Please Welcome CF's New Owner (Qs and As added to post #2)

LittleLambofJesus · Jan 25, 2009

Hi Pauler. How come ya missed my post

http://christianforums.com/showpost.php?p=50320606&postcount=174

NM.....I just saw this response

Originally Posted by SallyNow Over the last year the forum has become less diverse..............

for now there will be no policy changes. this site needs to stabilize and be worked on (in terms of features). this community has been through too much over the last year

Tychicus2 · Jan 25, 2009

HappY BeLATed BiRTHdaY Paul !

God Bless,

Ty

Alive4Evermore · Jan 26, 2009

I'm sorry I missed your birthday, Paul!

Happy (Belated) Birthday!

Hisbygrace · Jan 26, 2009

Welcome to Cf Paul! Our little home here is full of wonderful, inspiring and encouraging folk. Looking forward to meeting you in the post. :wave:

Also:

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY :clap:

Pauler · Jan 26, 2009

thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone. :clap:

rmw8855 · Jan 26, 2009

Pauler said:
sorry i havent been around in the past couple of days. it was my birthday a couple of days ago and took the weekend to celebrate w/ my family and with my in-laws.

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I hope you had a wonderful birthday

TheBear · Jan 26, 2009

Pauler said:
many good people repping me up

Of course! After all, you wouldn't refer to any of those who repped you as bad people.

Angel4Truth · Jan 26, 2009

higgs2 said:
hmmm. "New owner", "acquire"... I think the OP has answered the question.

I asked 2 questions not one. But thank you for trying.

RedTulipMom · Jan 26, 2009

happy belated birthday paul..i hope the new servers go without a hitch..very cool!

Alive4Evermore · Jan 26, 2009

How's it going for you, Paul?

kiwimac · Jan 26, 2009

I am concerned that Paul does not see the need for change on this board right now. I can only hope that such change will take place eventually. This board has changed from a world-wide board to a US one, from one in which various faith groups could talk to one another (albeit sometimes loudly

) to one in which US Evangelical / Fundamentalism is the basal POV.

Izdaari Eristikon · Jan 26, 2009

Happy (belated) birthday, Paul! :clap:

kiwimac said:
I am concerned that Paul does not see the need for change on this board right now. I can only hope that such change will take place eventually. This board has changed from a world-wide board to a US one, from one in which various faith groups could talk to one another (albeit sometimes loudly ) to one in which US Evangelical / Fundamentalism is the basal POV.

I agree, though I can understand feeling the need for a period of stability before making policy changes.

I happen to be an American from a conservative evangelical church, but I don't consider that the only valid form of Christianity, and I very much appreciate having a place to dialogue with my adelphoi from other nations and other traditions. CF has sadly deteriorated in its ability to be that place.

Philothei · Jan 26, 2009

Paul is a new owner... I think that we should give him the time and space to decide for himself according to what he sees here. WE are all kind of biased of what this site represents from our personal expreiences, negative and positive. Also how can anyone "control" the membership? Whoever comes in this site and likes it stays... it is that simple. Maybe the majority is American Evangelicals since they represent the majority that participates in that kind of internet ministry.... I fail to see how the new owner "can ensure" equal membership or "control" it... There is always room for improvement and all but one has to identify the problem areas first and then proceed...

Servant of Jesus · Jan 27, 2009

Being the owner of CF carries an awesome responsibility- the site is a beacon that broadcasts the message of Christianity to a world-wide audience. And vice-versa, people world-wide look at this site to see what Christians and Christianity are all about. For some, it is the only Christian fellowship they can get.

Given this reality, the site requires all the prayer we can possibly give it.

Triskaidekalexia · Jan 27, 2009

Servant of Jesus said:
Being the owner of CF carries an awesome responsibility- the site is a beacon that broadcasts the message of Christianity to a world-wide audience. And vice-versa, people world-wide look at this site to see what Christians and Christianity are all about. For some, it is the only Christian fellowship they can get.

Given this reality, the site requires all the prayer we can possibly give it.

I might agree with that except for one thing--"inreach".

Less a beacon broadcasting a message and more a flashlight shining into a mirror.

Oh, and hi, Paul.

Pauler · Jan 27, 2009

Alive4Evermore said:
How's it going for you, Paul?

things are busy with the site migration and making sure everything will change over smoothly.

kiwimac said:
I am concerned that Paul does not see the need for change on this board right now. I can only hope that such change will take place eventually. This board has changed from a world-wide board to a US one, from one in which various faith groups could talk to one another (albeit sometimes loudly ) to one in which US Evangelical / Fundamentalism is the basal POV.

i see the need for change, if we are not prayerfully changing, we are not growing. however, i feel that in the best interest of the community, we do not change right now as the community has experienced a lot of changes already.

Philothei said:
Paul is a new owner... I think that we should give him the time and space to decide for himself according to what he sees here. WE are all kind of biased of what this site represents from our personal expreiences, negative and positive. Also how can anyone "control" the membership? Whoever comes in this site and likes it stays... it is that simple. Maybe the majority is American Evangelicals since they represent the majority that participates in that kind of internet ministry.... I fail to see how the new owner "can ensure" equal membership or "control" it... There is always room for improvement and all but one has to identify the problem areas first and then proceed...

much of this is true, i cannot control who stays and who goes. i can influence policy here, but like i said, that is not going to change in the near future. this is not the only way to get people to the site and stay. what i can do, and hope to effectively accomplish in the next 5-6 months is a lot of search engine optimization (seo) on this board. basically what that means is help search engines to better find, index, and bring people here so that more can enjoy it.

Servant of Jesus said:
Being the owner of CF carries an awesome responsibility- the site is a beacon that broadcasts the message of Christianity to a world-wide audience. And vice-versa, people world-wide look at this site to see what Christians and Christianity are all about. For some, it is the only Christian fellowship they can get.

Given this reality, the site requires all the prayer we can possibly give it.

true and as we get more visitors, i hope they come and interact w/ the great people of CF and find relationship w/ Christ and fellowship w/ believers.

Bombila · Jan 27, 2009

Pauler said:
things are busy with the site migration and making sure everything will change over smoothly.

i see the need for change, if we are not prayerfully changing, we are not growing. however, i feel that in the best interest of the community, we do not change right now as the community has experienced a lot of changes already.

much of this is true, i cannot control who stays and who goes. i can influence policy here, but like i said, that is not going to change in the near future. this is not the only way to get people to the site and stay. what i can do, and hope to effectively accomplish in the next 5-6 months is a lot of search engine optimization (seo) on this board. basically what that means is help search engines to better find, index, and bring people here so that more can enjoy it.

true and as we get more visitors, i hope they come and interact w/ the great people of CF and find relationship w/ Christ and fellowship w/ believers.

Paul, as things stand, a great many of us are not allowed, by CF's rules, to interact with the great people of CF. The policy of inreach resulted in the closing off of Christians from non-Christians, disabled the ability to discuss theology and philosophy, and sorely hurt a very large number of people, many of whom left, Christian and non-Christian, which is why you have acquired a board so narrowly focussed and so reduced in visitors.

I wish you well, and hope you will consider reversing this unfortunate trend in the near future.

Alive4Evermore · Jan 27, 2009

I happen to agree with Paul, and personally hope that there are no changes, major or not, occuring anytime soon.

Servant of Jesus · Jan 27, 2009

I hope this site remains and grows as one primarily for Christians, and for promoting Christian values, and for those seeking to discover what Christianity is all about.

Tychicus2 · Jan 28, 2009

I agree that this forum has been through a lot of changes and there are probably as many opinions as to how to improve/modify CF as there are people who have left...

I agree that the focus should be to restore functions first...

Will there be a future thread at some point to discuss potential policy changes/ modifications ???

Hopefully Paul will spend some time interacting significantly in various areas here getting to know us and letting us get to know him...

God Bless,
Ty

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