Thanks to the hard work of Albert Farley and a
host of excellent writers and contributors, West Virginia Christian
has been reaching the mailboxes of grateful readers for eleven
years. Our hope and prayer is that it continues for many years
to come. Thanks to the hard work of Albert Farley and a
host of excellent writers and contributors, West Virginia Christian
has been reaching the mailboxes of grateful readers for eleven
years. Our hope and prayer is that it continues for many years
to come.
Ten months ago the paper increased its readership
well beyond the Ohio Valley. Again, thanks to Albert's hard work,
issues of West Virginia Christian now appear online at
TheBible.net. You can access
WVC issues from March 2004 forward simply by logging on to the
internet and entering this URL: www.TheBible.net/wvc.
That web address is the permanent home of West
Virginia Christian Online. Lord willing, both past and
future issues will be added to the site.
It's great to have a copy of WVC by your
bedside to read every night; WVC
Online provides additional benefits. You can now copy
and paste articles and use them in church bulletins or email them
to friends. Copy and paste them into your word processor and use
them for Bible classes or in home Bible studies. Copy and file
them electronically for future study. Have you misplaced an issue?
If that favorite article by your favorite writer was published
since March 2004, it's online now. This permanent, accessible
repository of WVC articles will prove to be a valuable
resource for years to come. Though the actual paper goes to 2500+
addresses, it's possible for thousands more, even tens of thousands,
to read the paper online.
There's more: In addition to reading WVC
Online, you can access hundreds of audio
files, and hundreds of articles, numerous reference
materials, discussion
forums, news updates, Bible
texts, and more by using WVC's host, TheBible.net.
TheBible.net also features hundreds of articles
for children written by Mark McWhorter; McGarvey's Commentary
on Acts and The FourFold Gospel, Nave's Topical
Bible Studies, Easton's Bible Dictionary, and other
reference works.
TheBible.net hosts an online school: the Internet
School of Biblical Studies. ISBS provides Christians (non-Christians
too) the opportunity to study God's word wherever they are, whenever
they choose. Sound brothers and sisters in Christ use articles,
lesson materials, audio files, books, discussion forums, and more
to teach more than a hundred students each term through ISBS.
This writer has solely financed TheBible.net since
its inception. Though it already represents a considerable investment
in time, energy, and finances, it has a long way to go to be the
best tool possible. Future plans call for an increased role for
Internet School of Biblical
Studies by expanding our faculty to 50 faithful Christians,
adding courses through streaming video, and expanding our enrollment
to 1,000 students or more per year.
I encourage you to support TheBible.net.
It is not only worth every cent invested in it, but it is also
one of the most cost effective good works in the Lord's kingdom.
TheBible.net and the Internet School of Biblical Studies have
no full time staff, only volunteers. No one makes any money from
this effort; everything we provide is free.
We are raising $6000 to allow us to (1) purchase
new software and hardware, (2) lease our own dedicated server,
and (3) pay for technical support (graphic and programming) for
the next year. Our goal is to raise that $6,000 by January/February
of 2005. One third has already been raised. These funds will allow
us to convert and upload audio and video courses created by World Video Bible School (with
their express permission) for online use. Imagine thousands -
even tens of thousands - of souls all over the world watching
sound Bible teaching as a result of these efforts.
Upgrading to our own dedicated server will increase
our data capacity by a factor of 80. We will be able to host 80
times the audio, video, text, and graphic content that TheBible.net
currently hosts. I've estimated that just half of the server space
will hold 800-1,000 hours of streaming video. Can you imagine
having 1,000 hours of easily-accessible gospel preaching and Bible
study? Our new server will also allow us to drastically increase
our audio files. Currently, we have more than 300 audio files
online; our new server will allow us to host thousands more.
We need your help, and we desire your prayers.
For more information go to www.TheBible.net/support,
or email me at jody
- at -TheBible.net. Funds are being accepted by the Media
Church of Christ (Attention: Wesley Ewing, Treasurer), 423
South Jackson Street, Media, PA 19063. All records of finances
and activity, are online at TheBible.net/support.