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Major Christian Web Portals
Apologetics
Bibles and Bible Studies Online
Book Stores
Christian Living Resources
Christian Periodicals
Church Administration/Management/Software
Church Buildings and Equipment/Sound and Lighting Systems
Church Planting Information
Christian Education & Children’s Ministry
Compassion Ministries
Creative Communications/Music/Drama
Gospel Presentations/Evangelism Tools
Home Schooling Resources Sites
Leadership Resources
Marketing and Writing Tools
Marriage and Family Ministry
Missions
Men’s Ministry
Music and Worship
News Sources
Pastoral Protocols
Persecuted Christians Around the World
Preaching and Teaching
Pro-Life Ministries
Stewardship Resources
Small Group Resources
Women’s Ministry
Youth and Teen Ministry


Great Commission Links [ top ]

www.gccweb.org -- Great Commission Churches
www.gcachurches.org -- Great Commission Association
www.gcmweb.org -- Great Commission Ministries
www.gclaweb.org -- Great Commission Latin America
www.gcnw.net -- Great Commission Northwest
www.gcnwdads.com -- Rick and Neva Whitney ministry to families and parents
www.gospelcom.net/ctc/ -- Character That Counts ministry led by Rod Handley of Lee's Summit Community Church
www.herschelmartindale.com -- Herschel Martindale resources for ministry
www.peoplematterministries.com -- Ministry led by Dr. Dan Erickson of Lee's Summit Community Church
www.shortreport.com -- Tom Short resources on campus preaching, apologetics, and evangelism

 

Major Christian Web Portals [ top ]

www.crosswalk.com
www.christianity.com -- (A network of ministries, churches and organizations)
www.gospelcom.net -- Gospel Communications Network
www.gospel.com --
www.oneplace.com -- Everything for the Christian community online.

 

Apologetics [ top ]

www.shortreport.com - Tom Short’s site
www.answersingenesis.org --Answers in Genesis
www.carm.org --Christian Apologetics Resource
www.equip.org --Christian Research Institute
www.icr.org --Institute for Creation Research
www.lordibelieve.org/page5.html --Other links to apologetics sites
www.answeringIslam.com --Islamic aplogetics
www.rzim.org -- Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
www.str.org -- Stand to Reason offers a number of useful resources.
www.scp-inc.org -- Spiritual Counterfeits Project offers Christian responses to Eastern religious movements, cults, self-helpism, and New Age thinking.
www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/menus/index.html -- William Craig’s web site.
www.leaderu.com/offices/koons/menus/wtheism.html -- Robert Koons’s web site.
http://theism.actualism.com -- A website on theistic philosophy.
www.leaderu.com -- Leadership University has a lot of helpful information regarding a distinctly Christian worldview and apologetics.
www.probe.org, --Probe Ministries
www.johnankerberg.org - John Ankerberg
www.ariel.org/ - Fruchtenberg’s End Times/Jewish Believer site
www.creationscience.com - Scientific Creation/Evolution site

 

Bibles and Bible Studies Online [ top ]

www.newlivingtranslation.com
www.americanbible.org
www.BibleStudyForum.com -- Ongoing Bible study online.
www.studybibleforum.com/bibletext.php -- New American Standard and Amplified Bibles online.
www.bible.gospelcom.net -- Search the Bible in any number of translations


Book Stores [ top ]

www.crossings.com -- Crossings Christian book club.
www.amazon.com -- On everyone’s list.
www.bn.com -- Barnes and Noble’s online book store.
www.cbd.com -- Christian Book Distributors Online
www.bestbookbuys.com -- Best Books. Order the books you want at the very best price.
www.christiansummaries.com -- Christian Book Summaries.
www.halfpricebooks.com -- Half Price Books!
www.christianbook.com -- Christian books for any occasion or need.

 

Christian Living Resources [ top ]

www.fastcompany.com -- Cutting edge business information. Very good!
www.hollywoodjesus.com -- Movie reviews.
www.family.org --Focus on the Family
www.smalleyonline.com -- Smalley Relationship Center. For a life time of intimacy.
www.bible.org
www.StrongFamilies.com, Dr. John Trent’s Site
www.greatcommandment.org -- Intimate Life Ministries; Dave and Theresa Ferguson
www.insight.org - Chuck Swindoll’s site

 

Christian Periodicals [ top ]
www.christianitytoday.com --Christianity Today Magazine
www.epsociety.org -- Philosophia Christi, the publication of the Evangelical Philosophical Society
www.leadershipjournal.net -- Leadership Journal
www.churchhistory.net -- Christian History Magazine

 

Church Administration/Management/Software [ top ]
www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2046 -- Samples of church bylaws to facility use policies and procedures. Practical and helpful.
www.churchpro.com -- State of the art 32 bit church management software for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP. Phone dialer, photos, graphs, payroll, fund accounting, attendance, membership and contributions.
www.churchsoft.com -- Track membership, attendance, contributions, prospects and finances with ease.
www.pastorsplus.com -- Church administrative software that will fill all of your church needs!
www.bandicat.com -- Church management and membership tracking program designed for churches and other nonprofit organizations.
www.winfiler.com -- Make wage and income reporting fast and easy with forms and software from Greatland. WinFiler software includes all federal forms and 43 states.
http://savepostage.com -- Use bulk postage rates for your bulletins without learning difficult rules. Postage saver sorts, prints easy steps for each mailing, tray tags, rate documents & more!
www.ComResources.com -- Church software
www.carvergovernance.com -- John Carver's Policy Governance Model. The best source for information regarding this revolutionary method for doing non-profit board work.
www.fedstats.gov -- The links to more than 70 government agencies with important forms that you will need sooner or later.
www.start-a-non-profit-organization.org -- Takes care of the legal end of church planting.
www.parsonschurch.com - Bible software

www.thundersoftware.com - Free church management software to churches and christian ministries.

 

Church Buildings and Equipment, Sound and Lighting Systems [ top ]
www.portablechurch.com -- Portable Church Industries
www.NelsonAudio.com -- Nelson Audio sells and installs church sound systems
www.worldmusicsupply.com -- Speakers, amps, mixers, mics, wireless mics, and cables, for church sound applications. Complete packages.
www.idjnow.com -- Abrapro.com offers the largest selection of top brand names in pro lighting, audio and special effects at the guaranteed lowest prices on the Net.
www.prosoundweb.com -- Serves all aspects of the professional sound and lighting industries.
www.jdbsound.com -- Audio, Sound System, Digital Processing, Audio buyers guides.
www.mobilemusicandsound.com -- Discount Church Audio Equipment!
www.zionchurchbuilders.com -- Zion Church Builders
www.acbi1.com -- American Church Builders
www.gomcb.com -- Master Church Builders out of Tennessee.
http://church-builders.com -- Warder & Associates, Inc. Church expansion specialists, Church builders and architects.

www.samuelengineering.com -- Samuel Engineering, Inc. is a multi-discipline architecture and engineering firm that is committed to providing quality solutions to design and construction needs for diverse clients all across the US as well as overseas. Headquartered in Colorado, this award-winning company has substantial experience in commercial, retail, and meeting facilities, and is available to provide design, planning, and consultation services to the Great Commission Association of Churches. As the point of contact at Samuel Engineering, Greg Miller is an architect who is also a long-time member of GCAC, currently serving at Firehouse No. 1 in Denver. His master’s thesis explored the ramifications of architecture with our church movement through the design and construction of a renovation project at Summitview Community Church’s facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. For information about Samuel Engineering, please visit www.samuelengineering.com, or contact Greg at gmiller@samuelengineering.com, (720) 933-7976, or at (303) 714-4855. References provided upon request.

 

Church Planting Information [ top ]
www.portablechurch.com -- Portable Church Industries
www.dcfi.org -- Dove Christian Fellowship International; info on planting house churches
www.ywamjax.com -- Church planting in the 10/40 window.
www.start-a-non-profit-organization.org -- Takes care of the legal end of church planting.
www.outreachmarketing.com -- Demographic reports on any neighborhood.

 

Christian Education & Children’s Ministry [ top ]
www.ciu.edu -- Columbia International University
www.chinstitute.org (Church History Institute)
www.BibleActivities.com
www.kids4truth.com Neat web site with multi-media for kids and more!
www.ebibleteacher.com (lots of multi-media and teaching graphics)

 

Compassion Ministries [ top ]
www.compassion.com -- Christian child sponsorship organization.
www.worldvision.com -- The world’s largest Christian relief agency.
www.fh.org -- Food for the Hungry
www.SamaritansPurse.org -- Franklin Graham’s International Relief Agency

 

Creative Communications/Music/Drama [ top ]
www.ComResources.com --Drama and Music resources
www.ebibleteacher.com--Lots of multi-media and teaching graphics
www.willowcreek.com --Willow Creek Resources
www.pastors.com
www.celticchristiantunes.com
www.geocities.com/jesusmusicoldies/ (Christian oldies)
www.chinstitute.org -- Church History Institute’s Glimpses, full color bulletin inserts.
www.dramashare.org - Drama source

 

Gospel Presentations/Evangelism Tools [ top ]
www.ccci.org/whoisjesus/
www.thegoodnews.org -- The Good News Site: Resources, testimonies, and the Gospel!

 

Home Schooling Resources Sites [ top ]
www.home-school.com -- The official web site for Practical Homeschooling Magazine.
www.sonlight.com -- A popular curriculum especially for expatriate missionaries
www.abeka.org -- A Beka Home School
www.hslda.com -- Home School Legal Defense Association
www.nheri.org -- National Home Education Research Institute
www.christianitytoday.com/homeschool/features/hsus.html -- U.S. home school organizations
www.joyoflearning.com -- Tons of home schooling material.
www.bjup.com – Academy of Home Education Online. For parents of secondary level children.

 

Leadership Resources [ top ]
www.injoy.com -- Dr. John Maxwell’s site
www.Coachnet.org, --Bob Logan’s web site
www.pastors.com --Rick Warren’s site
www.leaderu.com --Crusade’s leadership resource sitewww.equip.org --Christian Research Institute
www.globalpastorsnetwork.org -
www.cadreministries.com -- Locating volunteers, encouragement for pastors
www.equipmin.org - Relational Skills site
www.willowcreek.org - Willow Creek Church
www.gty.org - John MacArthur’s Ministry
www.intouch.org - Charles Stanley’s Ministry

 

Marketing and Writing Tools [ top ]
www.outreachmarketing.com -- Lots of turnkey outreach tools and church communication pieces
www.ComResources.com -- General Communication Tools
www.sharpwriter.com --Dictionaries, thesauri, grammar, etc.
www.grammarbook.com --Grammar book for writers
www.writermag.com -- The Writer Magazine
www.ebibleteacher.com--Lots of multi-media and teaching graphics
www.writersdigest.com --Writer's Digest family of publications
www.refdesk.com - Research Site
www.britannica.com - Encyclopedia Site
www.libraryspot.com - Find Anything Site

 

Marriage and Family Ministry [ top ]
www.family.org -- Focus on the Family
www.smalleyonline.com -- Smalley Relationship Center. For a life time of intimacy.
www.StrongFamilies.org -- A gathering place to strengthen your most important relationships.
www.family.org/pplace/pi/films/--film reviews
www.frc.org - Family Research Council
www.familylife.com/- Family resource site
www.visionforum.com - Family resource site
www.gcnwdads.com - Rick Whitney's site

 

Missions [ top ]
www.gcmweb.org --Great Commission Ministries
www.ccci.org --Campus Crusade for Christ International
www.persecution.com --Voice of the Martyrs (VOM)
www.compassdirect.org -- Compass Direct. Global News from the front lines.
www.calebproject.org -- Resources for world missions.
www.ywamjax.com -- Church planting in the 10/40 window.
www.icmmbc.org -- Missions organization very similar to GCM.
www.billygraham.org - Billy Graham
www.gcnwdads.com - Rick Whitney's site

www.exodus-international.org --Exodus International, Gay Transformation Ministry

 

Men’s Ministry [ top ]
www.maninthemirror.org -- Patrick Morley’s ministry to men.
www.sacredromance.com -- John Eldridge’s web site; author of Wild at Heart
www.promisekeepers.org
www.gcnwdads.com - Rick Whitney's site

 

Music and Worship [ top ]
www.worshipmusic.com -- Church music software: the most complete collection of church music software for planning, and organizing worship music and events in your church!
www.ComResources.com -- General church resources site
www.inspirationalworship.com -- General worship resources
www.higherpraise.com
www.willowcreek.com -- WillowNet Resources, Willow Creek Community Church
www.ccli.com -- Christian Copyright Licensing International
www.youthpastor.com/music/
users.erols.com/rmerik/songs.htm
www.newsongonline.org/ccmbytopic.html

 

News Sources [ top ]
www.usnews.com -- U.S. News and World Report Magazine online
www.jpost.com -- Jerusalem Post Newspaper
www.freerepublic.com - Conservative Site
www.drudgereport.com - Drudge Report
www.worldmag.com/world/home.asp - World Magazine
www.worldnetdaily.com - Conservative News site

 

Pastoral Protocols [ top ]
www.bible.org/docs/pastor/weddings/wedtoc.htm -- Biblical Studies Foundation: Eighteen sample wedding services.
www.bible.org/docs/pastor/funerals/funtoc.htm --Funeral guidelines and ceremonies.
www.ComResources.com -- Source Book of Weddings, Funerals

 

Persecuted Christians Around the World [ top ]
www.persecution.com -- Voice of the Martyrs
www.compassdirect.org -- Compass Direct. Global News from the front lines.
www.persecutedchurch.org

 

Preaching and Teaching [ top ]
www.biblestudytools.net -- Lexicons, commentaries, dictionaries, etc.
www.preachingtoday.com -- Preaching Today: Tools for sermon preparation.
www.pastors.com -- Sermons to download. Tools for message preparation.
www.navpress.com/ctt.asp?page=search --Current Thoughts and Trends magazine
www.barna.org/cgi-bin/Home.asp --George Barna’s Site
www.bible.org --General Helps. It’s all here.
www.HomileticsOnline.com -- Homiletics Helps
www.blueletterbible.org – cool Bible study site
world.std.com/~joeshmoe/laughweb/lweb_ns.html – Jokes for sermons
www.pbc.org/ray - Ray Stedman study helps
www.spurgeon.org/mainpage.htm - Charles Spurgeon site
www.si.edu - Smithsonian Institute
www.thebereancall.com - Links to several good sites
www.bib-arch.org - Biblical Archaeology Society

 

Pro-Life Ministries [ top ]
Just the Facts - A nice interactive website that explains the development of a child in the womb.
At The Center - An online magazine for those involved in Crisis Pregnancy Centers.
Celebrity Quotes on Sexuality/Abortion - A page of celebrity comments about sexuality and abortion that can be used to illustrate a pro-life position.
Life Issues Institute - A site serving the educational needs of the pro-life community.
American Life League - Site for the American Life League that includes helpful information and ways to get involved in the pro-life movement.
Sanctity of Human Life Resources - Focus on the Family offers this page of resources related to the Sanctity of Human Life.

 

Stewardship Resources [ top ]
www.olanhendrix.com --Leadership Resource Group (Olan Hendrix)
www.pastors.com --Rick Warren’s site
www.injoystewardshipservices.com -- Stewardship Serving the Visionary Church from Dr. John Maxwell’s site.
www.aafrc.org -- American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel (AAFRC)
www.ncpg.org -- National Committee on Planned Giving
www.rfsco.com -- Robert F. Sharpe Company. The best in planned giving materials, training and consulting.
www.barnabasfoundation.com -- The Barnabas Foundation. A wonderful collection of Christian attorneys and estate planners in a non-profit organization helping Christians reach their financial goals.
www.commitmentministries.com - Commitment Ministries

 

Small Group Resources [ top ]
www.evergreencc.com --Evergreen Community Church, Minneapolis
www.freshresource.com -- Offers small group materials for unchurched people.
www.ComResources.com --General church resources site
www.touchusa.org -- Touch Outreach Ministries
www.SmallGroups.com -- Small Group Network
www.Cell-Church.org -- Cellular Level Small Groups
www.pastors.com -- Rick Warren’s tool chest for pastors.
www.gospelcom.net/rbc - Radio Bible Class site

 

Women’s Ministry [ top ]
www.deebresten.com -- Dee Bristen is well known for her books about women's relationships (The Friendships of Women and others) but has also authored a Bible study series "A Woman's Journey." Her newest book and current passion is "Falling in Love with Jesus". 
www.reviveourhearts.com -- Nancy Leigh DeMoss is supposed to be the next Elisabeth Elliott. Elisabeth replaced her Gateway to Joy radio program with Nancy's Revive our Hearts. 
www.women-of-faith.com -- Regional conferences for women.
www.tellingthetruth.org -- Jill & Stuart Briscoe
www.cbmw.org - helping the church with gender issues

 

Youth and Teen Ministry [ top ]
www.YouthPastor.com -- Resources for the local youth pastor.
www.studentz.com -- Web site for Jr/Sr High students, leaders, and college students.
www.thekristo.com - VERY cool presentation of the gospel
www.passionnow.org -- Next Generation ministry focused on college people.
www.freshministry.org -- Equipping for postmodern ministers
www.regenerator.com (Re: Generation Magazine On-line)
www.youthspecialties.com -- Youth Specialties