RECOMMENDED MINISTRIES
Grace to You
This ministry uses mass media to bring teaching to as wide an audience as possible for the equipping of the saints for the work of service and the building up of the body of Christ.
“Our role is not to supplant the local church’s ministry, but to support it by providing additional resources for those hungering for the truth of God’s Word. Media ministries can never substitute for involvement in a biblical church, group Bible study, or interaction with a teacher. Yet we sense the need for more in-depth resources, evidenced by the many Christians and Christian leaders worldwide who depend on our ministry to supplement their own study.”
Founders Ministries
Founders Ministries is committed to encouraging the recovery of the gospel and the biblical renewing of local churches. They provide believers with biblically grounded teaching focused on the glory of the sovereign God in the salvation of sinners through his Son Jesus Christ through blogs, podcasts, media projects, conferences and Bible studies.
9Marks
“At 9Marks, we help pastors, future pastors, and church members build healthy churches. To this end, we create resources like books, podcasts, a quarterly journal, web courses, and more. We also host training events around the world. Our focus in everything is on nine marks of a healthy church—expositional preaching, gospel doctrine, conversion and evangelism, church membership, church discipline, discipleship and growth, church leadership, prayer, and missions. Why these nine? Because the Bible requires them, and, sadly, too many evangelical churches have neglected or assumed them.”
The nine marks include: Expositional Preaching, Gospel Doctrine, Conversion and Evangelism, Church Membership, Church Discipline, Discipleship, Church Leadership, Prayer, and Missions.
Bible Hub
Bible Hub is a popular, free online Bible study platform and app providing extensive resources like multiple translations, original Greek/Hebrew text analysis (interlinear), commentaries, concordances, devotionals, sermons, and dictionaries, making it a comprehensive tool for personal study, small groups, and deeper scriptural understanding for pastors, students, and laypeople.
Answers in Genesis
Answers in Genesis is an apologetics (i.e., Christianity-defending) ministry dedicated to enabling Christians to defend their faith and to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ effectively. They focus particularly on providing answers to questions surrounding the book of Genesis, as it is a foundational book of Christianity and the most-attacked book of the Bible. They also desire to train others to develop a biblical worldview and seek to expose the bankruptcy of evolutionary ideas and their bedfellow: a “4.5 billion-year-old” earth (and an even older universe).
Harold Smith Backwoods Baptist
Backwoods Baptist Ministry is the online ministry home of pastor Harold Smith. Brother Harold serves as a missionary of West Park Baptist Church in Ozark, AR. He is engaged in church revitalization, Christian literature distribution, interim pastorates, pastor enrichment, and itinerate preaching. Bro. Harold also hosts Backwoods Baptist Podcast and writes about the subject of healthy churches.
Most Saturdays Harold can be found at the Backwoods Book Co. located in the historic district of Van Buren, AR, where he gives away free books, Bibles, and tracts. The rest of the week he is usually about the Lord's business somewhere in the backwoods.
Precept Austin
Precept Austin is a Christian website providing extensive, free resources for in-depth Bible study, focusing on Inductive Bible Study (Observe, Interpret, Apply) with verse-by-verse commentaries, Greek/Hebrew word studies, devotionals, and links to other edifying materials, all designed to help people engage directly with Scripture beyond just the teachings of others.