• The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, a trove of resources for pastors and churches to navigate ethical issues of embodiment

• Be The Bridge, by LaTasha Morrison
• Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth by Thaddeus Williams, and the Study Guide
• Embracing the New Samaria, by Alex Mandes, director of the EFCA All Peoples ministry, and the Study Guide
• King Race Theology, by Tony Evans (requires a RightNow Media account, which MWD pastors can get HERE)
• The Myth of Equality, by Greg Wystma
• One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race, John Perkins
• Project 378. An approach to the discussing race from the biblical perspective using the EFCA Statement of Faith. Coming Spring 2023.
• Stuck in the Present by David George Moore (CRT and other current issues)
• “What Happened to You?” by Andrew Sullivan (CRT)

• Calibrate Ministries / Brady Cone (LGBTQ+ and the Gospel) - (Brady is available to equip churches and parents to minister to those with same-sex attraction)
• The Great Exchange - a series of podcast on the topic, with Brady Cone
• Caleb Kaltenbach / The Messy Grace Group (LGBTQ+ and the Gospel, and a resource for The Equality Act efforts in Congress)  
• Choose Life: Answering Key Claims of Abortion Defenders with Compassion, by John K. Goodrich and Jeanette Hagen Pifer
• Christopher Yuan - See also the ReachStudents interview with Christopher
• Desert Stream: seeking wholeness as image bearers
• Embryo: A Defense of Human Life, by Robert George and Christopher Tollefsen
• "How to Talk with your Kids About Transgender Ideology" - article by TGC
• LGBTQ+ roles in the Church - article by Lifeway
• Transgender, by Vaughn Roberts 
• Washed & Waiting, by Wesley Hill
• When Harry Became Sally, by Ryan Anderson
• How to love trans people: https://go.efca.org/blog/engaging-culture/how-church-can-love-trans-people 
• To Be a Woman: The Confusion Over Female Identity and How Christians Can Respond, by Katie McCoy, Ph.D.
• "Transformation of a Transgender" by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra of the Gospel Coalition
• What It Means to Be Human: ...and the Challenge of Biomedical Technology & Practice, by Stan Way

Note that the EFCA and the MWD hold a complementarian position, but as per the EFCA values, we collaborate with churches who may hold a different position.

• EFCA's position on women in ministry
• Developing Female Leaders: Navigate the Minefields and Release the Potential of Women in Your Church, by Kadi Cole
• Men and Women in the Church, by Kevin DeYoung
• Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian: A Kingdom Corrective to the Evangelical Gender Debate, by Michelle Lee-Barnewall 
• 7 Views on the Role of Women within the Inerrancy Camp, from Bible.org

Abortion

• A critique of the methods of the Abortion Abolitionist movement and their opposition to the Value Them Both amendment
• A Theology of Abortion - an argument against abortion based on the Traducian view by C. Michael Patton with Credo House
• "5 Tough Truths on Abortion & Your Church" - an article by Lifeway Research

Evangelicalism

• Can evangelicals get along? (sent in by Eric Hoehn)
• Deconstructionism - Part 1; Part 2
• 6 Fractures in the Evangelical Church
• "Future Church: 8 Church Trends to Watch in 2023" by Carey Nieuwhof
• Moralistic Therapeutic Deism - "fake Christianity"
• One Year Later: Reflecting on Evangelicalism’s Six-Way Fracturing, by Skyler Flowers and Michael Graham
• National Association of Evangelicals - resources for discussing issues in the public square
• We Will Not Be Silenced: Responding courageously to our culture’s assault on Christianity, by Erwin Lutzer
• "Pastors Around the World Apply Romans 13", by the Gospel Coalition.
• Politics and the Christian Witness: https://helps.efca.org/resources/politics-and-the-christian-witness
• Responding to accusations that the EFCA has adopted a "woke" worldview, an unofficial statement by Greg Strand, plus a transcript of Kevin Kompelien's remarks at the national conference. You can request a copy of either from Colby Kinser. 
• Science for the Church
• Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims, by Rebecca McLaughlin - how to respond to sensitive issues. For the free e-book from the Gospel Coalition, click HERE. See also her talk on the same topic HERE.
• 3 Essays by Young Adults, from the Gospel Coalition. Titles: "“Advice from a College Student: Go to Church” by Luke Engstrom; “I’m a Gen Zer, and I Believe the Bible Is Inerrant” by Ashley Kim; “‘But God’: Hope and Certainty for My Disillusioned Generation” by Sara Gonzalez

Human Trafficking

• Human Trafficking Training for Law Enforcement in your Community

• How Blockchain Works
• What is an NFT?
• Crypto Coin Vs Token
• "Accepting and Valuing Crypto" by ECFA (not EFCA), requires membership
• Metaverse: "Should Your Church Be Metaverse?" - article by Lifeway Research
• Metaverse: "How to Get Started in the Metaverse"