Resources for emerging church

small fire

small fire aims to capture something of the essence of alternative worship by logging photos of various acts of worship 'to give a wider audience some idea of what is going on'

Jesus Pics

Jesus painter has some great paintings on his sight, but if you're looking for a more varied collection the old bill has put together this great collection. Generously bill let me borrow some of the images and turn it into this slideshow(it's in powerpoint- sorry mac peeps!)

Free photos

 If you're searching for that perfect photo then sxc and corbis are well worth checking out. they're massive photo stores where thousands of people share their (high-resolution) photos, largely royalty free.

Graphics for worship

Emergent minister has pulled together some great images, videos and MP3s for use in worship. If you're planning an alternative worship event he also has some great ideas

BBC Motion Gallery

If you've ever watched BBC footage and thought 'hmm... i wish i recorded that' or found yourself eagerly searching the internet for some video to inspire worship or provoke discussion check out BBC Motion Gallery. It stocks ' thousands of shots from the vast and diverse archives of the BBC and CBS News'. 'Spanning over 70 years, BBC content encompasses more than 300,000 hours of footage, including a wealth of material covering natural history, wildlife, news, locations, art, music, celebrities, culture, performing arts and more.' Most stuff you need to apply for and that costs (and probably costs lots), but there are some samples that are useable...