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Lamb of God's Open Services

Concept

Lamb of God's Open Services (LOGOS) is meant to be a simple easy to use suite of Christian Web Master Tools for use by God's people and more specifically by the web masters of websites owned by Christian ministry organizations.  After formatting the system using an easy to use and well documented GUI type interface the web master will be able to cut and paste several lines of basic code to the existing HTML.  The web master will be able to reap all of the benefits of PHP coding and MySQL databases without having access or knowledge of either.  The nuts and bolts will be completely invisible to the web master so that  he may go on designing his website with the multitude of WYSIWYG web publishing applications available on the market today.  My prayer is that the time and money that is saved  by the work that I do here will free him up for other work in ministry.

Meaning of Name

The possessive form and the name of this software suite is not meant to claim an endorsement by the King of Kings himself.  Instead the title represents my complete surrender of the computer skills that He has given me at His feet.  As worthless as they are next to pure sinless life that He gave to us, my hope is that His Spirit might inhabit them and use them to take His Gospel to the nations.

Vision

To have an Open Source Christianity means to work out (not work for) your own salvation with fear and trembling before God.  The time is short and the days are evil.  I lay all that I have at the feet of the Cross and let God and not man decide it's value.  I confess that none of it has any value and stand in hope that when the Spirit of God inhabits my work it will be empowered to accomplish the impossible that has been given me to take the Gospel to the Nations!

Timeline

One can expect that this system will begin to be usable by the beginning of 2006.  From there it will expand and grow as the Spirit leads.

Funding

To date this project has no funding except for the provision that trickles in somehow allowing the work to continue.  Thank God that He is faithful in ways that we can not understand.  Full time sponsors would certainly ease the burden so that the project can continue without financial hinderances.  If you feel that God is laying on your heart to be such a sponsor please contact us at missionarysupport@computergeeks4christ.org.  Otherwise I rejoice against reason because the trying of my faith works patience.

Language Support

To date this project is available only to speakers of the English tongue.  If God is laying on your heart to undertake the task of translating the documentation and screen presentation into another language please contact us at missionarysupport@computergeeks4christ.org so that we can begin making plans as the Spirit leads.

Code Submission

At this point the project is being produced by my soul coding efforts and my wife's artistic contributions.  There is no system in place for a collaborative work.  However if you feel in your heart that God is leading you to make a contribution of your coding talents then please contact us at missionarysupport@computergeeks4christ.org so that we can begin to make plans as the Spirit leads.

Security

The system will be protected by an encryption algorithms as well as the physical security afforded by blue host.  The system will not be backed-up due to limitations in server space and funding however a service is available for each web master to back up his own data and regular use is encourged.

Privacy Policy

We will not willingly sell, give, or otherwise divulge private information about any of our patrons.  We will cooperate completely with law enforcement and other government agencies requiring such information in compliance with the law.  We can not and do not make any guarantees expresses or implied as to the safe keeping of your private information.  We will make every attempt possible to keep your information private as an act of goodwill and Christian Love.

Terms of Use

A complete list of terms of use is available when signing up for this service.  It also may be received by email upon request in the Integrated LOGOS Console.  The terms stated here are incomplete and for convenience only but not binding.  The terms stated during sign-up procedures are binding.  Essentially to use this system a Christian Organization must consent to monitoring.  If we consider that you are preaching a doctrine other than the True Gospel of Christ or a morality contrary to His Word your service will be terminated.  In addition all parties agree not to take legal action against one another but to follow the procedures outlined in I Corinthians 6:1-8 for Christian brethren to settle disputes.

Scripture Service

This service allows a web master to configure and add services to his website for searching the King James Version of the bible, chapter and verse lookup, and daily email delivery of scripture for the purpose of reading through the entire bible in one year.  It also contains links to the Hebrew and Greek words used for the entire scriptures.  

Calendar Service

This service allows a web master to set up a calendar of events.  The calendar can be displayed in a miniature and/or full page form.  When an end user accesses an entry it will be displayed in full page view.  Additionally the end user may elect to receive calendar notifications directly by email.  The web master may configure the look and feel of any pages as he pleases.  

Announcement Service

This service allows a web master the freedom to display announcements such as those in the weekly church bulletin. These announcements may be displayed as a preview of most recent announcements and/or an endless full page archive of all of the announcements.  The web master may set an expiration date to automatically purge an announcement from the database.  The web master is given complete freedom in the look and feel of the service.

Message Service

This service is the most exciting portion of LOGOS.  Try as they might the deepest interior of China can not seem to keep their people from surfing the Western World's web sites.  Now with the out reach capability of the Internet and the Power of God a Christian can take the Gospel to the Nations with a the click of a mouse.

The service allows a web master to maintain a video, audio, and/or transcriptional archive of all the messages spoken from the pulpit of his Christian organization.  With the help of a digital camera a web master will easily be able to allow the end user access to the most recent messages plus a search-able archive of past messages.  An end user may elect to receive the weekly message in his email.  There is complete control over the look and feel.

Newsletter Service

This service will allow a web master to easily implement a search-able archive of all of the newsletters produced by his Christian organization.  The end user may elect to have these delivered in his email at intervals specified by the webmaster.  The look and feel is customizable.

Directory Service

This service allows a web master to set up a complete phone/email directory for every member of his Christian organization.  An open or a password protected may be implemented by the webmaster.  The look and feel is in the hands of the web master.

Prayer Request Service

This service allows a web master to extend to the end user the ability to publicly or privately request prayer and pray for fellow believers.  All submissions are reviewed by the web master before being posting.  The look and feel will be up to the web masters artistic license.

Backup Service

Here a web master may back up all of his data into a zip file and download it.  Both the back up and the restore are at the click of a mouse.  Use of this service is highly encouraged as we do not backup your data.

Integrated LOGOS Console

This is the password protected central control panel that will allow a web master complete freedom over the services that are used on the web site of his Christian oranization.  This console will be a GUI type interface that will be well documented and easy to use.  Most operations will be with the click of a mouse.