CHRISTIANITY AS A WORLD RELIGION
WHO ARE THE CHRISTIANS?"
Christians are those who follow Jesus Christ as God. The way in which they
do this differs from one religious group to another. Here is a selection of
Christian denominations or groups and they can speak for themselves.
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
Orthodox Church This is a useful source on Orthodox Christianity. contains good
explanations about all aspects of the faith. (Sadly no pictures)
Orthodox Christianity
Quite a useful page with a lot of detailed information.It is more geared towards
people who wish to convert to the faith. Even so - worth a look.
Coptic Orthodox Christians Coptic Christianity
is centred around Egypt. This is a useful, if slightly unusual website. Look for
the link to Coptic Network
Pictures The Egyptian branch of the Orthodox Church.
Orthodox Church
This site describes 12 things one ought to know about the Orthodox Church. It's
quite good, a bit long winded, but thorough!
ROMAN CATHOLIC
Catholic Information This site contains a
lot of topical issues on the Roman Catholic Church.
Vatican Site A large site of
limited use at GCSE level.
Roman Catholic Cathedral at Westminster Quite an interesting site. It shows a wide variety of
current activities.
Roman Catholic Church
A good example of how the church works at a local level.
Inside a Roman Catholic Church Parts of the church may be identified.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Church of England
History This is part of the official Church of England site.
Norwich Cathedral The
main website of Norwich Cathedral. It contains a useful number of links.
">Norwich Cathedral The
main website of Norwich Cathedral. It contains a useful number of links.
METHODIST CURCH
Methodist Church Organisation This is
the official website of the Methodist Church. Many good links.
Paignton Methodist Church
Lots of information on how a local Methodist Church works. There are some good
photographs of the interior.
SALVATION ARMY
Salvation Army This is the main page
of the Salvation Army's International Headquarters.
MORAVIAN CHURCH
Moravian Church The
official website of the Moravian Church.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Baptist Union A fairly
comprehensive site on the Baptist Church.
Teddington
Baptist Church Teddington Baptist Church. A website which contains a lot of detail
about church organisation. Some good photographs of baptism.
Bromley Baptist Church
The site has a fair amount of detail on events happening in the church.
Stratton Green A good example of
a fairly lively Baptist community.
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (URC}
URC A large website with all that you need to know about the United Reformed Church.
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Quakers)
The Quakers
Good information about this Christian organisation.
PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES
Elim Pentecostal Church
The Elim Pentecostal movement is one of the older Pentecostal organisations.
This church in Southport Lancashire was founded in 1931.
Peniel The Peniel Church in Brentwood is
a very active Pentecostal community. This is a good site, really worth exploring.
Toronto Airport Churchnow called "Catch the Fire" This church hit the
headlines in 1994 with the controversial "Toronto Blessing". It is still around
and thriving. A good site with some useful photographs. (Takes a while to load
so be patient).
CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT
Charismatic movement
The link here takes the form of an article on the subject in the resource "Believe."
It is thorough and reliable.
WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
World Council For an explanation of the word
"ecumenical" and for a look at the way in which churches world-wide are working
together.
JESUS
What did Jesus look
like? This is a serious study of the possibilities. It bases its
conclusions on what the Bible says though rather than what we know people of
Palestine at that time looked like.
Shroud of Turin A
short introduction to this topic. But it draws few conclusions.
Shroud of Turin A fascinating website
with lots of sound information about the shroud and interactive pages.
Shroud of Turin Education Project
A useful source of information about the shroud with good pictures and ideas.
From
Jesus to Christ This is an amazing site based on the FRONTLINE series.
This is serious stuff, presented in an attractive manner. Search around for
what you want.
Crucifixion An
incredible article by a man with the name Joe Zias. He talks about crucifixion
in the ancient world and shows that its roots go back a long way before Roman
times.
History
of crucifixion An article on the archaeology of crucifixion taken from the
series From Jesus to Christ.
PLACES IN PALESTINE
Church of the
Holy Sepulchre Visit the website of this most sacred Christian monument.
It is reputed to be the place where Jesus was crucified and where his
resurrection occurred.
Old Jerusalem
Photographs This link has changed recently and one has to select Jerusalem from the menu.
These are still super photographs.
Garden Tomb Some
Christians believe that this is realy the place of Jesus' burial. It is
believed to have been in the garden of the home of Joseph of Arimathea outside
the city walls of Jerusalem.
PILGRIMAGE
Christians may make these holy journeys to important religious sites. Here
are two examples of such sites.
Walsingham The
shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham became known as "England's Nazareth"
Santiago de Compostela This
international shrine dedicated to the Apostle St James, draws thousands of
pilgrims each year. (When looking at this site, don't forget to click the
English translation!)
CHRISTIAN FESTIVALS
In fact the Christianity owes its origins to Easter when the death and
resurrection of Jesus took place, but Churches are also very full at Christmas
to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Christmas
Lent customs and traditions This is a Canadian firm that produces small leaflets called Pass It On.They seem to be on Christian themes. They're a bit wordy and old fashioned but sound and FREE!
Easter
HELPS TO THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE
International
Bible Society This site answers a large number of questions about the
Bible.
Bible
details Helps to the study of the Bible that should help with those preps.
Biblical factsheet.