Recommended Resources:

Desiring God Ministries

www.desiringgod.org

Church Smart Resources

www.churchsmartresources.com

Willow Creek Association

http://www.willowcreek.com/wca_info/

Sermon Illustration sites

http://tonga.globat.com/~holwick.com/links.html

First Steps/Next Steps

www.midwestbap.org

Your Journey Resources

www.yourjourney.org

Local Retreat Center

www.shalomhouse.org

Cornerstone Funds

 www.bgccornerstonefund.org

Demographics, research and census sites:

American Religion Data Archive (by state, county, city - maps and charts for free)

http://www.thearda.com/

Adherents

www.adherents.com

Alban

www.alban.org

Census 2000 (US government info)

http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/pct/pctProfile.pl

Earth Resource Systems (by city - offers free, concise demographics on one page)

www.ersys.com/

City Data

www.city-data.com/

Website Developers:

John Dawson

www.dawsoninteractive.com

Chris Leonard

www.acomputerdude.com

Mike Pagliocelli

www.altaredmedia.com

Online Tests (Free):

Church Growth Gifts Test

http://www.churchgrowth.org/cgi-cg/gifts.cgi

Regent Univ Gifts Test

http://www.gifttest.org/

Personality Test

http://www.humanmetrics.com/#Jtype