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Faith Based Communities

For those who are interested in how faith based communities can use information and communication technologies to support their missions.


Latest Blog Posts
Read recently published entries from DDN member's blogs. Any DDN member can have their blog listed here, all you have to do is write a new entry.
Blogging for Nonprofits: There's Less to This Than Meets the Eye
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | May 18
Here's some good news for nonprofit and philanthropic professionals who wonder whether they should create blogs for their organizations:
Appropriate Technology on a Shoestring
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | May 13

I sometimes joke that some of the mission-based organizations that I've assisted have earned the titled of "
A leap of faith: Buying a used laptop online
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | April 13
Today I embarked on an experiment:  I  bought a refurbished laptop computer online.

Should All Nonprofit Organizations Have An Educational Mission?
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | March 17
Today I had a chance to meet and schmooze with Al Essa, who...
The Telephone Analogy
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | February 12
Are you a nonprofit/philanthropic professional who is having trouble making the case that your organization needs to bring its technology infrastructure into the 21st century - or at least into the 1990s?
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Featured Articles
Cell Phones for Soldiers
By: Sharon Parry, A Sense Of Place Network | April 21, 2005
My husband, with my help, just became a drop off center for cell phones. This organization was started by two of our favorite youth with a great idea to help our soldiers be able to communicate with their families at little or no cost to them even while overseas. The process works like this... a place of business sets up a box to collect cell phones that others no longer use...when there is a...

The Riders Movement
By: Deborah Elizabeth Finn | January 16, 2005
The Circuit Rider movement (sometimes known as the "

Research Report on Faith Based CTCs Available
By: Andrew Sears, A Sense Of Place Network | January 7, 2005
A new research report on faith-based CTC's is available online. You can find the report at: http://www.techmission.org/resources/teens.php TechMission was awarded a partnership grant from the US Department of Education CTC Grant Program to develop a toolkit to support and document partnerships between high school schools and...

The Fire Next Time: L.A.'s FAME Renaissance
By: Mark London Williams | October 29, 2001
The First American Methodist Episcopal Church’s Renaissance program is one of America’s first faith-based small technology business incubators. Rev. Mark Whitlock describes its unique business plan as "not so much concerned about making money for ourselves," but rather, the community around it.

Bridging the Digital Divide: A Faith-Based Initiative
By: Owupele M. Bamson, Chapel of Peace | March 21, 2001
With its success in providing the Caribbean immigrant community of Nashville with hands-on computer training, the Chapel of Peace exemplifies the significant role that grassroots faith based organizations play in narrowing the digital divide.

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Web Resources
 
Areopagitica
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | January 18, 2005
A media blog for the faith-based non-profit sector

Ministerial Alliance Against the Digital Divide
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | January 09, 2005
The Ministerial Alliance Against the Digital Divide is an organization of Chicago-area ministers devoted to bridging the digital divide between those who have ready access to the Internet and those who do not.

Religious News Online
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | December 28, 2004
This site is about spreading news regarding the religions of the world. It is a collection of news stories published around the web and newsgroups. This site allows you to read and comment on the stories, and submit new stories you feel are of interest.

Information Systems Forum
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | December 27, 2004
For those who are interested in how all nonprofit organizations, including faith based ones, can use information and communication technologies to support their missions.

TechMission
Deborah Elizabeth Finn | December 27, 2004
Christian community technology centers

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Ministers Denounce SBC Internet-Cable TV Push as 'Digital Redlining'
Ministerial Alliance... | Jan 9
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