Welcome to PhileoNet. Fellowship. Prayer. Talk. Christians

     PhileoNet is a Christian Fellowship network comprised of
one Network HUB Bulletin Board System and several participating
Regional Hubs, Hubs and Nodes.  PhileoNet is owned by no single
person and is operated by a group of Overseers that will hold
each other and the net accountable to God. The Overseers will
not control the net, but instead speak the truth in love and
restore wrong doing firmly, but gently. This Net is Solely
Dedicated to Jesus Christ.

     As a group of Christians, we agree that Jesus is the
Christ, The Son of the Living God, and that our Salvation is
available in no other than Him and His free Gift and not our own
works. We affirm that the Bible, His Word, is profitable for
teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness,
that the man of God may be throughly equipped for every good
work. These are the foundation that PhileoNet rests upon.

     The Overseers reserve the right to admit or refuse any BBS
or SYSOP as a member of the Network. The Overseers of the Net
further reserve the right to remove or suspend Access of any
individual node for any action considered detrimental to the
cause of Christ.

     A Node may be accepted by the Host System from which it
wishes to poll netmail.  Any Node that has been a member of the
net for more than 30 days may add a node. As noted above, the
overseers of the net have the right to refuse any node, and Hubs
are required to cut the feed to any node the overseers
designate.

Regional Hubs & Hubs MUST carry ALL PhileoNet Forums.

     Pursuant  to the  Electronic Communications Privacy Act of
1986, 18  USC 2510 et. seq., all BBS SYSOPs and users
participating  within PhileoNet, must  be aware that there are
no facilities  provided  by  the Network  for sending or
receiving confidential  electronic  communications.   Although
PhileoNet maintains the capability and capacity to  send and
receive mail that is flagged as "Receiver-Only" or "Routed
Mail.", mail  so flagged  is  not to be considered  by  any
user  as  actual "private"  messages.   The  purpose of the
"R/O",  "Routed Mail"  or "Point-to-Point"  flags  are in-tended
solely to provide  a  means  to limit the possible number of
nodes and/or users  that may have  access to the mail  for
display purposes.

Sysops carrying PhileoNet must agree that they will inform their
users of the provisions of the Electronic Communications Privacy
Act.

Basic rules

    1.  Net policy is that software used by the individual
    systems on the net will be registered or legally licensed
    for use.

    2.  No Aliases/Handles: Except in Victims conference, to
    make sharing hurts easier. Network Sysops are not required
    to allow Aliases, even in Victims, however, they should be
    aware some of our sysops will allow Aliases in that
    conference. In any event, Sysops must record the true name
    of people who use Aliases. We must know who is calling.

    3. Message Posting / Quoting: Keep quoting to an absolute
    Minimum. Glorify Christ in the message base
    with no foul, lewd or otherwise unacceptable language

    4. SysOps MUST monitor the PN_sysops conference on a timely
    basis to be aware of any changes in configuration of
    conferences.

    5. Forum  Requirements: PN-Sysops, Fellowship, and
    PrayerCloset are required conferences, except as shared
    below.

    6.   Network  Taglines: Multiple tags are discouraged. All
    Net tags should have the word "PhileoNet" in it.

    7.  ANSI and RIP In Messages: ANSI and RIP are permitted
    ONLY in the ANSI&RIP Forum, BBS Ads Forum and "Teens-Only"
    Forum.

    8. Shared conferences: This net intends to fellowship with 
    everyone in Christ. Therefore it has a liberal conference 
    sharing policy. Shared conferences are encouraged with other 
    Christian Networks. However, it must be plainly displayed 
    that the conference being shared is coming from PhileoNet, 
    to encourage fellowship from other Nets with PhileoNet, that 
    Christians all around the world may fellowship together in 
    HIM.  All shared conferences within PhileoNet must first be 
    approved by the Overseers and by the host in PhileoNet of 
    that conference.

Conference Hosts
    The duties of the CH are described below:

     1)  Ensure  that message traffic is kept on topic   and
politely redirect off topic users to the "appropriate"
conference.

     2)  Notify  the Overseers of problems  regarding  config
errors  such as Duplicate Mail and Cross-Echoes.

     3) Notify the overseers of a user who violates any and/or
all conference rules.

     4) When a user becomes out of line, restore him/her gently,
be firm yet gentle in love. If this has no effect, report the
situation to the appropriate Sysop. If actions still continue,
the CH may recommend the removal of the caller by posting to
Network Overseer's. The Overseers reserve the right to ask any 
sysop to remove a users access to a conference or to the entire 
Network.

      5) Maintain the friendly atmosphere within the conference
and make new callers feel welcome. Where appropriate, you should
assist in answering questions which relate to the subject of
your conference.

     6)  Post the Conference Rules at least once a month.

     7)  Always direct and maintain Conference communication in
such a manner that glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Network overseers are:
Curtis Taylor, sysop of Restoration Rock BBS
Ron Hossack, sysop of Solid Rock BBS
Lucky Hughes, sysop of In His Service BBS
Charles Wootten, sysop of The Servant of the Lord BBS
Steve Harbin, sysop of Prophyts BBS
Bob Davis, sysop of The House of Prayer