Membership Information
Thank you for your interest in the
Vision Resources Network.
Vision Resources Network.
A. How to Join VRN
It is very easy to become a VRN member.
Click here and complete the application. After you have submitted the application, click on the PayPal button on the side of this screen (2/3 of the way down) to pay your membership dues online. (Membership dues are $100 annually due each January 1st. We do NOT charge any registration, initiation, or first timer fees! ) If you prefer to pay by mail, you can choose to print the application and mail it in with a check.
Please mail to:
Dr. Warren Drake
Vision Resources Network
P.O. Box 367
Panama City, FL 32402
It is very easy to become a VRN member.
Click here and complete the application. After you have submitted the application, click on the PayPal button on the side of this screen (2/3 of the way down) to pay your membership dues online. (Membership dues are $100 annually due each January 1st. We do NOT charge any registration, initiation, or first timer fees! ) If you prefer to pay by mail, you can choose to print the application and mail it in with a check.
Please mail to:
Dr. Warren Drake
Vision Resources Network
P.O. Box 367
Panama City, FL 32402
Once we have received your application and dues we will contact you immediately by telephone for a personal consultation. We will provide you with login information for this site and begin the process to set up your own web site. We will be personally available to assist you!
Remember - OUR MAIN GOAL is to TEACH YOU to use the technolgy to REACH THE WORLD with your Christian message!
Remember - OUR MAIN GOAL is to TEACH YOU to use the technolgy to REACH THE WORLD with your Christian message!
B. Membershhip Goals & Benifits
Our goals are for every member to have....
Our goals are for every member to have....
• Teach/Train every member to have their own web site & internet presence. We provide free website hosting for our members and free programming for the web site creation.
• Teaching, training and enabling every member to have Audio/Video (sermons, services, etc.) online
• Teaching, training and enabling every member to have a live video webcast if they so desire – (A webcast is like having you own radio or TV station. You have material being “pumped out” all the time! You can even have commercials, requests for support, etc.)
• Every member having the ability to receive online donations for their ministry
• Every ministry having the ability to have their own prayer requests, guest books, even online registrations for conferences, etc.
• Every member or ministry having their own personal “members” or private area
• Online Calendars and Events for every ministry, plus “master calendar” so we can all see what everyone else is doing.
• Various Bible searches; verses of the day
• Mass emailers for every member – (they will each have to use their own email database).
• A “resources/ideas” area for VRN members with ideas or a “blog”. Also a forum for discussion of new ideas, concepts, etc.
• A conference once or twice a year where we can come together and help each other. swap ideas, promote fellowship, inspiration, etc. (Please note – this is not an attempt to create another minster’s “licensing” fellowship. I believe there are enough of them to go around. What I am envisioning is ministers being able to come together from a lot of different backgrounds and groups, and then being able to share ideas or resources to help others with their own ministry.)
• At the conferences we would like to have seminars that demonstrate and teach on everything from internet telephone services (voice over ISP), multimedia presentations for churches, (for P&W, teaching, sermons, etc.), web development, obtaining federal "faith based" grants, writing loan proposals and so forth. The focus should always be that of a “helps ministry for ministers”.
C. Membership Dues
We will always try to keep the dues to a minimum. However, there are expenses that have to be met. So, the dues are $100 per year. All the dues are DUE on January 1 (that keeps the book-keeping simple!)
We will always try to keep the dues to a minimum. However, there are expenses that have to be met. So, the dues are $100 per year. All the dues are DUE on January 1 (that keeps the book-keeping simple!)
D. Membership Applications
Applications are available here. You can either fill it out and send it in electronically (instant) or, print it out and mail it in with a check.
Applications are available here. You can either fill it out and send it in electronically (instant) or, print it out and mail it in with a check.
E. Membership Access to this site - VRN
Once your application and dues are received, you will be contacted and given login information, which will allow you to open up and use all the features on this site. On this site (VRN) members have administrative access to our Community Area. Here they can post ...
Once your application and dues are received, you will be contacted and given login information, which will allow you to open up and use all the features on this site. On this site (VRN) members have administrative access to our Community Area. Here they can post ...
1. News – News of interest to other members and the Christian Community at large.
2. Articles – Instructions, helpful ideas, things to help the body ….
3. Events for the Community Calendar.
4. Discussion Forum – Post threads, ask questions of others, anything! (Non – members can view threads, but cannot post new threads or ask questions.)
5. Place their own Personal Content.
6. Place ads for FREE in the Classified Advertizing section. (Non-members can view ads, but must pay $10 to place an ad.)
Members also have exclusive access to the Member’s Only Area. This area contains special downloads (many free programs); helpful articles; a membership directory; special membership links (to other resources off this site) and free access to our live seminars.
You will also be contacted regarding your own web site hosting. Usually, we can get a web site initiated in an hour or so. One of the best things you can do, (if you do not presently have a site) is to start getting all the information ready that you would like to display on your site (pages, pictures, video & so forth). You can get more information on how a web site is designed here.
