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The
United Methodist Church Official Web Site
Official Web Site of the United Methodist Church. This site has
tons of information about the Church. Take your time here.
Unofficial
UMC Page
Un-official Web Site of the United Methodist Church. There is
a lot of information here too.
Tennessee
Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
Great information on what's
happening in our Conference. Be sure and see
the Bishop's latest reflections while you are here.
About
The UMC - Our Beliefs (umc.org)
Do you know what the our denomination believes? Find out here.
United
Methodist Book of Discipline (umc.org)
Official Church policy on
nearly every issue.
UMC
Judicial Council
The Judicial Council is
the highest judicial body or "court" of The United Methodist
Church.
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Cokesbury
Online
The Cokesbury bookstore online.
Christian
Book Distributors
Looking for a Christian Alternative to Amazon.com this is a good place
to start.
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United
Methodist General Conference 2000
The 2000 United Methodist General Conference will meet in Cleveland
May 2-12, 2000. Find out more about it at their web page.
Aldersgate
Renewal Ministries
The purpose of Aldersgate Renewal Ministries is to encourage United
Methodists and their churches, by the grace of God and the love of our
Lord Jesus Christ, to be filled, gifted, empowered and led by the Holy
Spirit in ministry to the world.
Lake
Junaluska Assembly
Nestled in the mountains
of Western North Carolina, Lake Junaluska Assembly is a full service,
year-round conference and retreat center.
The
Confessing Movement UMC
Their homepage states their purpose as "calling The United Methodist
Church, all laity and all clergy, to confess the person, work, and reign
of Jesus Christ."
The
Unofficial Confessing Movement Page
Its purpose is to provide timely information regarding movements of
spiritual, biblical, and traditional Wesleyan Methodist renewal and
concern in the Churches called Methodist.
Walk
to Emmaus
The Walk to Emmaus is a spiritual renewal program intended to strengthen
the local church through the development of Christian disciples and
leaders.
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The
Upper Room Devotional
This well known Methodist Devotional is also available online, as well
as tools to help you grow in your walk with Christ.
Devotionals.net
A wonderful site containing "Today's Verse", "Charles
Spurgeon's Morning and Evening", "Bible Pathway" "Marketplace
Meditations" and more daily devotionals. One of these is
sure to be a blessing.
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Pastor's
Pointers Comprehensive Links
Don't let the name fool you, there is something for everyone here.
Over 1500 sites listed! If it's Methodist or Christian it's probably
listed. We linked to the text only version to save you some load
time.
Christianity
Online.
This is another tremendous
Magazine Style format with loads of information on family matters, advice
from good quality sources, devotions, great Christian links, campus
life material, and on and on.
Gospel
Communications Network.
This is an alliance of Christian Ministries founded to proclaim the
Gospel in cyberspace. More good links. More quality resources. Online
Bible Source.
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Preview
Family Movie and TV Review
Preview has grown from a small monthly movie guide covering only G,
PG, and PG-13 films to a twice-monthly guide covering all current films
and prime-time television series. It has an estimated 50,000 readers
throughout the United States, Canada, and several other foreign countries.
Be sure and see their Free-Reviews!
Plugged
In Magazine
Helping parents and youth leaders guide teens through the world of popular
youth culture
Screen
It
This site, while not Christian, does give parents a way to access the
content of popular entertainment their kids are exposed to.
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Christian
Financial Concepts
Check out CFC's new section
on the "year 2000 bug". Get Bible-based financial information.
Find out about CFC's seminars, counseling, career guidance, and information
for single parents.
No
Debt Living News
No-Debt Living Newsletter provides you with the best financial, home-management
and investment news available with a Christian perspective. Plus, we
offer financial books, software and tools at discount prices (usually
15% or more below retail). They'll help you: Get control
of your finances. Maximize the resources God has loaned you. Reach and
maintain a no-debt position and Use your resources strategically for
the Lord.
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Christian
Classics Ethereal Library
A great site containing great Christian literary works from a variety
of writers (including Wesley, Calvin, Spurgeon and many others).
Probe
Ministries
Probe's mission is to present balanced, biblically-based perspectives
on a multitude of issues while training Christian students and adults
to develop a Christian world view. Probe Ministries was
founded in 1973 by James F. Williams Jr., who sought to form a ministry
that would bridge the frontier between the agonizing questions man asks
and the profound answers the Gospel offers.
Wall
Builders
An organization dedicated
to the restoration of the moral and religious foundation on which America
was built--a foundation which, in recent years, has been seriously attacked
and undermined. In accord with what was so accurately stated by George
Washington, we believe that "the propitious [favorable] smiles
of heaven can never be expected on a nation which disregards the eternal
rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained.
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GAMBLING
National
Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
Few sites give as much pertinent information on a single topic.
The objectives of NCALG are straightforward in purpose. Quite simply,
the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling will oppose the
gambling industry in every forum at every level.
CitzenLink
- You Bet Your Life
This site is designed to equip concerned
citizens with reliable, accurate and timely information about the
true consequences of legalized gambling. Great story on "Gambling
and the Bible".
LIFE
Lifewatch
Web page of the Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality
(TUMAS). Working to create in church and society esteem
for human life at its most vulnerable, specifically for the unborn
child and for the Woman who contemplates abortion.
Ultimate
Pro-Life Resource List
Crisis
Pregnancy Centers Online
Roe
v. Wade: 26 Years of Life Denied
HOMOSEXUALITY
Transforming
Congregations
The Mission of Transforming Congregations is to provide information,
resources and training in understanding and involvement in transforming
ministry toward homosexuals, and to encourage transforming ministry
based on loving compassion, scripture, and The Discipline of the United
Methodist Church
Love
In Action
Love In Action's mission is to proclaim the message
of hope (homosexuals can change) and impart courage to a world facing
homosexuality and its subsequent issues. It is our belief that finding
freedom in Jesus Christ is God's love in action.
PERSECUTION
PersecutedChurch.org
The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church is a rallying
point for Christians and others to stand behind those who suffer for
their faith by providing prayer support and the direction to appropriate
kinds of advocacy. Prayer for the Persecuted Church, Inc. (PPC), which
sponsors the International Day of Prayer in the USA, is an independent,
not-for-profit, non-political organization whose primary agenda is
prayer. PPC has brought together a coalition of organizations who
are working on behalf of
persecuted Christians to focus attention on the issue and call Christians
and others to prayer.
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The
Ultimate VeggieTales Web Site
The Internet's largest resource for fans of Bob the Tomato and Larry
the Cucumber! There is plenty to see, a few folks to talk to, and even
some goodies to take home with you!
Christian
Kids Links
This page is dedicated to linking you with Christian and other
wholesome sites on the Internet. Sites included are appropriate
for kids and are devotional, educational, or just plain fun.
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Dreamweavers of West
Tennessee
Hardin County's local theather group with many members from our Church
family.
Hardin
County Chamber of Commerce
Official Home Page for the area
Chamber of Commerce. Contains information and links on area businesses
and activities.
Hardin
County Historical Society
Contains information on Shiloh, Cerro Gordo, genealogy, notable Hardin
Countians from the past and much, much more.
Hardin
County High School
Do we really need a description
here? I didn't think so. :-)
Hardin
County Middle School
Great site with lots of
pictures of Tigers.
Savannah
Rotary
Local civic group whose motto is "Service Above Self".
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Promise
Keepers
Promise Keepers (PK) is a Christian outreach to men. PK encourages
men to live godly lives and to keep seven basic promises of commitment
to God, their families, and fellow man. Promise Keepers seeks to unite
Christian men of all races, denominations, ages, cultures, and socio-economic
groups, believing that accountable relationships among men are critical
in helping one another become promise keepers in their relationships
with God, their wives, their children, and each other.
National
Center for Fathering
Inspiring and equipping
men to be better fathers. In response to the dramatic trend toward fatherlessness
in America, the Center was founded in 1990 by Dr. Ken Canfield to conduct
research on fathers and fathering and to develop practical resources
for dads in nearly every fathering situation.
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General
Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church
A large site with information on missions and the Methodist Church in
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and even Kosovo.
The
Mission Society For United Methodists
From their web site: "Our passion is reaching the unreached with
the Gospel, and helping national churches finish the task of winning
their own people for Christ."
AD2000
& Beyond Movement
The AD2000 & Beyond Movement is a global, informal network of Christian
missionary agencies, denominations, churches and individuals committed
to world evangelism. Also contains information on the Joshua
Project 2000 and Celebrate Messiah 2000
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United
Methodist Daily News
The Official News Agency of the United Methodist Church
Good
News Magazine
The E-zine for United Methodists. For over thirty years, Good
News has been the voice for evangelical renewal in the United Methodist
Church, urging the church to be faithful to the biblically-based principals
of its historic Wesleyan heritage.
Interpreter
Online
Interpreter Online is the electronic companion to Interpreter magazine,
which offers faith stories, mission ideas and inspirational anecdotes
to--and from--Christians in local United Methodist congregations.
AFR
News
The Latest News Summary
from American Family Radio reprinted in text format (no audio required).
WORLD
A national weekly newsmagazine reporting news in an interesting, accurate,
and arresting fashion. The reporting is accompanied with practical commentary
on current events and issues from a perspective committed to final authority
of the Bible as the inerrant written Word of God.
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American
Family Online
AFO.net is an Internet Service
Provider (ISP) providing "protected access" to the Internet,
with NO passwords overrides and no updates on your end.
AFO protects you and your family from pornography, violence, bad language
and more. Their filter only plan can be in place for your web browser
in less than 30 minutes for only $36.00 per year.
Plugged
In Magazine
Helping parents and youth leaders guide teens through the world of popular
youth culture
Screen
It
This site, while not Christian, does give parents a way to access the
content of popular entertainment their kids are exposed to.
Focus
on the Family
Provides audio from the Focus on the Family radio broadcasts as well
as plenty of articles and resources for every one in the family.
Parenting.Org
The Official Website on Common Sense Parenting. The name really
says it all. Be sure and check out the " Parenting
Q&A section for answers on Attention Problems, Child Bonding, Getting
Five-year-olds to sleep, Mouthy teens, Stress Management and tons more!
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American
Family Radio
Nearly 200 stations
across the US and Canada and a live Internet broadcast.
Also listen to archived AFR Special programs.
Involved
Christian Radio Network
This site has a number of fabulous links to Christian Teachers and Preachers
for all members of the family.
CORI:
Christian Online Resource Index.
Live Audio and Video featuring everything from American Family Radio
(one of our favorites) to Veggie Tales can be found on this site. This
is definitely one you'll want to add to your favorites folder!
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RENEW
Network for United Methodist Women
The RENEW Network is organized
to be in ministry to and with women of the United Methodist Church.
We are a support network for evangelical, orthodox women within our
church, providing a voice for their concerns, supplemental program resources
for their program needs and a place for them to share ministry with
other women.
United
Methodist Women
Homepage of the United Methodist
Women, whose purpose is listed as "to know God and to experience
freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative,
supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation
in the global ministries of the church."
Concerned
Women for America
CWA is the nation's largest pro-family women's organization, with more
than half a million members. The mission of Concerned Women for America
is to protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens -- first
through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society
-- thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation.
The
Women's Ministry Network
Exists to enhance the efforts
of Christian women and organizations whose calling is to evangelize,
build-up, or mobilize women across the globe, for the sake of the Gospel.
This may be the premiere source for ideas, resources, and information
exchange among Christian women and ministry organizations worldwide.
Women
Today Online
By providing information,
resources and opportunities to network with other women, Women Today
stimulates women to grow spiritually, and to use their abilities, experience
and ideas to help change the world.
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Youth
Ministry
Sponsored by the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship.
This site contains information on UM Youth Events, Articles, Resources,
Links as well as information on Youth '99 in Knoxville, July 28-August
1, 1999
See
You At The Pole
The official website for
See You At The Pole Info for youth.
Youth
For Christ.
This is a great page for
Youth. It would be a great offer to families looking for quality Youth
Links etc. It's also a great resource site for Youth Ministers too.
True
Love Waits
An international campaign that challenges your teens and college students
to remain sexually abstinent until marriage. To date, hundreds of thousands
of young people have signed covenant cards stating: "Believing
that true love waits, I make a commitment to God, myself, my family,
my friends, my future mate, and my future children to be sexually abstinent
from this day until the day I enter a biblical marriage relationship."
Ron
Hutchcraft Ministries
If you're looking for PRACTICAL ANSWERS to real-life
issues, you'll want to thoroughly explore this site! Containts
the top concerns and questions teens face. Topics Include: Loneliness,
Priorities, Sex, Spiritual Direction, Relationships, and more! Ron Hutchcraft
provides practical answers on the pressures of teen life.
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Please Note:
- For your convenience we have decided
to incorporate a very liberal link policy. If you are a member
of First UMC Savannah and have a site that you feel other members
will find interesting please submit
it below.
- Links appear in no particular order.
Linked sites are independently operated and the material and information
contained is that of the respective site, not necessarily that of
FUMC. In other words, a link is just that, a link.
- Sites with views contrary to the teachings
of Christ or the United Methodist Book of Discipline, as well as any
site dealing with partisan politics will not be added.
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