Books
Children’s stories that spark wonder and delight. Discipleship resources to transform your life. Biographies and novels to form your imagination. Philosophy to stretch your mind and theology to warm your heart. Wisdom for growing as a teacher, pastor, mother, or father. Find it here!
Looking for a title that’s not listed, or wanting a recommendation on a particular topic? Contact us – we can get most in-print books at a discounted price, and we’d love to help you find the resources you need!
Living History
Christian Learning Resource is the distributor for Living History curriculum, a production of Faith Builders Resource Group. Living History Threads harnesses the power of stories to introduce elementary students to the important events and figures from various “threads” of history. Living History Weavings, just released for 5th and 6th grade, continues the story-based approach of Threads with a focus on non-Western regions of the world and an emphasis on building skills for engaging history.
Educational Resources
From child development to Christmas program development and from classroom management to explosive experiments, we have resources for every teacher in K-12 and beyond.
We also carry niche curricula from other publishers, including Pathway Reading, Victory Drill, Foundations in Stewardship, Studio Articulations, Pentime, and more!
Music
Christian Learning Resource offers an excellent selection of high-quality choral music from Faith Builders Chorale, Heart and Voice Men’s Chorus, Laudate Mennonite Ensemble, Concordia Choir, National Lutheran Choir, Oasis Chorale, and more!
Event Recordings
Christian Learning Resource produces and distributes recordings from Faith Builders Resource Group events, including Teachers Week, Teachers Conference, and REACH. These recordings address a wide variety of topics for both teachers and a more general audience.
Christian Learning Resource (CLR) was established in 1998 with a goal of providing high-quality educational materials at low prices to small church schools and homeschoolers. CLR’s founders envisioned CLR growing into a curriculum publisher and comprehensive school services provider, a vision that has grown into reality in Faith Builders Resource Group. As a division of Resource Group, part of CLR’s mission is to distribute and provide support for the curriculum published by Resource Group, but we do much more than that!
We have always made it our mission to identify and distribute books that have lasting value for our customers, rather than just selling the latest bestsellers. We search for books that will enrich your life, sharpen your perspective, and encourage growth. Over the years, we have expanded our focus, providing growth-oriented resources for the church, the home, and the individual disciple as well as the school. While our customer base has expanded far beyond K-12 educators, we have never lost our passion to provide the highest quality resources to support learning and growth in all stations and stages of life. In keeping with our logo, we try to provide resources that “pour into” your life so that you can, in turn, overflow with God’s grace and “pour out” gifts to others.
Our 1800-square-foot store is located in the Resource Group building on the campus of Faith Builders Educational Programs, 28527 Guys Mills Rd, Guys Mills, PA. We moved into our new building in March 2023, and our expanded space has enabled us to add to our inventory and improve our store layout to provide a delightful browsing experience. We’d love to have you stop in to browse our book selection and talk to us about our favorites! If you’re looking for peace and quiet, come sit on our porch or by the fireplace to read, study, and relax! We’re open 8:30-5:00 Monday through Friday, and 11:00-1:00 on Saturday.
We are committed to discipleship.
We exist to assist the church, school, and home in discipling people toward humble, joyful, Christ-centered participation in the Kingdom of God. We envision churches, homes, and schools working together to develop people who love God supremely, who are equipped for service and for effective engagement, and who are humble, faithful church members who provide resources for the ministries of the church.
We are Anabaptist.
We have been shaped by our conservative Anabaptist heritage, and we embrace this as a gift. Our primary support base is within the conservative Anabaptist community, and our mission is to provide resources that will enrich this tradition. We also see ourselves as members of the “Great Tradition” of the historical, global church; as such, we often look to other Christian traditions for resources that provide additional perspective on the Christian life and the challenges of faithfulness in the modern world.
We are intentional.
We are committed to distributing resources we believe offer long-term value for God’s people. Most of our books are reviewed by Faith Builders staff and are recommended as “better than average” in their category. We do not base our selection on the lists of the latest bestsellers. Instead, we work to identify those books that are truly valuable and worth reading again and again.