Visit WMU Children's ResourcesWMU Preschool Resources
Missions discipleship curriculum and books for preschoolers.
Visit WMU Preschool ResourcesWoman's Missionary Union (WMU)
Missions-discipleship organization and age-graded curriculum (Mission Friends, Royal Ambassadors, Girls in Action, Missions Journey, Missions Mosaic) plus Good News Sunday outreach.
Visit Woman's Missionary Union (WMU)Women's Evangelism (NAMB)
Evangelism training tailored for women's ministry.
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