Advanced Ministry - free christian website tools

Web resources for christians are finally beginning to become proffessional in their design, approach and business models - thanks to web 2.0 tools and applications. One website that is making good use of this is Advanced Ministry - "Critical Resources for a Critical Mission". It features of wealth of tools and media and a free website.

Advanced Ministry

Miro - Internet TV and video player

It's been 6 months since the last post. That's a long time and a lot of things have changed in freeware since then.

First up is Miro, a free open source Internet TV and video player. It can also automatically download videos from RSS-based channels and features a built-in BitTorrent client.

What I like about Miro is the ability to create a playlist of FLV files. This is a feature I found missing from the Applian FLV player. But of course Miro does so much more than Applian's player.

• It plays many video files (mov, wmv, avi, xvid and more)
• Explore and subscribe to over 2500 free channels
• Search download and save videos from across YouTube, Veoh, Google, Revver, DailyMotion, Yahoo and BlipTV
  
  

EretzYisroel.org

EretzYisroel.org has information about Israel that all Christians need to know. Twice today I have been told to pray for peace in Jerusalem, and I suggest that if you are a born-again Christian you do the same as well.

There are some fascinating articles on Israeli history, religious and political analysis of the Middle East, photos of the holy land and the origins of the Arab-Jewish conflict over Palestine.

Click here for an article on prayer for the peace of Jerusalem.

Churchlink

Welcome to Churchlink - a platform for the development of quality Christian resources on the Internet. Check out the subject index below -- your map to a virtual goldmine of Bible studies, leadership training materials and reference material.

Audio and video from the Internet Ministry Conference 2007

Last September, hundreds of people gathered in Grand Rapids, Michigan to attend the Internet Evangelism Conference 2007—all there to learn about how to do effective online ministry. Conference workshops covered topics like evangelism in Second Life, managing volunteers in an online ministry, writing effectively for the web, and lots more.

If you weren’t able to attend the conference, you’re in luck—videos from several of the workshops are now online for you to watch. They include workshops by David Bruce of Hollywood Jesus, Robby Richardson of Gospel Communications, and five others.
In addition to those videos, audio from several other conference workshops is available over at the Internet Ministry Conference blog. There’s lots of material to watch and listen to, so see what looks interesting and check it out! And if you like what you see/hear, the next Internet Ministry Conference is slated for October 2008.

MillaMeter Studios - Free design downloads

MillaMeter Studios provide web/graphic/GUI designs that are VERY nice! They also have a free download section of wallpapers, dual-wallpapers and WindowBlinds. Have a look at their free Photoshop CS Tutorials as well - well worth it!

NOTE: Please be aware that these downloads are for your personal/pleasure use only. None of these downloads are to be used in any other manner other than for your desktop. You may not use portions from any of these images in any way to use them towards skins or to lift elements and insert them into your own art.

Rainlendar - A free customizable desktop calendar

Rainlendar is a feature rich calendar application that is easy to use and doesn't take much space on your desktop. The application is platform independent so you can run it both on Windows and on Linux. The appearance can be customized with skins and you can even mix different skins together.

It is possible to use Rainlendar with other calendar applications too. Rainlendar uses the standard iCalendar format to store its events and tasks so you can easily transfer them between applications.