All Creatures in a non-profit ministry with a heart for increasing bible literacy across New Zealand.
We desire to see all creatures – from the newest believers, to the veterans of the faith, to the inquiring youth — come to know, worship, and love our God.
To do this we design beautiful and pedagogically sound resources to help develop bible literacy and increase engagement in scripture.
The Literacy Problem
With a named literacy epidemic across New Zealand, it is wise to expect this literacy deficit not only affects education environments, but churches as well.
Literacy involves reading, writing & speaking to make sense of the world and to communicate effectively.
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12
The Transforming Word
We believe in the life changing work of the Word of God. This becomes problematic if new generations lack sufficient literacy.
- Low literacy = low ability to read and comprehend scripture for life transformation
- Low literacy = difficulty communicating beliefs to others
- Low Literacy disproportionately affecting some groups more than others = less spiritual transformation within some demographics and communities
Filling the resource gap
While awesome resources for deep bible study already exist, we believe there are gaps in the market for beautiful, bible centered, and aim to develop literacy. Our resources:
The Scripture Notebook
Our flagship resource – the Scripture Notebook – is a booklet created to encourage deep study of scripture.
Providing literacy strategies and placing scripture alongside ample note-taking space, readers are equipped with the skills and the space to begin their bible study journeys.
Studies show that note-taking is one of the best ways to promote active reading and comprehension, organise thoughts and ideas, and commit learning to memory. This resource prioritises note-taking for study.
Testimonials
“We have used All Creatures’ Scripture Notebooks at The Orchard Youth and they have been fantastic. With the overview of the bible study process in the front, space to take notes, highlightm ad scribble in the text means it’s easy for the teens to engage. Add to that the room for questions to encourage further study makes these the perfect tool for effective bible study”
Mike Johnston | Youth Pastor
The Orchard Church, Bay of Plenty
“Awesome scripture journal to really study in depth the book of Romans, highly recommend!”
Jessica | Etsy Customer
“We have really been loving the resources. They have been such a great entry way for our young people to come around the word of God and have a really clear way into the texts. The simplicity of the observation, interpretation, and application model is a clear and great way for young people to study the word. I have also loved the openness of the approach, not placing any real expectations on the person to come to a specific conclusion, but to allow them to find out for themselves.”
Josh Gimblett | Youth Pastor
The Well Church, Christchurch
” I love using All Creatures scripture journal. Not only do they look amazing and are a joy to use, but the questions and prompts are really helpful to dig into the riches of scripture in their context. We love using them for our church community”
Ben Harris | Pastor
Auckland Evangelical Church, Auckland