This section includes links to other pastoral or spiritual resources.
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Ministry resources
All Souls Church 'Audio Sermons'
A large number of sermons preached at All Souls Church, Langham Place (London), are available for download at this website (Real Audio Player needed). Tapes can also be ordered.Website: www.allsouls.org
Email: tapes@allsouls.org
Tel: 020 7436 3019
Christianity Online
This site has many links to other ministry resources.Website: www.christianityonline.co.uk/biblestudy.asp
Hear the Word
This site has links to many church websites that have audio sermons, bible studies and radio programmes available online.Website: www.heartheword.net
National (US) Network of Parents of Missionaries
A US based resource site for parents of missionaries.Website: http://pomnet.org
Pastor's Helper
A US based resource site for ministers and lay people which includes sermons, illustrations, powerpoint presentations, bible studies and more.Website: www.pastorshelper.com
Preaching Today Sermons
This US based site has a large collection of sermons that you can purchase online. Many of these are by well known Christian speakers. There is a small sample of free material.Website: www.PreachingTodaySermons.com
Sermon Fodder
Sermon Fodder is a US based Christian humor list that offers anecdotes, jokes, other Christian and church-related humor in regular email postings. It can be used as lesson and sermon illustration material.Website: www.sermonfodder.com
Email: Sermon_Fodder-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (to subscribe)
Sermon Index
This site offers over 3000 audio sermons available for free download by classic preachers from the past.Website: www.sermonindex.net
SermonSuite
Sermon illustrations and sermon preparation resource. Religious and Christian topical and dialogue sermons for church, Gospel homilies and lectionary worship.Website: www.sermonsuite.com
The Village Shepherd
This site gives you access to lectionary-based sermons, stories and prayers.Website: www.csspub.com/villageshepherd
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Bible study
AudioTreasure
From the AudioTreasure website you can download the Scriptures in the popular mp3 audio format and find links to Bible audio resources in many languages. The free files on this site are narrated from the World English Bible or from the American Standard Version 97 update.Website: www.audiotreasure.com
Bible Gateway
The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading scripture online. Additionally, it provides advanced searching capabilities, allowing readers to find particular passages in scripture, based on keywords. Numerous versions and fourteen different languages are available.Website: www.biblegateway.com
... or perform a basic search using the following:
Bible Gateway Audio Bibles
Audio Bibles are available from the Bible Gateway in various versions and different languages.Website: www.biblegateway.com/resources/audio
Bible Study Guide For All Ages
Bible curriculum for families and classes that actually studies the Bible! Use time lines, maps, games, drills, a built in review system, songs, application ideas and more to help children and adults understand the Bible and apply it to their lives.Website: www.biblestudyguide.com
Email: bsg@cei.net
Tel: 1 501 967 0577 (USA)
Biblical Studies.org.uk
This is a UK based website that is designed to help you study the Bible.Website: www.biblicalstudies.org.uk
Christian Family Bible Studies
Australian based website with a good selection of Bible studies, family and children's articles.Website: www.biblestories.stellaris.com.au
Christianity Online Bible Study Resources
This is a page linking to many other Bible study resources.Website: www.christianityonline.co.uk/biblestudy.htm
Connect Bible Studies
Connect Bible studies, produced by The Damaris Trust in the UK, enable Christians to discover what the Bible says about the issues raised by the latest popular secular books, films, television programmes and music.Website: www.connectbiblestudies.com
Email: connect@damaris.org
Tel: 023 80 315 319
Deovox
Deovox is a FREE audio devotional relating the Bible to today’s culture. It is a podcast/ download that is perfect for today’s fast-moving generation. It is aimed at people who need help getting into regular Bible study. Deovox is a series of audio pieces, no more than 10 minutes long, digging behind the Bible passage, and then relating it to the issues we face day by day in our lives and in our world.Website: www.deovox.com
Easy Bibles
Easy to read parts of the Bible, at different reading levels, in many languages.Website: www.easybibles.com
Ethnic Harvest
Ethnic Harvest have a 'Bibles in your language' section that can inform you where you can find Bibles in more than 140 languages. Some are free online and some are printed or audio Bibles you can buy.Website: www.ethnicharvest.org/bibles/index.htm
Email: info@ethnicharvest.org
FREE Bible Commentary
FREE online Bible commentary containing over 8,000 pages of verse by verse exegetical OT & NT commentaries as well as OT & NT Surveys. It also includes Bible commentaries in Bengali, French, Portugese, Serbian, Slovakian & Urdu. Also, new free CD-rom Computer Bible Commentary ... just email a mailing address.Website: www.freebiblecommentary.org
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Finding Strength for the Journey
A Bible study guide called, "Finding Strength for the Journey," provides a tool for member care or personal encouragement. Author Janice Lemke drew from experiences as a missionary when writing this series of thirty studies that explores topics such as perseverance in hardship, dealing with depression, handling conflict, and benefit from trials. This book is available to order in the UK through OSCAR. See here for details or contact OSCAR.Email: cjlemke@cs.com
Foundations21
Foundations21 is the new way to do discipleship. It's:- web-based - using your own computer
- for new and experienced Christians who want to be more effective disciples of Christ
- a combination of personal exploration and interaction with other people
- a mix of Bible exploration, web based activities and personal application.
Website: http://www.foundations21.org.uk
Grow and Go
This online resource has freely copyable Bible teaching for disciples of Christ who are determined to grow and willing to go.Website: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/growandgo
Hear the Word
This site is an audio collection of topical Bible passages, narrated with music.Website: www.heartheword.com
Jesus in my Language
This site aims to help people find out more about Jesus by providing a selection of passages from the Bible about him, translated into almost every language in the world! Part of Wycliffe Bible Translators' Vision 2025 programme.Website: www.jesusinmylanguage.org
New Living Translation
The New Living Translation is based on the most recent scholarship in the theory of translation. The challenge for the translators was to create a text that would make the same impact in the life of modern readers that the original text had for the original readers. In the New Living Translation, this is accomplished by translating entire thoughts (rather than just words) into natural, everyday English. The end result is a translation that is easy to read and understand and that accurately communicates the meaning of the original text.The website enables you to search the text, read extracts, order bibles and read a daily devotional.
Website: www.newlivingtranslation.com
New Testament Gateway
A web directory of internet resources on the New Testament, currently being updated daily. Browse or search annotated links on everything from the Greek New Testament to Jesus in Film.Website: www.ntgateway.com
SOON Ministries
SOON Ministries have produced a free 32-page small-group study booklet on Ephesians. Written in easy-English, it is intended primarily for the non-Western world. The booklet is available to download in PDF and Publisher formats, so that users can print it themselves. They are also free to sell copies without restriction, or translate the material.Website: www.soon.org.uk/studyephesians
Time Out
A series of fifteen bible studies has been written by Tony Horsfall specifically for those on short-term mission. These are available at a cost of £25 and can subsequently be copied as many times as you like across your team, project or organisation. These are now available online exclusively through OSCAR.Website: www.oscar.org.uk/timeout.htm
The International School of The Bible
ISOB has a web site that offers books and over 100 lessons for free downloading in Acrobat Reader (pdf). ISOB is a Bible school curriculum being used for discipleship and church planting in several African countries and Haiti (Mostly in English, but a few lessons in French and Swahili). All the details are available on their web site for free Bible study and Bible school materials. Materials also available on CD for computer reproduction if web access is a problem.Website: www.isob-bible.org
Email: info@isob-bible.org
Thanks to BRIGADA for this info
Tyndale House Toolbar
Tyndale House have produced a very useful toolbar for biblical studies on the web. It will find, for example, different versions of the Bible, or Greek and Hebrew texts, etc, very quickly, andalso links in (for example) to the very useful 'Index Theologicus' periodical index from the University of Tubingen, as well as a lot of other helpful links. If you download it, there is a guide to what it contains in the menu under the left hand button.
Website: www.tyndalehouse.com/toolbar
Are You Really Sure Of Your Eternal Salvation
A 25 lesson Bible study concerning our eternal salvation with interactive questions at the end of each lesson.Website: www.netbiblestudy.net
Email: ronboatwright@netzero.net
Are You Worshipping God?
A 24 lesson Bible study concerning our worship to God with interactive questions at the end of each lesson.Website: www.netbiblestudy.net/worship
Email: ronboatwright@netzero.net
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Devotionals
A Word in Time
This is a daily devotional and bible study linked to the Methodist Prayer Handbook.Website: http://methodist.org.uk/bible
Crusade for World Revival (CWR)
CWR offer a number of pastoral resources through their website including online complimentary material for their publications Every Day with Jesus, Cover to cover, God's People, YP's, Topz etc. There are also discussion forums for Cover to cover & God's People, and Every Day with Jesus can now be received daily by email.Website: www.cwr.org.uk
Email: mail@cwr.org.uk
Tel: 01252 784700
Daily Bread
This daily bible reading guide from Scripture Union launched on 1st January 2003. The website has a sample of the notes and a place where you can order a subscription. If you look under PDA, all the notes are available free of charge for a limited trial period.Website: www.dailybread.org.uk
Deovox
Deovox is a FREE audio devotional relating the Bible to today’s culture. It is a podcast/ download that is perfect for today’s fast-moving generation. It is aimed at people who need help getting into regular Bible study. Deovox is a series of audio pieces, no more than 10 minutes long, digging behind the Bible passage, and then relating it to the issues we face day by day in our lives and in our world.Website: www.deovox.com
St. Andrews Bookshop E-devotional
A free daily email devotional, sent to you each weekday morning.Website: www.standrewsbookshop.co.uk/pages/1589.htm
Time Out
A series of fifteen bible studies has been written by Tony Horsfall specifically for those on short-term mission. These are available at a cost of £25 and can subsequently be copied as many times as you like across your team, project or organisation. These are now available online exclusively through OSCAR.Website: www.oscar.org.uk/timeout.htm
WordLive
This online resource, produced by Scripture Union, is a multi-media Bible reading experience. It offers a range of creative approaches you can follow to engage with God’s Word. WordLive is designed to be intuitive and simple. Each day when you log on you will be prompted to pray and then read the Bible, then there are a range of other things to help you engage with the topic of the day.Website: www.wordlive.org
Word on the Web
A bible study and devotional resource offering daily Bible reading notes online or via email.Website: www.word-on-the-web.co.uk
Email: info@word-on-the-web.co.uk
Audio Bible Club
They have been supplying free Bible reading notes on cassette for over 20 years, mainly to the blind and visually impaired, and are happy to send them freely anywhere in the world that they may be of use.Website: www.bibletapes.org
Email: info@bibletapes.org
Tel: 01322 336383
Bible Minute
This site is part of the U.S. based 'Back to the Bible' worldwide service ministry which is seeking to lead people into a dynamic relationship with God. They do this through Christian radio programmes, television, literature, videos, and now via the Internet.Website: www.bibleminute.org
Bible Pathway
Bible Pathway Ministries offers Bible Pathway a through-the-Bible devotional commentary reading plan that makes it possible to read every word of the Bible in one year by reading as little as 15 minutes a day. It is available online in 10 languages. They also offer some printed versions. Anything produced in any media maybe duplicated without royalty or fees of any kind. Please mention OSCAR when you request these resources.Website: www.biblepathway.org
Email: mail@biblepathway.org
Tel: ++1 615 896 4243 (USA)
E-word Today (formerly DevoDigest)
This US website is a fairly comprehensive list of on-line Christian devotionals, publications and broadcasts.Website: www.ewordtoday.com
Gospelcom.net
Gospelcom.net is the largest and most used Christian web network in the USA (which probably means 'in the world'). This page has links to all the online devotionals provided by it's members.Website: www.gospelcom.net/spiritual_walk/devotionals
Guideposts
This is an online version of the popular US devotional magazine.Website: www.guideposts.org
Net Ministries Devotionals
This US website contains links to many of the Christian devotions on the Internet, including graphics, links to the current day's devotion, and a bible verse look-up.Website: http://netministries.org/devlst.htmls
Our Daily Bread
This daily devotional from RBC Ministries is available to read online or it can be sent direct to your e-mailbox (free). To subscribe, send a blank message to the email address below.Website: http://www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml
Email: ODB-subscribe@associate.com
Word for Today
This daily devotional by Bob Gass is available to read online or it can be posted direct to your e-mailbox every day (free). To subscribe, send a blank message to the email address below.Website: www.ucb.co.uk/wft
Email: WFT-subscribe@associate.com
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Interactive meditation
Embody
This site has various multimedia movies that will stimulate your thoughts.Website: www.embody.co.uk
Labyrinth
Labyrinth is an interactive installation for spiritual journeys. It's for anyone who wants a break from surfing the surface of culture to contemplate the deeper things of life. Labyrinth reshapes a 12th-century ritual for the 21st century. Its maze-like path takes you on a symbolic journey, creates space to unwind and think - in particular about our relationships with ourselves, one another, our planet and God. Designed for young and old alike, it provides a mixture of rituals and visuals, of contemplative words and contemporary ambient music, of symbols and media to help guide the spiritual traveller.Website: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/paradigm
Lost in Wonder
A new online space, created by the Methodist Church, invites visitors to join a pilgrimage of discovery, freeing the mind from clutter, calming the spirit and strengthening awareness of and openness to God. Based on an ancient design, www.lostinwonder.org.uk is an online labyrinth that invites visitors on a spiritual journey of encounter and challenge. Lost in Wonder has ten interactive 'stations' that can be visited in any order, each with images, a Bible text, a prayer and a guiding voice leading the guest into the theme of that place. Some of the stations reflect on the priorities of the Methodist Church - worship, learning and caring, service and evangelism - while others consider different aspects and expressions of spirituality.Website: www.lostinwonder.org.uk
Sacred Space
They invite you to make a 'Sacred Space' in your day, and spend ten minutes, praying as you sit at your computer, with the help of on-screen guidance and scripture chosen specially every day.Website: www.jesuit.ie/prayer/index.htm
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Christian e-books
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
A library of Classic Christian books in electronic format.Website: www.ccel.org
New Life Mission
NLM has about 45 Christian e-book titles available FREE for PC-Book Reader or Acrobat Reader. Printed books are also available FREE in several languages.Website: www.bjnewlife.org
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Worship & music
Anglican Church Music Web Ring
The Anglican Church Music web ring has been set up for people with an interest in church music - be they church musicians, members of congregations, or just general music lovers, that have web sites of a similar subject.Website: www.churchmusic.org.uk
AudibleFaith.com - Music With Meaning
This is a site dedicated to facilitating distribution of "Music With Meaning" from songwriters and artists around the world to those that need the resources. Songs generally can be purchased individually. MP3 files, MIDI files, chord charts, sheet music, lead sheets are available for most songs.Website: www.audiblefaith.com
Email: webmaster@audiblefaith.com
The Cyber Hymnal
This site has over 2,700 Christian hymns and Gospel songs from many denominations. You’ll find lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures, history, and more. This worship and teaching resource is provided as a public service.Website: www.cyberhymnal.org
Digital Hymnal
The Digital Hymnal is a collection of MIDI files, lyrics, and historical notes about the authors and composers of hymns, based on the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal. It follows the numeric order of the SDA Hymnal and includes the same indexes.Website: www.digitalhymnal.org
E-hymns
E-hymns are pre-recorded MIDI files of hymn accompaniments that will enable any MIDI-equipped instrument to 'play itself’. They have over 1400 accompaniments available, each are individual performances recorded especially for the words of the particular hymn. Hymns can be purchased individually and are sent as email attachments.Website: www.e-hymns.co.uk
Experiencing Worship
This US site provides resources for worshippers and worship leaders. Access practical information on worship and worship services, including reviews of books, worship music and music equipment; advice for sound systems and other technical matters; and many articles addressing different aspects of the worship experience.Website: www.experiencingworship.com
Heart of Worship
This site set up by Soul Survivor is billed as 'an online resource for worship leaders'. It includes bible study material, interviews, worship theology and discussion. There are also free video and song downloads, which include guitar chord sheets for music groups.Website: www.heartofworship.com
Email: info@heartofworship.com
HymnsDisk
This is a CD produced by STEM Publications containing 1,000 hymns, 500 of which are directly linked to the music. Any hymn can be found from any word or its metre, author, or tune composer, the music can then be played and the score viewed. Parts can be extracted and played, and individual hymns printed for hymn sheets etc. The music is in MIDI format.Website: www.STEMPublishing.com
Email: Les@stempublishing.com
Tel: 01843 584686
HymnQuest
HymnQuest is a CD-ROM containing over 25,300 first lines and choruses, the full text of more than 15,100 hymns and songs from some 296 hymn books and publications. The opening bars of over 12,100 melodies can be both viewed and heard, and the indexes list tune names and metres; biblical, thematic, liturgical and seasonal references, as well as information and pictures of authors, composers and translators.Website: www.hymnquest.com
Email: hymnquest@stainer.co.uk
Tel: 0208 343 3303
Hymnsite
A U.S. based site that offers words and music MIDI files for many hymns and choruses.Website: www.hymnsite.com
The Methodist Church 'Prayer & Worship'
This section of the Methodist Church website includes ideas and help on organising Sunday services.Website: www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=pandw.index
Split Infinity Music
A U.S. based site offering over 2100 hymn words and music MIDI files for download.Website: www.simusic.com/worship.html
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Presentation software
Software for Worship
SFW produce 'Sing and Read', a software programme to help you display song words and bible texts using OHP, TV or video projector. 'Sing and Read v.1' is now FREE!Website: www.melted.com/sfw
SongPro
SongPro is a song and Bible projection management system, designed to work with projection equipment, to display all service requirements in an easy and convenient way. You can download an evaluation version for free from their web site.Website: http://creationsoftware.com
Email: orderinfo@creationsoftware.com
Tel: 0871 871 0332
Using PowerPoint in Church
An instructional site for using PowerPoint in church or any other similar gathering.Website: www.usingpowerpointinchurch.com
Visual Liturgy
Software to help you plan and prepare worship services.Website: www.vislit.com
Email: bookshop@c-of-e.org.uk
Tel: 020 7898 1301
Words of Worship
This system enables you to make the very best use of video projection to project words for any purpose (songs, readings) and allows for smooth on-the-spot changes. As used at Spring Harvest. Pricey but professional.Website: www.springharvest.org/wow
ZionWorx
ZionWorx is a powerful, professional yet easy-to-use song display program, designed to meet the needs of churches that want to use multimedia in worship. Unlike similar commercial worship software, ZionWorx is absolutely free.Website: www.zionworx.org.uk
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Prayer
Wycliffe Associates
WA have a prayer chain network for any urgent prayer requests that you might have whilst overseas.Website: www.wycliffeassociates.org.uk
Email: info@wa-uk.org
Tel: 01745 343300
24-7
24-7 is an online prayer facility that links up many prayer groups across the world and offers a dynamic opportunity to be involved in worldwide prayer.Website: www.24-7prayer.com
World Prayer Team
Through this website, you can post any prayer requests from anywhere and have them prayed for by a world-wide team of intercessors.Website: www.worldprayerteam.org
See also, praying for mission
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Evangelism
The Internet Mission
The Internet Mission is a ministry seeking to encourage Christians to spread the Gospel throughout the world using the Internet. With a particular emphasis on evangelism through online chat rooms, they are looking for full-time, part-time and spare-time e-vangelists ... and for people to pray.Website: www.theinternetmission.com
Web Evangelism Guide
This resource is geared towards helping Christians develop evangelistic websites. As well as an extensive online directory of resources, the 'Web Evangelism Bulletin' (W-E-B) is also sent out by email every two weeks (send an email to the email address below to subscribe).Website: www.web-evangelism.com
Email: bulletin-subscribe@web-evangelism.com
Evangelistic Website examples:
www.christiananswers.net
www.church.co.uk
www.embody.co.uk/archive/archive.html
www.thekristo.com
www.momentswithgod.com/interview.html
www.interviewwithgod.com
www.wuzupgod.com
www.actualreality.org.uk
www.talk2us.org.uk
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Prophecy
Come Alive
Come Alive provides information re global events in the light of the return of Christ, explains the New World Order and encourages the viewers to ensure they are ready to meet the Lord as Saviour when He comes or calls.Website: www.comealive.org.uk
Email: info@comealive.org.uk
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Theology
Theological Studies.org.uk
This site aims to make high quality theological material available throughout the world, thus providing Bible teachers and Pastors with the training they need to spread the Gospel in their countries.Website: www.theologicalstudies.org.uk
Theology Network
Set up by UCCF, Theology Network exists to equip you with top quality theological resources- both articles and audio talks.Website: www.theologynetwork.org
Theos Think Tank
Theos is a public theology think tank. It aims to provide alternative perspectives to the orthodoxies of secular culture and impact public opinion about the role faith and belief in society.Website: www.theosthinktank.co.uk
Email:
Tel: 020 7828 7777
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Other religions
Answering Islam
The "Answering Islam" site is mainly designed for a dialog with Muslims, but many Christians read it as well and learn about some important approaches, topics and arguments.Website: http://answering-islam.org.uk
Email: dialog@answering-islam.org
Encountering Islam
Encountering the World of Islam guides you on a journey into the lives of Muslims aroundthe world, and in your neighbourhood. Through this comprehensive collection, you will learn about Muhammad and the history of Islam. Gain insight into today’s conflicts and dispel western fears and myths. Discover the frustrations and desires of Muslims and learn how to pray for and befriend them. Encountering the World of Islam provides a positive, balanced, and biblical perspective on God’s heart for Muslims and equips you to reach out to them in Christ’s love.
Website: www.encounteringislam.org
Friendship First
Friendshipfirst is a network, which was specially set up to help meet the challenge of a post-modern and multi-faith Britain by giving advice and guidance on strategies for the re-evangelisation of Britain. It exists to help 'ordinary Christians' to get alongside 'ordinary Muslims' as friends.Website: www.friendshipfirst.org
Email: stevebell@friendshipfirst.org
Into The Light
Into the Light is a web-based outreach project, for outreach to Muslims.Website: www.itl.org.uk
Email: info@itl.org.uk
Kitab
Kitab is the resource centre and bookshop of Interserve's Ministry Among Asians in Britain and they offer a huge range of resources for Christians wishing to reach out to Muslims. They also have Scriptures and Christian books, cassettes and videos in over 60 languages, especially the languages of the Muslim world. Their full catalogue is on their Website.Website: www.kitab.org.uk
Email:
Tel: 01908 552714
The Muslim-Christian Debate Website
This site is owned by the Hyde Park Christian fellowship - an informal network of Christian researchers in the UK, whose primary interest is the academic study of all issues relevant to Islam and Christianity. The site provides a repository for articles and papers of particular interest to the UK situation, but which will also be useful to those elsewhere. It aims to stimulate genuine debate between Christians and Muslims on a wide range of topics.Website: www.debate.org.uk
Email: admin@debate.org.uk