The emphasis is mine, but I suspect its an accurate assessment of what's being yelled at on the other side of Mike's computer!

I finally had to tell them I wasn't going to discuss presentation any more until they sent me their copy. Throwing away a couple-thousand dollar item surely would have raised some red flags outside the small team involved in the building of the site.
You have builder-handyman types who attend, and who are willing to do the work and donate the materials. Or documenting people's stories for the web. that by paying for the site, a non-technical church staff would naturally value it more. The domain is mine and I'm the only one who makes changes. I personally do not mind doing the work for free. Mike also asserts that this lack of percieved value on the part of pastors and staff leads to re-spinning of style over sustaining long streams of substance. By deeming myself "webmaster" and someone else as "director" and selecting content managers from each discipline of the church and then putting everyone on a committee - you now have accountability. I would maintain that at least for small churches like mine, volunteering my services as web developer is fun and has been a very positive experience so far.
It all sounds very nice and professional, and it may work for some developers and some churches. Mike Boyink implores "church webmasters to stop giving it away for free.
com and I donate my time, services, to my church at no cost. It is hard not to come off sounding bitter, which is very bad, but used and abused probably fits the bill. So therefore, brethren this church need to build the image of God i.
"It was a very frustrating experience. I thought I was the only volunteer church web master facing these perils. Think anyone would get upset? Two weeks later I am informed we are now creating positions of paid nursery workers since no one wants to "volunteer". I would maintain that at least for small churches like mine, volunteering my services as web developer is fun and has been a very positive experience so far. Think anyone would get upset?
The church provide nothing other than payment to the host and frankly with a church planter for husband, we have taken vows of poverty. You get the space for free.