{"id":4842,"date":"2014-07-23T08:01:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2014-07-22T21:32:05","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T04:32:05","slug":"websites-meet-your-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4842","title":{"rendered":"WEBSITES: Meet Your Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/thev3movement.org\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/thev3movement.org\">V3 Church Planting Movement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to find, meet, and welcome new neighbors in your community who not only don&#8217;t know Christ but also follow another of the world&#8217;s religions? These sites could help you organize a prayer walk or educational field trip, and perhaps make a friend with someone who may not know many Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Islam<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salatomatic.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.salatomatic.com\">Salatomatic<\/a>\u00a0claims to be the world&#8217;s most comprehensive guide to mosques and Islamic schools. It lists the branch of Islam, the language of services, and often the ethnic background of constituents. The site is frequently updated. Another great site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zabihah.com\/beta\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.zabihah.com\/beta\">Zabibah<\/a>, lists halal restaurants and markets for Muslims by cities and zip codes.<\/p>\n<p>Buddhism<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddhanet.info\/wbd\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.buddhanet.info\/wbd\">Buddhanet<\/a> helps identify not only where temples are located but also the Buddhist tradition to which that particular sacred space adheres. It lists Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana (Tibetan), and non-sectarian\/mixed temples.<\/p>\n<p>Hinduism<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatemples.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.usatemples.com\">USATemples<\/a> lists Hindu temples all around the United States. Another way to meet Hindus is at festivals. See this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0777465.html.\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipa\/A0777465.html.\">list of Hindu festival dates through 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jainism<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jainatemples.org\/Support\/JainaCenters.aspx\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/jainatemples.org\/Support\/JainaCenters.aspx\">Jaintemples<\/a> list all of the Jain temples and centers in North America. Jainism is one of the world&#8217;s oldest religions. Jains are doctrinally vegetarian and often volunteer at animal rights organizations, which makes this an easy way to identify and meet them.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/thev3movement.org\/2014\/05\/four-essential-tools-for-understanding-your-new-neighbors-religion\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/thev3movement.org\/2014\/05\/four-essential-tools-for-understanding-your-new-neighbors-religion\/\">See this list in context on the V3 site<\/a>. See also their helpful article, <a href=\"http:\/\/thev3movement.org\/2013\/11\/exegeting-a-neighborhood-within-the-city\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/thev3movement.org\/2013\/11\/exegeting-a-neighborhood-within-the-city\/\">Exegeting a Neighborhood within the City<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: V3 Church Planting Movement Want to find, meet, and welcome new neighbors in your community who not only don&#8217;t know Christ but also follow another of the world&#8217;s religions? These sites could help you organize a prayer walk or educational field trip, and perhaps make a friend with someone who may not know many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=4842\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WEBSITES: Meet Your Neighbors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4843,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4842\/revisions\/4843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}