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South Los Angeles church turns theft into a reason to give
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700
After a boy stole the collection plate, the congregation at Holman United Methodist Church starts Jobs for Kids to reach out to teens. When he speaks about the boy who stole the collection plate, the Rev. Henry L. Masters likes to recount the Old Testament story of Joseph and the good that ultimately resulted from his misfortune.
Pope apologizes for clerics' sex abuse
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Pope Benedict XVI said at a Mass today that he was "deeply sorry" for the sexual abuse of children by Roman Catholic clergy in Australia, describing the offenses as evil and a grave betrayal of trust.
Pastors defy United Methodist officials to conduct gay weddings
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Some have officiated at such ceremonies, some plan to and 82 retired ministers have offered their services. Bishop warns that violating church guidelines has consequences. Scores of United Methodist Church ministers in California are putting their careers on the line in an open revolt against religious edicts that forbid them to conduct weddings for gay and lesbian couples.

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Ad Hoc - Resources for teaching and research relating to the history of Christianity, compiled by Yale University.

Ancient History Sourcebook: Christian Origins - Takes a look through the history of the Church from the first century to present-day as well as links to other faiths such as Islamic and Jewish.

Christian Biography Resources - A directory of links to sources on British and American authors, preachers, hymn writers and missionaries, together with links to collections of Christian biographies.
Meta Description: [ Biographical information resource for preachers, missionaries, hymn writers and other servants of the Lord Jesus Christ. ]

Christian Connection: Biographies - 100+ biographical articles.

Christian History - Includes recent articles from Christianity Today magazine.
Meta Description: [ Exploring the first 2,000 years of the Christian church, Christian History & Biography gives you a new article each week examining everything from the life and times of Jesus to C.S. Lewis. ]

Christian History Institute - Features daily articles, quotations, chronologies, and reviews.
Meta Description: [ Christian History Institute welcome page ]

Church History and Historical Theology - Annotated directory. Patristics, New Testament era to 1200, 1200-1600, links.
Meta Description: [ Annotated directory of Internet resources for the study of church history and historical theology. ]

ChurchRodent: Glossary of Christian History - By R. A. Tatum, partly based on Bruce Shelley's Christian History in Plain Language.

Cross Search Church History - Links: to churches, archives, glossaries, specific theologies, and general history.
Meta Description: [ Sites with information about the history of the Christian church since Christ. ]

404 Days of Wesley - John Wesley: free daily email; short anecdotes from life and work; bibliography; links; timelines, glossary, summaries of sermons and works.

Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature - A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. By Henry Wace.

Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University - Collections and publications, databases, online periodicals in religion/theology, directory of online resources.

Ecole Initiative - Hypertext encyclopedia of early Christian Church history.

History of Christianity in China - A small encyclopedia, including information on Chinese culture.
Meta Description: [ A Site on Christianity in China ]

404 History of the Christian Church - Extensive text of the work by Philip Schaff (1819-1893). The work discusses the time period from the earliest days of Christianity through the Reformation.

James Kiefer's Hagiographies - Brief biographical notes, arranged by (Anglican) liturgical calendar.

404 Olive Tree Bible Software - Church History Timeline - Interactive timeline showing church and bible history. Requires Java.
Meta Description: [ NIV, Olive Tree Bible Software for Palm, PocketPC, Smartphone, Blackberry and Symbian , Windows CE and Handspring Visor Devices and PDA's. electronic bible, handheld bible software, microsoft reader bible, smartphone ]

Overview of Late Antiquity - Includes several articles on Christianity in the 4th-7th centuries; many articles on the historical and religious background.

Story of the Church - Overview of church history through the reformation: notes from classes taught at Community Bible Chapel, Richardson, Texas.
Meta Description: [ Church history - extensive notes covering the period up through the Reformation. ]

Territorial Evolution of Christianity - Historical review, with statistics and maps.
Meta Description: [ Religión en países: Adhesion, creyentes y creencias. ]

The Christian Catacombs of Rome - History and description of the underground cemeteries used from the 2nd to the 5th centuries. Includes a section on the symbols used, but no images.
Meta Description: [ The Christian Catacombs of Rome: outline, history, importance as historical evidence of the life and martyrdom of the early Church. This site is intended for people who wish to deepen their knowledge of the Christian Catacombs of Rome and of the Church history in its origins. The site provides ex... ]

The Tredways: Church History Timelines - Major events shown in two timelines: ancient and medieval, reformation and modern.

The Wesleys (John, Charles, Susanna) and Their Times - Loads of material, primary and secondary sources.
Meta Description: [ Loads of Wesley material here, primary and secondary sources. Free historical graphics too. John Wesley is recognized as the founder of Methodism. His brother Charles wrote many hymns. ]

Wesley Center for Applied Theology - Archive of Wesleyan and Holiness texts; sales of Wesleyan Heritage CD-ROM.

Worlds of Late Antiquity - Materials relating to the culture of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity (roughly 200-700 C.E.); by James O'Donnell at Georgetown University.