Resources for Social Justice issues
Health and Disease
Learn from the efforts of CBF partner Samaritan Ministry, a Tennessee-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