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    Organizations
  • All Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase, Maryland - Knowing Christ and Making Him Known: Knowing Christ is more than knowing he exists, it is about an intimate relationship. Our mission is to help people embrace their relationship with Jesus Christ and invite others to share that gift. The Rev. Dr. Paul F.M. Zahl is the new Rector as of December 9, 2007.
  • Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals - The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is a broad coalition of evangelical Christians from various denominations, including Baptist, Congregational (Independent), Anglican (Episcopal), Presbyterian, Reformed, and Lutheran. The purpose of the Alliance’s existence is to call the Church, amidst a dying culture, to repent of its worldliness, to recover and confess the truth of God’s Word as did the reformers, and to see that truth embodied in doctrine, worship, and life.
  • American Anglican Council - We are mainstream Anglicans. We are orthodox Episcopalians. We're missionaries called to fulfill the Great Commission, to proclaim Biblical truth and to transform the Episcopal Church from within.
  • CaringBridge.org - CaringBridge® offers free personalized Web sites to those wishing to stay in touch with family and friends during significant life events. [e.g., hospital stays, etc.] CaringBridge authors quickly and easily create personalized Web sites that display journal entries and photographs. Well-wishers visit the site to read updates and leave messages in the Guestbook.
  • Cursillo - A three-day weekend of prayer, worship, study, fellowship, and the opportunity to experience the reality of the gift of God's unconditional love.
  • Diocese of Alabama - The Rt. Rev. Henry Parsley, Bishop
  • Diocese of South Carolina - The Rt. Rev. Mark Joseph Lawrence, Bishop
  • Episcopal Church Women - Diocese of Alabama - We are Episcopal Church Women committed to one another and called to be witnesses of Christ. Our challenge is to provide a safe place where every woman is free to become the person Christ created her to be. We are called. We are different. We are one body.
  • Fixed Point Foundation - Part think tank, part conventional ministry, Fixed Point Foundation is dedicated to teaching biblical truths within the cultural context... to engage those outside of the Christian faith, and to equip those within it.
  • International Justice Mission - International Justice Mission pursues justice for the oppressed using two broad approaches: Casework: IJM's legal and law enforcement professionals use investigation strategies, legal expertise, and cutting-edge technology to rescue individual victims of injustice and abuse around the world. Education: Through its education initiatives, IJM provides people of faith with the training, mobilization tools and resources to translate their convictions into active engagement.
  • Living Church Foundation - The mission of The Living Church Foundation is the promotion and support of orthodox, catholic Anglicanism within the life of the Episcopal Church.
  • Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes - The eventual goal is for the network to win recognition as the authentic Episcopal Church from Anglican bishops overseas and from Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox denominations that have already condemned the Episcopal Church for its actions.
  • NOEL - NOEL’s mission is to advocate the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death in the Church and society.
  • Prayer Book Society - The Prayer Book Society exists to maintain the Anglican Tradition of Common Prayer and to promote the use and understanding of the traditional Books of Common Prayer (e.g., USA, 1928).
  • Royal College of Organists - Music
  • Solar Light for Africa - Empowering the people of Africa with God's gift of the sun - founded by Bishop Alden M. Hathaway.

    People
  • Dr. Allen Ross - Devotions, Bible studies, and sermons.
  • Pyromaniacs: Setting the World on Fire - A blog like no other. There really are Calvinist Baptists in this world, and these guys are fun.
  • The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Lord Carey of Clifton, 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury - The official website of Lord Carey of Clifton, containing an extensive collection of the most important speeches and sermons given by George Carey, who after positions as parish priest and Bishop of Bath and Wells, became the 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury serving 70 million Anglicans worldwide from 1991 to 2002.
  • The Rev. Dr. Kendall Harmon - TitusOneNine is an up-to-the-minute blog hosted by Kendall Harmon, Canon Theologian of the Diocese of South Carolina. It is a very good source of information about the Episcopal Church, the Anglican Communion, and beyond.

    Places
  • Amistad Mission - Ecumenical mission in Cochabamba, Bolivia consisting of an orphanage for abandoned children, a rural clinic, and a retreat program for visitors.
  • Camp McDowell - Conference center and summer camp of The Diocese of Alabama.
  • Episcopal Book Store - Literature and merchandise located in the Cathedral Church of the Advent.
  • Kanuga Conferences - Affiliated with the Episcopal Church since 1928, Kanuga Conferences is situated on 1,400 mountain acres near Hendersonville, North Carolina, with scenic Kanuga Lake at its center. We welcome more than 35,000 guests annually, to the year-round conference center, Camp Kanuga, Camp Bob Summer, and the Mountain Trail Outdoor School.
  • Redeemer Presbyterian Church - Tim Keller's PCA church in New York City. An exceedingly robust, content-rich web site.

    Publications
  • Anglican Communion News Service - Official site of the Anglican Communion News Service
  • Anglican Digest - The most widely-read publication in the Anglican Communion.
  • Bible Gateway - The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online -- all in the language or translation of your choice. It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on keywords, phrases, or scripture reference.
  • Bible in English Standard Version (ESV) - Dean Harper recommends the ESV translation, and it is available in searchable online format at this link. This great translation is also available in print at The Episcopal Book Store.
  • Bible.com - A plethora of Bible resources.
  • Book of Common Prayer - Over two dozen Books of Common Prayer, and related works, from all over the Anglican Communion.
  • Church of England Newspaper - The original church newspaper, dating back to 1828 and which today has more than 25,000 readers who enjoy the paper every week. The website contains the main leader comment and the main news stories from the weekly edition, which is published on Fridays.
  • Classical Anglican Net News - Classical Anglican Net News site, one of the hottest Anglican News Sites on the Web, bringing "hot, fresh news right to your screen."
  • Dictionary of Episcopalian Terminology - A hyperlinked online dictionary compiled by the Rev. John Burwell at Church of the Holy Cross, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. [Okay, some might prefer to call a communion wafer "bread" rather than "the Host" but it's basically a very useful resource, especially if you don't know a canticle from a tunicle!]
  • Episcopal News Service - Official News site for the Episcopal Church.
  • First Things - 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 for the ordering of society.
  • Free Bible Commentary - These verse-by-verse, exegetical video, audio and printed commentaries are committed to the trustworthiness and authority of Scripture, emphasizing the intent of the original inspired author by means of their historical setting, literary context, grammatical features, choice of words, genre, and parallel passages.
  • Living Church Magazine - Serving Episcopalians since 1878.
  • Modern Reformation Magazine - A publication of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
  • New Reformation Press - Just as the first Reformation rediscovered, reclaimed and restated timeless truths from the Word of God, NRP's mission is to reintroduce these truths to the contemporary church and culture.
  • Seed and Harvest - The bi-monthly magazine of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
  • The Daily Office Online - The Online Daily Office exists to give busy people a way to particpate in Morning and Evening Prayer including the readings and psalms for each day (along with a bit of music). You will also find Noonday Prayer, Compline, and Devotions for Individuals and
  • Touchstone Magazine - A Journal of Mere Christianity - Touchstone is a Christian journal, 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 mission of the journal and its publisher, the Fellowship of St. James, is to provide a place where Christians of various backgrounds can speak with one another on the basis of shared belief in the fundamental doctrines of the faith as revealed in Holy Scripture and summarized in the ancient creeds of the Church.
  • White Horse Inn - The White Horse Inn is a nationally syndicated radio talk show hosted by Michael Horton, Rod Rosenbladt, Kim Riddlebarger and Ken Jones. On the air since 1990, the show features a regular roundtable discussion of Christian theology and apologetics.

    Schools
  • Advent Episcopal School - Offering superior education by incorporating an enhanced and accelerated program in a caring, Christian environment.
  • Beeson Divinty School - Samford University's interdenominational evangelical seminary has excellent Anglican scholars.
  • Christian Leadership Center - An amazing resource for teaching and studying the Bible and for theological explication.
  • Nashotah House Theological Seminary - Nashotah House is a seminary of the Episcopal Church whose mission is the preparation of men and women for ministries in the Catholic Tradition.
  • Ridley Hall - Theological College, Cambridge University. Ridley Hall trains men and women for the ordained ministry of the Anglican Communion. It seeks to renew the life and extend the mission of the Church as a worshipping community of learning grounded in the Bible and Gospel open to the Spirit and engaged with the whole Church. Principal, Chris Cocksworth.
  • Royal School of Church Music - An educational charity dedicated to raising standards and promoting music in every style of Christian worship and every denomination.
  • Royal School of Church Music America - RSCM of America
  • Trinity School for Ministry - Evangelical seminary in Ambridge, Pa. with links to other Episcopal seminaries, Christian research material, C.S. Lewis sources, etc.
  • Wycliffe Hall - Evangelical Theological College, Oxford University. Preparing Men and Women for Ministry in Church of England and other parts of the world. Principal, Rev Dr Richard Turnbull.
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