Resources for United Methodist Church Leaders

General resources

Below are links to pages whose subjects apply to many different leadership areas within a church.

• Administrative Council (Church Council) resources (GBOD)
  - new 8/18/2011
• Agile Ministry - dedicated to church leadership, ministry management, and volunteer recruiting.
• APUMC Publicity Request form (PDF)
• The 7 layers of the Emergent Church
• APUMC church calendar
• Church Leader & Pastor helps (Zondervan)
• Church Library resources
• Church Secretary resources (UMC.org) - new 8/18/2011
• Cokesbury
• Book of Discipline - online subscription
• Demographics by ZIP Code
• Demographic studies - Percept
• Discipleship ministries (GBOD)
• Discipleship resources (free PDF downloads)
• FaithQuest Newsletter archive (UM GBOD)
• General Agencies of the United Methodist Church
• General Commission on Archives and History
• Historian resources (UMC.org)
• Horizon -- online newsletter
• Internet Christian Library
• Interpreter magazine -- for active United Methodists
• Is God calling you?
• "It worked for us" - Adult
• "It worked for us" - Youth
• "It worked for us" - Children
• Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center
• "Leading from the Center" newsletter
• Leader Resources (UMC)
• Legal Services (GCFA)
• "Listen with your eyes" (Discipleship Journal)
• New World Outlook magazine
• QuickInsight - useful statistics for churches
• Recruiting volunteers
• Religious days - Google link sets
• Religious-oriented software for handhelds
• Religion & Spirituality links (Google search site)
• Religion Resources (a link collection -- this site)
• Small Group Ministry
• "The Wired Pastor", Christianity Today
• UM Reporter ("Portal"), including blogs - new 8/18/2011
• United Methodist periodicals online (Google directory)
• United Methodist Service Center
• When Questions Arise: Legal and Other Resources Within and Outside The United Methodist Church (PDF file format)