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What's a pastor or a congregation to do? Mission opportunities are plentiful, but resources are few. This is where church bodies and non-profit organizations come in. They provide support, often in very focused and specialized ways. Through them, a parish can inspire the vision of its members, find resources for unique challenges and assist other Christians throughout the world. The links on this page help you locate organizations that are not directly operated by a Church body. They contain information about the organization, how you can contact them and ways you can assist them. Best of all, they contain resources that can be useful to you in your studies and ministry. Please note that most of the sites listed here are not maintained by members of the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod. The theology, opinions and philosophies of pages beyond the CTS website are those of their creators and not necessarily those of the Walther Library, Concordia Theological Seminary or the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod. Should you still be unable to find what you're looking for, do not hesitate to consult our reference staff. -- Walther Library Staff
Think of it as an electronic, spiritual agora. Beliefnet is a service
that helps people pursue their own spiritual paths and converse with
those of other religions and religious traditions. Columnists ranging
from Colin Powell to Gary Bauer to John Shelby Spong to Starhawk write
on a variety of topics. Members can exchange views, ask for prayer,
search their sacred scriptures or locate a place of worship. This is
a good place to see what folks committed to other faiths believe and
maybe even do a little bit of witnessing.
Wouldn't it be great if libraries were online. Not just
resources, but whole libraries? The Internet Public Library, a project of the University
of Michigan's School of Information (Library School), is an experiment in providing full
library service online. Visit here not only to find online resources, but if you'd like to
ask a question.
The IUPUI Copyright Management Center assists the students
of Indiana University Purdue University -- Indianapolis both with managing their
copyrights and in using copyrighted works. Their web site contains many helpful papers
that can assist you in learning about copyrights. As a bonus, the site contains links to
other useful web-based resources.
When the Berlin Wall fell ten years ago, the door opened to
mission work among the nations of the former Soviet Union. After nearly a century of
persecution, Lutheran churches emerged from hiding to a vast harvest of souls, ripe for
reaping. Strong in faith, but with few resources, these churches appealed to their western
sister synods for help. The Lutheran Heritage Foundation is one of the answers God
provided to their prayers. By distributing Bibles, translating the works of Luther and
Confessional Lutherans into many languages, and by building the libraries of new
seminaries arising there, The LHF site is designed to keep you up-to-date on their
activities. Here you can find a list by languages of the works translated, areas in need
of support and ways to contact the foundation to help. This is a great place to prepare
for mission sundays, LWML meetings and other opportunities to share with God's people the
needs of the Great Harvest Field of Souls. The Lutheran Heritage Foundation has donated many of
their works to our library. A bibliography of this items is available at:
www.ctsfw.edu/library/lhfmain.htm
The Summer Institute of Linguistics is a well-respected
organization devoted to the study of lesser-known languages and linguistic groups. It
provides support for the study of these tongues, the development of writing systems,
literacy and translation of the Bible and other literature. This site provides electronic
versions of many of SIL's high-quality resources, support for the use of computers to aid
linguistic and translation work, software, fonts and more. This site is an essential first
stop for the translator of God's Word. |
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