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CANADIAN CHRISTIAN INTERCHANGE NETWORK APPLICATION ======================================================= (REVISION 1.0 - 01/01/94) I. CCI STATEMENT OF PURPOSE ..................................... 1 A. OFFERING A CANADIAN ALTERNATIVE ............................ 1 B. FULFILLING OUR PART OF THE GREAT COMMISSION VIA .... 1 TECHNOLOGY ............................................. C. ASSISTING EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE BODY OF CHRIST .... 1 IN CANADA .............................................. D. BASIS OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN NETWORKING FOR EVANGELISM .... 2 AND WORLD OUTREACH SOCIETY (NEWS) AND CANADIAN CHRISTIAN INTERCHANGE ............................................ II. QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED FOR A SYSTEM TO JOIN CCI .............. 3 A. ARE YOU SERIOUS? ........................................... 3 B. "G" RATED SYSTEMS .......................................... 3 C. OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH ..................................... 3 D. TWO LEVELS OF INVOLVEMENT .................................. 4 III. APPLICATION ................................................ 4 IV. AVAILABLE CCI MESSAGE AREAS ................................. 6 V. AVAILABLE CCI FILE AREAS ..................................... 6 VI. COMING SOON! ................................................ 6 Canadian Christian Interchange Network Application -------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your interest in joining the Canadian Christian Interchange Network (CCIN) I.CCI STATEMENT OF PURPOSE A. OFFERING A CANADIAN ALTERNATIVE Although there are already many fine message and file areas within the FamilyNet consortium, there has been no organized Canadian Christian effort on a national basis as of yet. Canadians need a forum in which things can be discussed that are of particular interest to Canadians. A good example of this is the abortion laws and Home Schooling in Canada. This is where CCI steps into the picture. It is not our purpose to replace or duplicate the existing FamilyNet or CDN structure, but rather to supplement it with Canadian content, for Canadians. B. FULFILLING OUR PART OF THE GREAT COMMISSION VIA TECHNOLOGY And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (Mark 16:15) 1.It is a well known fact, that any organization that claims to be doing something for Christ and has no direction in the area of evangelism is doomed from the beginning. (read the history books) We must always keep lost souls as the forefront of the purpose for our existence or else we are simply another social club playing with expensive toys. 2.Hopefully each SysOp will have some type of evangelistic plan for their own system. This has proven to be an effective medium for evangelism and it will be much more so as more and more people get into the computer scene, and as the technology becomes more user friendly. 3.CCI SysOp's are encouraged to share with each other effective, proven outreach strategies, as well as praise reports about what is happening on their respective systems. C. ASSISTING EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE BODY OF CHRIST IN CANADA 1.We will be working with other organizations so they don't have to reinvent the wheel to start a communications link. (I.E.: Networking for Evangelism and World Outreach Society and others. . .) 2.Using any resources that we can arrange to research, develop and test new software products to make things Canadian Christian Interchange Network Application - Page 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- easier for the SysOp and the end user as well. This is a key factor to the success of CCI. This will come as new software products emerge that don't require a "hacker" to "figure out how it works". 3.Providing a good communications base for layman and pastors via echomail and routed netmail areas. 4.Providing quality research information in the way of automated file areas. (text files and programs) Organizations that are doing research are urged to share their information with others in this manner. D. BASIS OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN NETWORKING FOR EVANGELISM AND WORLD OUTREACH SOCIETY (NEWS) AND CANADIAN CHRISTIAN INTERCHANGE NEWS is already working with many Church and para-church organizations within Canada and Internationally. NEWS publishes the excellent Great Canadian Opportunity Catalogue (a listing of missions opportunities and agencies) as well as frontLINE magazine. NEWS is committed to assisting the Church in Canada by facilitating networking, utilising various mediums for communication. We agree with NEWS on the following working agreement: 1.In bringing together a useful and used communication system we desire to share resources and expertise to accomplish common goals. 2.Desire to SERVE God and the Church in Canada by providing a data communications system. 3.Recognition of autonomy and partnership that brings co-operation without restricting parties in the areas of their vision and expertise other than those that may directly affect each other (we will support each other). 4.Need to market this system through other media such as NEWS publications, conferences etc. 5.Willingness to partner with additional organizations who will additionally bring expertise and resources. 6.CCI - Providing computer expertise, and the bulletin board network and linking is the responsibility of CCI. (carrier of information) 7.NEWS - Gathering and organizing information that relates to evangelism, outreach and missions is the responsibility of NEWS. (this will include electronic versions of the GCOC and other publications) NEWS will seek to work with other organization in providing material. Canadian Christian Interchange Network Application - Page 2 -------------------------------------------------------------- 8.NEWS will provide lists of distribution point systems in their publications. 9.NEWS will also assist in the organization and implementation of workshops to promote the system. 10.As NEWS is partnering with both para-church organizations and churches they will help in any way possible and market the concept. 11.There is potential to direct fund-raising efforts and donations through NEWS. II.QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED FOR A SYSTEM TO JOIN CCI A. ARE YOU SERIOUS? We want SysOp's that run their systems in a godly manner and who are serious about serving the Lord. B. "G" RATED SYSTEMS CCI systems are operated with FamilyNet node numbers, therefore a CCI system is also a member of FamilyNet. One of the prerequisites to join FamilyNet is that your system must be a "G" rated system. No "adult" files OR message areas. C. OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH This is our basic statements of faith which CCI upholds and maintains. It is presented only as a foundation, and is by no means a comprehensive doctrinal statement. 1.We believe that God has revealed Himself as a trinity in unity, in the persons of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, eternally existent 2.We believe in the divine inspiration and entire trustworthiness of the Bible as originally given and in its supreme authority in all matters. 3.We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, sinless life, vicarious and atoning death, bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the Father and in His future personal return in power and glory. 4.We believe in the universal sinfulness and lost condition of all men and their need of redemption through regeneration by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. Canadian Christian Interchange Network Application - Page 3 -------------------------------------------------------------- 5.We believe that every individual must accept Jesus Christ as his/her personal Saviour and Lord to enter into a right relationship with God and receive eternal life. 6.We believe in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in the work of regeneration and in His present ministry by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. 7.We believe in the one Holy Universal Church which is the Body of Christ and to which all true believers belong and in its mission to witness concerning its head, Jesus Christ, preaching the gospel to all people. D. TWO LEVELS OF INVOLVEMENT Because of the possible complexity and the demands made on the SysOp, in the area of finances and time, we thought it best to have 2 levels of involvement in CCI. All levels will include publication in the Great Canadian Opportunity Catalogue (GCOC) as well as frontLINE magazine with the level of involvement listed beside the system. This is necessary so that people looking for resources will know what systems to call to get the information they are after. 1.Level 1 - Basic CCI membership These systems will be required to carry the CCI SysOp echo, a small core of other echoes, (yet to be defined) an information packet about CCI as well as the basic NEWS database files available for download. (Adherence to the statement of faith is required) This level will help our new SysOp's that are just starting out to ease into CCI at their own speed. Level 1 systems will be able to fly the CCI flag. 2.Level 2 - Full CCI Membership These systems would agree to be full participants in our statement of purpose and agree to carry ALL of the file and echo areas. III.APPLICATION *[ ] I have read the above statement of faith and I agree to its contents. *[ ] I operate a "G" rated system. (**NOTE** The above 2 questions must be answered YES to participate in CCI) Q: What level of participation are you applying for within CCI? [ ]LEVEL 1 - basic Canadian Christian Interchange Network Application - Page 4 -------------------------------------------------------------- [ ]LEVEL 2 - full Q: Do you have a FamlyNet Address? (if not, we will point you in the right direction) A: Q: Please indicate whether your system is MAIL-ONLY or BBS: A: Q: Is it OK to make your VOICE number available to other sysops in CCI? A: Q: Is your system ready to accept NetMail/EchoMail? A: Q: Is your system ready to accept Automated "TICK" files? A: Q: Are You a member of any other networks and if so please list with ALL AKA's. A: Q: Where would you like to POLL for your echoes and files? (If you want to poll here "8:7504/0", please send me a NetMail message with a session password.) A: My system Information is as follows System/BBS Name : System Operator : Modem/Type/Speed : Data Phone : Voice Phone : Street Address : City State : Postal Code : Referred By : Mailer Used : Mail Tosser : Canadian Christian Interchange Network Application - Page 5 -------------------------------------------------------------- **Please attach a short testimony of what Christ has done in your life and send it along with the application section of this document in NETMAIL to: (if you are a member of CFC, you can omit the testimony and send me your CFC #) Greg Gay 8:7504/0 1:342/51 LIFELINE BBS (403) 481-4977 VOICE (403) 481-5204 (feel free to call me voice if you have questions or are just getting started) IV.AVAILABLE CCI MESSAGE AREAS TAG Description ============== ========================================= CCI-AND-NEWS CCI & NEWS Leaders interaction ONLY! (Security Needed) CCI-CAN-EVT CCI: Canadian Christian National Events and Co-ordination CCI-CHATTER CCI: Canadian Christian Interchange Chatter CCI-EDM-EVT CCI: Edmonton and area Events and Discussion CCI-EDM-FILES CCI: Edmonton & area File Announcements and Discussion CCI-HS CCI: Canadian Home Schooling CCI-NET-SYS CCI: Canadian Christian Interchange SYSOP'S ONLY Echo. CCI-P&P CCI: Prayer Request and Praise Reports CCI-POLITICO CCI: Canadian Christian Interchange Politics CCI-SOPHOMORE CCI: Great Canadian Debates V.AVAILABLE CCI FILE AREAS CCI-DEMO CCI - Commercial Software Demos CCI-DPRG CCI - DOS Shareware Programs CCI-ESYS CCI - Edmonton and Area Sysop Files CCI-NET CCI - Network Files CCI-TEXT CCI - Text Files CCI-WPRG CCI - Windows Shareware Programs VI.COMING SOON! * CHILD EVANGELISM -for all involved in reaching tomorrow's leaders * CHURCH PLANTING - sharing ideas among those currently planting * DRAMA & MUSIC IN OUTREACH - from simple skits to major productions * EDUCATION/EQUIPPING - discussion on trends and opportunities Canadian Christian Interchange Network Application - Page 6 -------------------------------------------------------------- * ETHNIC OUTREACH - addressing the special needs and opportunities * EVANGELISTS - discussion area for evangelists - limited access * IMPLEMENTING CHURCH PROGRAMS - such as small groups * INNOVATIVE OUTREACH - planning and ideas for sharing * MISSIONS GENERAL - general discussion of mission issues * MISSIONS PREPARATION - sharing ideas and tips for GOING * NETWORKING/STRATEGY - awareness, tips, planning * CHURCH GROWTH/PROGRAMS/RENEWAL - developing vital and growing churches * TRENDS - changes affecting outreach as well as NEW ideas * YOUTH MINISTRY for youth workers Canadian Christian Interchange Network Application - Page 7 --------------------------------------------------------------