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Technology & Ministry Resources Online
Below is a collection of Web site addresses related to church technology, by categories.
These sites are listed as an aid for local churches in improving their use of technology. Listing of these Web addresses does not constitute endorsement by the United Methodist Church or Avondale Pattillo UMC.
If you discover bad links or wish to suggest a link, please contact us at
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American Methodism - Francis Asbury
American Methodism - Thomas Coke
General Board of Global Ministries UMC
The General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church
Group email (a free service of UMCom)
In Spirit & Truth (Free online study guide from the UM GBOD)
The Meaning of Holy Communion (Free online study guide from the UM GBOD)
Methodist Archives and Research Centre
Sacraments & Discipleship (Free online study guide from the UM GBOD)
Syndications from UMC.org [link update]
Wesley and Methodist Studies Centers
United Methodist Communications (UMCom)
UMCom TechShop (order hardware and software discounted for churches) [link update]
United Methodist Publishing House
Bible Activities online (Weekly & reproducible. For children of varied age groups)
Bible Challenge (quiz by Back to the Bible)
Sunday Software (Multimedia CDs)
Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus (software with photo bubble technology)
Bible Study & Sermon preparation
Desperate Preacher's Site (annual subscription, but also has free links)
Sermon Connection. A Cokesbury online subscription. 15-day free trial
Sermon Writer (sent by email). 4-Sunday free trial
The Text This Week (Lectionary-based link collections)
Online Evangelism - a Guide to outreach
Using your Web site for evangelism (downloadable kit)
10 Easy Ways to Keep Me from Visiting Your Church Because I Visited Your Website [ New ]
"Churches and Computers", Christianity Today
"Culture and Technology", Christianity Today magazine
"Communication Quality and Church Size", (Christian Computing)
"Connecting the Disconnected Church" (Christian Computing)
Discipleship resources (free PDF downloads)
FaithQuest News and Notes (UM GBOD)
Religious-oriented software for handhelds
Ginghamsburg UMC (Ohio) On-Line Communities, (CyberMinistry, Communication Ministry Media Ministry, Outreach Ministry, Youth Ministry…)
Religion & Spirituality links (Google search site)
"The Wired Pastor", Christianity Today
United Methodist periodicals online (Google directory)
ArtToday (subscription site)
Church Art Online (free trial & subscription)
Church of the Covered Dish (cartoons). $10.95 gets permission to download and use any and all of the toons.
EyeWire (subscription site)
Technology and the Church Library. If that site isn't available, it's cached at Google
Lighting, Technologies for Worship magazine
Church copyright information - (CCLI)
ChurchMedia.net - articles, reviews, and products
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
Major search sites
Google Search (files, images, "groups", and directory type listings). Google "caches" pages. So you can actually read pages from a Web site that no longer exists.
Google Advanced Search (excellent). Can even limit search to a specific site
MSN Search is Microsoft Internet Explorer's default. (Clicking on the toolbar search icon differs from typing "? word" in the address bar)
AOL Search (AOL now uses the Google "search engine", but also adds an AOL header that is hard to get rid of)
Yahoo (is a directory vs. traditional search engine).
Yahoo Yellow Pages (can search for a business, hospital, church, … near an address)
Other search sites
Some Christian search sites
http://www.crosswalk.com (also known as goshen.net)
Some sites that feed data to many of the search sites
Software - Basic Desktop (office administration)
Microsoft Office Standard or Professional
"Standard" (lacks Access database) or "Small Business Edition" (lacks Access and PowerPoint but comes with Publisher) are less expensive. If your church needs those, get the Pro edition. The United Methodist Church online "store" includes discounted software packages,
Membership Plus (add Fund Accounting Plus to round out the package)
A source for a good discount on Parsons software:
http://www.discountchristian.com/church_management.html
Methodist Church Windows (a downloadable Adobe Acrobat file)
"Sound Advice" column
Church Sound System & Acoustics Network
Articles on church sound systems, by R. Bob Adams (consultant)
Digital Video Magazine (columns),
Advent and Christmas Planning Helps
Church copyright information - (CCLI)
ChurchMedia.net - articles, reviews, and products
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
"How to Upgrade Your Projection System" (Christianity Today)
The Meaning of Holy Communion (Free online study guide from the UM GBOD)
Presentation software (for overhead projection):
Technologies for Worship magazine
Worship articles (onlineRev.com)
US Code, Title 17 - Copyrights
This page was part of
2003 Annual Training for the
Atlanta-Emory and Atlanta-Decatur-Oxford Districts.
This page was last edited 07/30/2005 12:47 PM