Resources

This page involves links and resources we believe of general use to students of WEMTC. The academic sites, useful for essays and class studies have now been moved to their appropriate class module and you will find links in the adjacent contents box.

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Anglican Church / Church of England

Church of England

Official web site

The Anglican Domain

This is a web site for the Anglican (Episcopal) Church around the world

The Anglican Communion

Another web site for the international Anglican Communion

Diocese of Gloucester

Now fully formed it contains not only all the Diocesan information you would expect to find but also more wide ranging issues and spirituality input.

Diocese of Bath and Wells

One of the first Diocesan websites in our region it has kept up with the times and has plenty of photos, news and all the Diocesan information.

Diocese of Worcester

Also recently revamped in the news/ small photo mould it has all you could want to know about the Diocese.

Diocese of Bristol

Now up and running and hosting a 'web-verger'. Useful information about the Diocese, the Bishop, cycle of prayer for the Diocese, the All Saints Resource Centre, the Cathedral, various parishes and the Diocesan Handbook

Diocese of Hereford

A nice uncluttered site with all that you will need about the Diocese.

Online Bookshops

Church House Bookshop

Efficient and reasonably priced. Ordinands and Readers in the Church of England can get a discount after registering. Church House will take orders for books not listed on their site - although in my one-off experience that is much slower.

Christian Bookshop

Has books from Lion, SU, BRF, Agape, CPAS, IVP and Third Way

Amazon

Always a fall back if you can't find things elsewhere. And try the American Amazon for books England doesn't list

ABE Second Hand Books

A great place for second hand and out-of-print books. They certainly have an impressive range of books although most sellers are American. Shipping may well cost 2x the book price - depends how desperate you are for that out-of-print book.

CGI Second Hand Books

This searches several secondhand booksellers for your books including ABE above.

Clipart, Photos and Artwork

General Christian Clip Art on the Web

Charismatic Catholic Clip Art - Directory

One of several directories of Christian Clip Art.

Atlantic Fish - Free Christian Clipart

One of several basic Christian Clip Art Collections, sorted into categories. See also Coolclips for another collection.

Faith Clip Art - subscriptions service

One of several subscription Christian Clip Art Collections. Price seems high (you could get 1-2 CD's of art for that prices, but the samples are free.

Google Advance Image Search

Type in your search requirements and see what comes up. This is how I get my Powerpoint illustrations. Or try one of the other search engines e.g.Lycos or Alta Vista

Quality Biblical Clip Art

Christian Computer Art

A collection of quality bible related pictures, maps, photos, paintings, and ancient near eastern artifacts from D. Instone-Brewer of Tyndale House Cambridge. I have the CDs and have used these for my biblical powerpoint presentations. There are some free samples and a very reasonable subscription rate for the full use.

Art Collections

Bible Art Gallery

Links to paintings and drawings by Bible book. Old Masters and modern art, paintings to line drawings

Fine Art Collection

A collection of Ancient Masterpieces but you need to search by artist.

The Ecole Initiative Images

Judæo-Christian Iconography and Religious Art up to the 1500s.

ENTER Electronic NT Educational Resources

A collection of art relating to the NT especially good on John and Revelation, by Felix Just.

Buying Clip Art CD's

McCrimmons

A Catholic site that sells the Signs, Symbols and Saints CD that I use for most services.

St Paul's Multimedia

A Catholic Mission website I get many posters as well as Clip art from them.

Sunrise Software

The premier seller of all Bible and Christian software, including clip art CDs uch as the ClickArt and the Church ClipArt MegaPack that I use frequently.

Churchill Systems

I haven't bought their CDs but you can get a good idea and a free sampler from this website before buying.

Photos

Free foto

A general photo resource that includes good quality photos of churches and other things good for Powerpoint or visual meditations

Bibleplaces.com

Photos of Biblical places. These are copyright and can only be downloaded for educational use but you can buy the CD(s)for church use.

ebible teacher

Photos of bible places and artifacts.

General Christian Resource Indexes

Christian Theology Page

The Christian Theology Page or Fides Quaerens Internetum is a portal to various things theological from theology societies through individual theologians to theological journals and resources.

ChurchNet UK

United Kingdom church links and related resources

UK Christian Handbook

This useful directory of all sorts of UK Christian outfits and churches

Ship of Fools

A must for Christian Humour and an attempt to scotch pomposity.

God on the Net

Tied into the book God on the Net this site includes links to all sorts of Christian web sites, Christians graphics, prayers etc. etc.

Liturgical resources, services and activities

Common Worship

The web site for the Church of England's Common Worship Liturgies

Visual Liturgy

Visual Liturgy is the CD Rom containing the Church of England and Methodist service books with extra hymn modules for creating your own service sheets.

Worship Links

A small selection of links

Methodist Church

Methodist Church of Great Britain

Official web site

Methodist Church, Bristol District

The Bristol District homepage with plenty of links to whats going on and what's what!

Methodist Archives and Research Centre

The Methodist Archives and Research Centre (MARC) was established by the Methodist Church of Great Britain in 1961 to house the Connexional records of the church

Church Met Methodist links

Church Net has at its heart a directory of churches in England of all denominations. There is a Methodist section to the directory that includes Church and Circuit links

Ordinands / Student Ministers

Association of Ordinands and Candidates for Ministry (AOCM)

AOCM represents all those sponsored by an Anglican Bishop for ordained or accredited lay ministry in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

National MethSoc Website

For Methodist student groups everywhere

Bristol MethSoc

Bristol MethSoc is closely linked to Victoria Methodist Church

Bath MethSoc

The Methodist Society at Bath University

Prayers online

Sacred Space

A daily prayer using a six step version of Ignatian Prayer combined with the Lectio Divina and scenic pictures. Biblically based and contemplative

Celebrating Common Prayer

The Franciscan Daily Office CCP on line.

A daily reflection

A daily reflection including readings, quotations and questions for reflection with guidance page.

24hour Intercession

A high powered 24 hour a day, 7 day a week prayer rota. Encourages corporate prayer in the real world backed up by virtual encouragement.

Franciscan Selection of Prayers

Prayers as chosen for the Third Order Franciscans

Readers in the Church of England

National Readers' Website

Relaunched in Feb 2005 an excellent site not just for Readers

Hereford Diocese Readers' Website

Well done Hereford for having a page specifically for its Readers

Software

Elizabeth's Advice on Bible Software

Elizabeth's personal opinions on bible software written for WEMTC student's consumption and to stop them asking the dreaded question: "What do you recommend".

The Gramcord Institute

Probably the best grammatical data on the original languages. GRAMCORD is the most powerful Bible program available for Greek and Hebrew research

Accordance

The sister of Gramcord for Macs. Has the advantage of additional resource modules (e.g. the Qumran texts, Anchor Bible Dictionary, Church Fathers etc) but at a price. It uses the same excellent Gramcord Greek and Hebrew texts and is very powerful.

Logos Research Systems

The self-proclaimed industry leader in Bible software. Probably the best user-interface but at a cost (ed)

QuickVerse

QuickVerse - simplifies your biblical research with powerful searching capabilities, an easy-to-use interface for those not needing sophisticated language work A good long player in the market.

Online Bible

This library contains Bibles, Commentaries, Lexicons etc. for the Online Bible software which you can also download - cheap and comprehensive but not fancy.

Sunrise Software

A useful U.K. place to shop for Bible and Christian software.

Bible Gateway

If you don't have your own bible search software this site lets you search and print for particular search words or verses in a variety of versions - also useful for comparing bible versions

Training Courses and Colleges

Bristol Baptist College

The Bristol Baptist College trains men and women for a variety of ministries in the Baptist Church. A member of the Bristol Federation of Theological Colleges

Trinity Theological College

An evangelical Anglican Theological College which trains men and women for ordained ministry within the Church of England as well as independent students. A member of the Bristol Federation of Theological Colleges

Wesley College, Bristol

Wesley College is a Methodist Theological College which has become in recent years an ecumenical centre for Christian Education. A member of the Bristol Federation of Theological Colleges

CAEIMT list of Colleges, Courses and Schemes

CAEIMT is the official organisation for the Colleges, Courses and Schemes staff. The link page lists all accredited Anglican training institutions with links.

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