Donations

[Erwin]

 

If you frequent Christian Forums, and enjoy the site, please consider making a small donation and become a Site Supporter today. By doing so, you can assure that Christian Forums stays online. Your help is greatly appreciated. This site exists for its members, and receives no sponsorship or external funding.

Reasons to donate:


1) It keeps the site online!

2) It keeps the site free.

3) It keeps the site ad-free and banner-free.

4) It allows us to upgrade our hardware & software.

5) You use this site extensively and want to contribute.  

6) You love this place and want to help its ministry!

7) This site receives no sponsorship or outside financial support. The owner pays for it out of his own pocket.

8) You get a nice Site Supporter icon in all your posts for life

9) Each dollar you donate will give you 1,000 blessings! A donation of just $20 will get you 20,000 blessings!

<B>NOTE:</B> All members whether they donate or not will still get all our features for free. We will not restrict your options just because you feel you are unable to donate. But do consider donating.&nbsp;

Members who donate any amount, no matter how small, will officially be known as a "

Site Supporter". They will get an icon in their posts and profiles, and will also be listed in our Site Supporters List. Each dollar you donate will also get you 1,000 blessings!


Donations are made through <B>PayPal</B> (the world's largest payment provider) using a secure <B>128bit encrypted connection</B>. Your account information (credit card number etc.) will never be shown to us. Your donation will go directly to your bank for processing. PayPal currently processes over 2 million transactions per day so rest assured the information you send will be kept secure.


Click&nbsp;on the link&nbsp;below to donate using the Paypal secure server&nbsp;and your
Bank Account, Check Account, Check Card, Debit Card or Credit Card now.

http://www.christianforums.com/donation.php

A list of members who have donated so far! Thanks a lot, guys and gals!

http://www.christianforums.com/supporters.php

 

[psycmajor]

I have some $$ in a Paypal account! The thing is, I don't have the password with me! I don't remember the password for the email account I used to sign up at the time, either! It is at my apartment on a floppy. I am currently home from college, and therefore not at my apartment. The next time I go there, I will donate some dough.

 

[Erwin]

Thanks for your donations. It is appreciated. This site since it was started has not received any outside funding, so it is good to give the members an opportunity to contribute to its growth and development.

 

[psycmajor]

I agree, it's the least we can do!

 

[jayebrownlee]

Erwin, I agree that a site such as this deserves financial assistance as it is an asset to God's work, however I think that marking people who have given more than $20 is cruel.

I would love to give you some money but I can't because i currently live off around $55 a week. Out of that comes my money for the church, my rent, my food and my bills.

The list of supporters seems like a good idea, but as someone who simply cannot afford to become a "site supporter" I simply feel that your system makes me look like less of a person than the people who can have the site supporter logo by their name.

i am not suggesting that you HAVE to change the system you have set up, I merely think that you should think about it and make an informed decision about the idea.

i do however think that this site is wonderful, a great evamngelistic tool and a place where Christians can gain much needed support in a world where Christians are becoming fewer and fewer.

Keep up the good work

 

[psycmajor]

A list of supporters is also a good idea.

 

[Erwin]

The Site Supporter idea is to recognize people who have made a generous donation to the site - these people do not get any other perks - all our features are free whether you donate or not. They are only donating out of the goodness of their heart, and deserve to be recognized for this. However, the aim of donations is not to get recognition, but to contribute to this community as members.

No one is under an obligation to donate any money to this site by any means - only do so if you feel you can afford to. I understand there are some who may not be able to - that is fine. You will not be restricted in your access to this site. People who can afford to are encouraged to do so.

As our site grows, our daily running costs continue to increase, so every little bit counts.

 

[jayebrownlee]

That's not what I mean, I just think that marking everyone who donates at evry post is unfair to those who would like to give but can't. I don't think that having a link to a page with a list of supporters is a bad thing, but to seperate those with less money than others is unfair

 

[Gunny]

I would like to make a donation. I do not use credit cards. Is there any way to pay via a personal check. I do not use debit cards either. Is there an address we can send donations?


GySgt James

 

[GraftMeIn]

gunnysgt,
I'm in the same boat as you. I have never had the desire to own a credit card, so I have never have bothered trying to get one. I get lots of offers for them, but I refuse to ever own one. And as far as any banking info goes, it's not something I wish to give out online.

 

[OldBadfish]

I believe PayPal accepts checking accounts and debit cards.

 

[AngelAmidala]

Yes...you have to have your routing number and the bank account from a check and you can register that with PayPal.

Debit cards you register just like a credit card.

 

[OldBadfish]

Yeah, but it still takes 3-4 business days!

 

[Erwin]

Just reminding members that our costs have doubled since we move to the new server. We will keep the site free, but would appreciate donations, especially from the more active members. If you use our site regularly and make use of our features, consider being a Site Supporter.

 

[Stormy]

Erwin: I do not wish to make a donation on line. Can you give me an address to mail a donation?

 

[Erwin]

Check your PM.

 

[Erwin]

Because we need funds to keep this site going (I just realized that I need to purchase more bandwidth) I have made it so that from now on members who donate any amount, no matter how small, will officially be known as a "

Site Supporter". They will get an icon in their posts and profiles, and will also be listed in our Site Supporters List.

So there is no longer a minimum limit of $20 - donations of ANY AMOUNT will now be acceptable to be made into a "

Site Supporter".

So please consider donating.

 

[SCJ]

Erwin,

How about a donation of bandwidth? I know that sounds kind of silly but I do web design work and always host off a service that gives me waaay more bandwidth and storage space than I need. All in all I use about 2% of what I have available.

I currently have four domains available, each with a 15GB per month limit that I use almost none of. It's just a little that can add up to a lot, hosting avatars and icons should cut down a great deal on CF bandwidth.

 

[Erwin]

Thanks for the offer. I would probably use up your bandwidth limit in a few days. I will PM you.

 

[Erwin]

We are now permanently on our new dedicated server with dual PIII 1 Ghz processors and dual 100 Mbit ethernet conenctions, so we shall NOT be having problems with speed or connection errors.

If there are any problems, please let me know. Enjoy the new faster CF.