United Methodist Church
Links
Ministries Supported by
Northaven
Children/Youth - Education,
Enrichment, Entertainment
Religion/Resources &
Reference
http://www.ntcumc.org
The North Texas Conference, the governing body of United
Methodist
churches and organizations in the area.
http://www.ntcumc.org/ListUMR.html
The North Texas Reporter, the official publication of the
North Texas
Conference of the UMC.
http://www.reporterinteractive.org/
The United Methodist Reporter, the online version of the
denomination‚s
weekly newspaper.
http://umns.umc.org/index1.htm
The United Methodist News Service, the official news
agency for the
denomination
http://www.umc.org/index.asp
The denomination's main website
http://gbgm-umc.org/home_page/index.cfm
The General Board of Global Ministries, the
denomination's mission arm.
http://www.gbod.org/
The General Board of Discipleship, the denomination‚s
arm that provides
resources and services to congregations.
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/
The women's division, United Methodist Women, which „works
to build a
supportive community among women, and helps foster growth
in the
Christian faith, mission education, and Christian social
involvement.
http://www.rmnetwork.org/index.php
The Reconciling Ministries Network, „a national
grassroots organization
that exists to enable full participation of people of all
sexual
orientations and gender identities in the life of the
United Methodist
Church, both in policy and practice.
http://www.cokesbury.com/
The online site for Cokesbury, the United
Methodist-affiliated bookstore
http://www.upperroom.org/
The Upper Room, a United Methodist devotional ministry;
includes a daily
devotional
http://www.dallaspeacecenter.org/
Dallas Peace Center, the oldest and largest peace and
justice
organization in North Texas
http://www.echotheatre.org/
Echo Theatre, a women‚s theater in Dallas
http://www.juniorplayers.org/
Junior Players, a primary provider of free after-school
and summer arts
programs for low-income youth.
Northaven
Co-operative School
http://www.promisehouse.org/
Promise House, a Dallas nonprofit that provides
residential care,
counseling and prevention/intervention services to
troubled youths.
http://www.churchcommunity.org/
Greater Dallas Community of Churches, a local coalition
that „is an
expression of the care and compassion of Christ and the
unity of the
church.
http://www.ntcumc.org/ProjTran/index.html
Project Transformation, a United Methodist ministry that
allows college
interns to provide free after-school and summer day care
to inner-city
children in the Dallas area.
http://www.wesleyrankin.org/
Wesley-Rankin Community Center, a multi-purpose center
that serves a
mostly Hispanic neighborhood in West Dallas.
http://www.saludypaz.org/
Salud y Paz is a medical mission to Guatemala managed by
Dr. Phillip
Plunk and his wife, JoAn Dwyer, two members of
Northaven.
Northaven
Co-operative School
" Youth Oriented
Interreligious Friends of Lesbians and Gays
http://rev-fun.gospelcom.net/
Reverend Fun, daily cartoons with religious themes.
http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_608.html
Beliefnet‚s page dedicated to teen issues; includes
columns, quizzes,
advice, links.
http://www.gospelcom.net/
Gospelcom.net, „a ministry of Gospel Communications
International, is a
strategic online alliance of more than 300 ministries
from around the
world formed with the express purpose of using Internet
technology for
effective communication of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.‰
Includes news,
devotionals, educational resources, related links.
http://www.biblegateway.com/
Bible Gateway, a tool for reading and researching
scripture on line;
searches by passage number or by keyword; 17 English
translations and 34
foreign-language translations available.
http://www.crosssearch.com/
CrossSearch, an online directory of Christian webites
that can be
browsed by category (arts and entertainment, education
and growth, news
and media, etc.) or explored via keyword searches.
http://iclnet93.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-resources.html
Not Just Bibles, an exhaustive guide to Christian
resources on the
Internet
http://www.beliefnet.com/
Beliefnet, an independent, multi-faith on-line magazine
with a mission
to provide information, inspiration and entertainment;
interactive
features include prayers circles, discussions and
dialogue groups.
http://www.hymnsite.com/
HymnSite, a collection of lyrics to the hymns in public
domain in the
United Methodist Hymnal; also features MIDI sound files
of hymns played
on organ, piano or bells and links to other hymn
websites.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/
The Cyber Hymnal, a collection of 4,100 hymns and gospel
songs from
several denominations; includes scores, pictures, history
and MIDI
files.
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu
The Wabash Center, an annotated guide to a variety of
Internet resources
related to the study and practice of religion.
http://www.hartfordinstitute.org/index.html
Hartford Institute for Religion, another useful guide to
religious
links.
http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/
The Rutgers Virtual Religion Index, designed to advance
research in
matters of religion.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/divinity/divlist.html
Duke Divinity School‚s Internet Resources in
Religion and Theology, a
guide to Internet sources on the study and practice of
religion.
http://www.sojo.net/
Sojourners, a Christian ministry whose mission is to
proclaim and
practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal
and social
justice.