Independent Methodist Churches
The Registered Office and Resource Centre
Fleet Street,
WIGAN
WN5 ODS

Tel. (01942) 223526    Fax. (01942) 227768
email: resourcecentre@imcgb.org.uk 

This acts as the hub and centre of all Connexional work. It is responsible for providing a service to the churches by which their material requirements can be met.

The Centre:

has a full time Manager who handles enquiries from churches and other bodies.

• operates a design and printing service for production of church letterheads, newsletters, posters, circuit plans and other local publications to order.
• has facilities for committee meetings and small group meetings.
• sends out monthly mailings to all the churches, on behalf of Connexional officers and departments.
• distributes the denomination’s publications and supplies other publications, audio visual equipment and church furnishings to order.
• houses the Independent Methodist Archives which can be used to trace many aspects of the history of the Connexion and individual churches. They are also valuable to family historians.

LITERATURE

Connexion Magazine
The monthly magazine of the Independent Methodist Churches is entitled 'Connexion'. Circulation is about 1,300. It is distributed by the Resource Centre and is sold in the churches. Individuals can take out a postal subscription by contacting the Resource Centre.

Other current publications include:

Introducing The Independent Methodists (A brief history and outline of the ministry and mission of the Connexion today)

• Directory (published annually), giving details of Connexional officers, Ministers and churches.
• Christian Foundations
• The Independent Methodists (published by James Clarke & Co, Cambridge, 2005).               This is the definitive history of the denomination.
• Peter’s People (early I.M. history)
• Model Church Rules
• Baptism Reconsidered
• The Lord’s Supper
• Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage
• Ministry
• Homosexuality and the Church