Christian Telecommunications Toolkit

The Christian Telecommunications Toolkit is intended to gather together all of the information which is necessary for Christians, churches, and Christian organisations to make effective use of electronic communications, and make it available in a convenient format. Ultimately, I hope to publish the Toolkit in book form. This web site contains a preliminary draft of that resource.

The Christian Telecommunications Toolkit:

Part I: Introduction
Part II: Basics of Telecommunications
	Networks and Networking
	General Guidelines for Public Message Bases
	Online Annoyances
	File Compression
Part III: Bulletin Board Systems
Part IV: BBS Networks
	Echomail
	FidoNet Technology Networks
	RelayNet-Style Networks
	GTNet Protocol Networks
	QWKmail Networks
Part V: Commercial Systems
	America OnLine
	CompuServe
	Delphi
	Ecunet
	GEnie
	Prodigy
Part VI: The Internet
	Files
		ftp
		Napster
	Hypertext
		gopher
		World Wide Web
		Directories
		Search Engines
		Web Rings
	Mail
		Files
		World Wide Web
		Applications
	Chatting
		irc
		MUDs
		Web Chat
		Instant Messaging
	Applications
		telnet
		Web-enabled Applications
Part VII: Fax Machines
	Using Fax Machines
	Information by Fax
	Fax Service Options
Appendix A: Christian and Messianic Jewish BBS List
Appendix B: Lists of Discussion Areas
	Internet Newsgroups
	Bitnet/Internet Mailing Lists
		General Interest Mailing Lists
		Mailing Lists Related to the Arts, Music, & Entertainment
		Mailing Lists Related to the Bible
		Mailing Lists Related to Computers & Technology
		Mailing Lists Related to Denominations & other Christian Groups
		Mailing Lists Related to Education
		Mailing Lists Related to Family Life
		Mailing Lists Related to Health
		Mailing Lists in or about Languages other than English
		Mailing Lists Related to Ministry
		Mailing Lists Related to Missions, Relief & Development
		News Mailing Lists
		Mailing Lists Related to Prayer & Devotional Time
	Commercial Systems
		America OnLine
		CompuServe
		Delphi
		Prodigy
	Echomail
	RelayMail
	QWKmail Conferences
Appendix C: Web Directories, Search Engines, and Portals
Appendix D: Software in the Toolkit
Appendix E: Bibliography
Appendix F: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms and Online "Shorthand"

Throughout this Toolkit, you will find technical or shorthand terms (like "smiley") highlighted. If you click on a highlighted term, it will take you directly to its definition in the glossary. To return to where you were in the text, just press the "Back" button in your browser.

To add or update a BBS listing in Appendix A, please see the BBS Update page. To add or update a discussion area listing in Appendix B, please see the Discussion Area Update page.

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7]
[Appendix A] [Appendix B] [Appendix C] [Appendix D] [Appendix E] [Appendix F]

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