Saturday, March 22, 2003

Web development contributes to Church Mission If I can make a go of an upcoming Web project,  and renew some efforts to add new features to a Church Web for which I have found little time to go beyond mere "updates",  there may be a "synergy" that can happen by applying some of the "code" used for one business Web project to enhance the features of the Church Web that is in need of a redesign and upgrade of features.  User/member customizations are important to building Church INTRAnets,  where members are given tools to extend their involvement in the ongoing dialogue around what it means to be "Church" at this moment in our corporate journey. comment [] 10:24:32 AM

A renewed thesis: Opportunities for the Church in Online Community I have been thinking about the Doctorate of Ministry (aka DMin) program that started me on this "Church and the Web" vocational journey.  I had completed all the steps save the final project back in the Spring of 1997,  just prior to my moving to Nashville to work fulltime.  I regret having abandoned that program,  but I was consumed in rapidly acquiring every Web development skill I could in order to "keep up" and stay abreast of needed Web development skills.  Perhaps it's not a dead issue.  Many of those original convictions expressed in those papers written between 1993 and 1997 are still valid, but in need of update as new Web technologies have come and gone.  The options for providing community tools and "places" as a ministry of the Church,  have grown dramatically.  Would there be a DMin program that could help me complete or "re-engage" with those directions?   (The papers I had thus far submitted can be seen here) comment [] 10:19:01 AM

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