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CATEGORIES
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Presbyterian Church (USA)
is the official website for our denomination, including our highest
governing body, The General Assembly. The site has many resources,
including the online version of Presbyterians Today.
The Synod of Lincoln
Trails is a middle governing body of the Presbyterian Church
(USA) serving eight Presbyteries and over 700 congregations in Indiana
and Illinois.
The Presbytery of
Chicago is a regional governing body of the Presbyterian
Church (USA) serving Lake, Cook, and DuPage counties.
Presbyterian 101: A
General Guide to Facts About the PCUSA includes information
about Presbyterian distinctives, history, theology, social isssues,
and the church's people.
Related
Organizations and Publications
Layman Online is the
official website of the Presbyterian Lay Committee, a group commited
to raising the biblical and theological standard in the Presbyterian
Church (USA). The site has news and information from their journal, as
well a link to the site that they provide for the Confessing Church
Movement.
Presbyterian Outlook
is an independent publication which addresses the major issues before
the church. The web site includes news, commentary, and book reviews
from the print edition.
Voice of Orthodox Women is
a network of women and men who promote the doctrines and practices of
the historic Christian faith as expressed in the Ecumenical Creeds of
the Church.
Voices of Sophia is a community of
women and men in the larger community of the Presbyterian Church (USA) being reformed by God through the Spirit of
the living Christ, and working toward the transformation of the church into a discipleship of equals.
Witherspoon Society
offers news and views from a progressive Presbyterian perspective.
They advocate for peace, justice, and integrity of creation, and the
full inclusion of all God's people in church and society.
General Information
BeliefNet is a
multi-faith virtual community designed to help meet religious and
spiritual needs by providing information and inspiration. It is not
affiliated with a particular religion or spiritual movement.
Global Ethics and Religion Forum
promotes global ethical responsibility by addressing specific issues through an intercultural and interreligious approach.
Ontario Consultants
on Religious Tolerance are dedicated to helping the
development of a religiously tolerant culture. Their site describes
many faith groups and belief sytems. They also have essays discussing
various religious topics and beliefs.
The
Religious Movements Homepage was created in the context of the
study of the Sociology of Religion, and contains a wealth of
information about various religious groups, especially new religious
movements.
ReligiousResources.org contains a comprehensive, searchable
directory of over 4000 religious-related Internet resources, organized
into over 300 categories.
Bibles and Bible Study
The Bible Gateway
has numerous bible translations available for reading and searching,
including foreign language editions.
Browse RSV and KJV Bibles in Frames This is a side-by-side
presentation of the King James and Revised Standard Version bible for
easy comparison.
The
Revised Common Lectionary is prepared by the
Consultation on Common Texts, and provided by the Vanderbilt Divinity Library. Suggested
readings from the Hebrew Bible, Psalms, Epistles, and Gospels are given for each week of the year, based on
a three-year cycle.
The Unbound Bible
is a collection of searchable bibles, including Greek and Hebrew,
along with several reference texts.
Magazines and Weblogs
Credenda Agenda is a
bimonthly periodical exploring all areas of life from a biblical,
classical Protestant perspective. The web site contains the full text
of the journal.
First Things is
published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an
interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose
purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy. The
web site has one or two articles from the current issue online, as
well as the most of the articles from older issues.
Touchstone: A Journal of
Mere Christianity is conservative in doctrine and eclectic in
content, with editors and readers from each of the three great
divisions of Christendom — Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox. The web
site has full-text of selected articles.
Specialty Topics
Christian Classics Ethereal
Library Classic Christian books in electronic formats,
currently located at Calvin College. Some are in specialty editions,
such as MP3, Palm docbook, and Microsoft Reader, in addition to text.
Works include both early church writers and later authors. For those
overwhelmed by the choices presented, there is a list of recommended
readings.
Moments With God
Inspirational presentations by Reata Strickland, with photographs,
text, and some with music. A special favorite is Interview With God, in several foreign languages
as well as English.
Veriditas - The Voice of the
Labyrinth Movement is committed to reintroducing the labyrinth in its many
forms as a spiritual tool.
The Cathedral Labyrinths The labyrinth
section of the Grace Cathedral (San Francisco) website includes an online interactive
"finger labyrinth."
DISCLAIMER: These links are
provided as a helpful resource. Inclusion of a link does not imply an
endorsement of the site nor of its owner or sponsor. The First
Presbyterian Church of Wheaton is not responsible for information
found or materials viewed as a result of links or connections
accessible from its web site.
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