As a guide to help you in your search on the Internet of the best places to find used church furniture, we have put together a list of our top 5 places to look to find the best deals and selection. While there are hundreds of other places you could look, think of this as a starting point and go from there.

1. EBAY
   Probably the best place to start your search, Ebay offers hundreds of listings for new and used church pews, chairs, pulpits, tables, altars, and more. You can find some great deals on furniture and some even come with free shipping.
2. UsedChurchFurniture.com
   UsedChurchFurniture.com is a smaller list of used Church furniture, but a very good resource to check out in your search. They break down listings by region and give you the option to buy, sell, or donate used church equipment. If you are on a very tight budget, they have a free pews section which lists church pews that you can have for free.
3. Craigslist
   While Craigslist can be hit or miss with church furniture, it is an excellent place to check out and see what you can find. Usually you can find the lowest prices on Craigslist, plus you can narrow your search to a specific region so you won’t have to worry about shipping. If you are wanting to only buy locally, this would be the best place to get started.
4. Anderson Pews
   Anderson Pews has been in the used church furnishing business since 1987 and is a well respected company to buy and sell both used and new church pews, pulpits, chairs, tables, alters, and antique furniture. Their website is laid out with nice pictures of the furniture that they are offering, so you know exactly what you are looking at. They do take trade-ins which is great if you have older furniture that is still in good condition that you are selling.
5. 123 Christian
   The 123 Christian Business directory lists numerous Christian based businesses and offers a Church furniture section with a good selection of companies that offer both new and used church furniture. The list changes throughout the year with new companies consistently being added so it is a good resource if you can’t find what you are looking for in the first 4 places.

If you are in search of church resources to help you put together your daily dose of inspiration and the Word, the best place to turn to would be the World Wide Web. They don’t call it the Information Super Highway for no reason and that is the best place to start on your quest for useful church resources like sermon starters, helpful verses and daily doses of the Word, sermon creation software and other useful resources of that nature. It may take a while of weeding through the various facets of information and separating the useful from the not-so-useful tidbits, but in the end you will have come up with some valuable information and useful resources to go to for future sermons and other church-related needs as well.

In addition, the internet is also a great resource for those who are looking for church related news, print magazines and other such literature. Not only can you often find images of these church resources on the web, but you can also get great referrals and sometimes even better deals on such things on the internet.

If it is not web-based resources you are in search of, you might be able to find other useful church resources like books and articles to refer to through various internet-based forums on the web. People are the most common source of information and the best resource that you will ever be able to find, and internet discussion forums and chat rooms are going to be the best place to meet people with the same interests and needs as you. While you might want to be wary of the content of certain discussion threads and chat rooms, you will be able to find some useful sites with interesting people who might be able to put you in touch with useful church resources to help you stay focused and provide you with direction when it comes to the work you do for the church.

Everybody needs a little bit of inspiration sometimes, and that is what resources are for. Use the ever-advancing nature of technology to your advantage, and check out the many church resources that you can come into contact with via the World Wide Web. You might be surprised as to what you come up with.

For example, if you are looking for building materials. It is not always easy to find a Christian based businesses in your local phone book, but on a business directory you may find several that are available. Finding a business to work with that incorporates God’s teaching into their business practices is a great advantage. It let’s you know up front that you are dealing with a business that has integrity.

If you are remodeling or adding to your church, being able to find all your church resources in one place saves not only time, but also money. Church specialties, like furniture, pews, and pulpits are not done by all wood working shops, in fact it is a very specialized shop that actually builds and sells them. The reason it is difficult to find some one that specializes in church furniture, like pews is because a wood working shop needs to be set up to specifically design them, and the machinery needed is very expensive. So finding one can be a difficult task.

Even finding a craftsman to make a large cross is very hard. There are just not a lot of people that make and supply these particular types of church resources. Having the ability to go to one place like a Christian business directory will make your life a whole lot easier. The other things about these business directories, is that it lets the Christian community bound and help each other out, even if they live 600 miles apart. If you are having trouble locating a specific type of supplier, you can bet that some one in the business forum will know exactly where you can find one.

Once you have gotten the specialty items you need you can then locate other resources for your remodeling project. You can now find other trades like painters, or carpet companies. You can also find a contractor to hire to over see the whole project for you. Contractors that work with churches are also a specialized field of work, because it takes specific knowledge to work with a bank for financing these projects.

Staying within the Christian community to get your suppliers helps to keep God’s word spreading. The community that they serve will continue to have a local business that keeps God in the forefront. It helps them to be able to spread the word, not only with their immediate customers, but they also serve as an example to other businesses in their community.