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Welcome to the
Raised with Christ
Webring |
"Since, then, you have been
raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your
minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you
died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in
God." - Colossians 3:1-3
The
Raised with Christ Webring is a collection of websites or
homepages joined together by their common faith in Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior. Ring surfers can get a list of
the all active sites on the ring, scan through them one
at a time, or, for the truly adventurous, jump to a
random site. Ring surfers simply look for the following
banner (or something like it) on each site webpage. From
this banner, ring surfers can go to the next site, the
previous site, a random site, or view the list of all
sites on the ring.
This
is what our webring code displays.
Click HERE to view a list of current
webring BBSes.
So, want to join? Sure you do!
To become a
member of the Raised with Christ Webring you must meet
the following criteria. Please read the below statements
carefully before you submit your website to this webring.
 Your site must be family
safe and contain on it, in some fashion, material related
to your religious faith in Jesus Christ. This can be your
personal testimony, information about your church or
youth group, resources or links to Christian ministries
or internet resources, online Bibles or Bible studies,
Christian images or art, Christian music or other
information of a Biblical nature.
Your site must not contain
any material or links to sites which denounce or attack
members of another Christian denomination (ie, no
anti-Catholic or anti-Charismatic tirades etc). We are
ALL members of the body of Christ and this webring
reflects our UNITY in being "crucified with Christ
and Risen with Him". Sites which can not refrain
from expounding on how this set of believers or that set
of believers are all going to hell can just not apply -
do not waste your time because you will not be admitted.
Your site must not promote
or contain any material of an occult or spiritually pagan
nature. This includes astrology, tarot cards, wicca and
new age material. Although we DO allow you to also be
members of Non-Christian webrings which may contain sites
of the above nature, we draw the line at hosting and
displaying such things on your OWN website. There is a
difference between being a witness in a webring or group
and promoting non-Christian spirituality on your own
website. Some Christian webrings and organizations
prohibit membership in groups or rings which contain
sites of a pagan or non-christian religious nature. We do not. This webring feels that
as believers we need to live IN the world and be a light
in the darkness. What better way to attract the lost to
your website than by making your site available to them
in a webring. What possible good is the salt of the earth
if it doesn't ever leave the salt shaker? So you MAY see
some of our webring members with webring fragments for
such groups as Netsisters, Sisters of the Golden Moon,
Crystal Loyalty and others of that ilk. Get over it. If
it bothers you, go join one of the other many webrings
which prohibit this instead.
Your site must not promote,
link to or contain any material of an "adult sexual
nature" (No pornography). It also must not promote,
link to or contain any material of a hateful, racist or
bigotted nature. (No God Hates Fags type sites).
Your site must agree with
the basics of the Apostles Creed. This is the MINIMUM set
of beliefs that qualify your site as Christian. For those
who do not know what this creed entails, here it is: "I
believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven
and earth and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit; born of the Virgin
Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died,
and was buried. He descended into hell (or to the dead it
says in some versions). On the third day He rose again
from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the
right hand of God the Father Almighty.� From thence
He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I
believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic (little
"c" meaning universal Christian) Church,�
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.�
Amen".
If your faith differs on any of the above points of the
Apostles Creed then please consider a different webring.
The URL you provide for
your webring link must be the SAME one on which you place
your webring fragment. If you want ringsurfers to arrive
at your main index page then the fragment HAS to go on
that page. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you don't want to put it on
that page that is fine, you can put it on a webrings or
links page if you want BUT if you do so, that is where
ring surfers are going to arrive. I suggest you put a
link on that page to take ringsurfers on to your main
index page from where they land. If you submit a URL
other than the one you put the fragment on, it WILL be
changed on your webring site info by the ringmaster
before your site is added to the ring. If you change it
back, your site will be moved to the queue until we can
agree upon your webring html fragment's location!
The E-MAIL address you
provide for the webring must be a working e-mail address
in case we need to deliever to you a new graphic or html
fragment. We want to be able to get in touch with you if
necessary. You will be notified periodically about
important webring information but we will not send
regular newsletters or junkmail to you. Neither will your
addresses be sold or used for spam. If I get mail bounced
back to me from your address, your site will be moved to
the ring queue until you send me your current e-mail
address or update your site information with your current
or new e-mail address.
Your site can NOT be a business or
commercial site. This webring is ONLY for
non-commerical/non-business Christian websites. If you
are selling something on your site such as books, tapes,
seminars etc.. please do not bother to apply as you will
be declined.
Please check the ring sites
on either side (Previous and Next) of your site on a
regular basis and notify the RingMaster if you encounter any
problems hitting those sites or if you can not find the
webring fragment on those sites. If everyone isn't
working together then the ring will break. If the
RingMaster finds your site offline, it may be moved back
to the Webring's QUEUE until you notify the RingMaster
that it is back online. Use the Edit Site Info link at
the bottom of this page. With many sites in the ring and
new ones joining, it is not practical for the RingMaster
to stay on top of everything all the time, but they do
try! Again, if your URL changes and you do not update
your site info, the ring will break! It is your
responsibility to maintain your ring site information and
keep your URL and e-mail address CURRENT.
Sites
not following the above rules, having incorrect links or
URLs, or causing the ring to break by dropping offline
without notice are "not cool". This webring
will be maintained and monitored regularly. If you have a
special problem which requires time to correct then
please let the Ringmaster know so that you can be placed
in the queue. Otherwise you might return to find your
site has been deleted from the ring because no one knew
what had happened to you!
Adding Your Site to the Ring:
We
reserve the right to reject any site deemed inappropriate
for the web ring. We further reserve the right to remove
any site later deemed to be inappropriate.
To become a member
of the webring, simply follow these steps....
 Download a
copy of our Raised with Christ Webring Logo. Here's how. Position your
mouse cursor over the logo graphic of your choice below
and right click, then choose the "Save Picture
As" option. Save this image to your harddrive and
then upload it to your webpage's server. Do NOT link to
this image on our server. This image is needed in a
publically accessible directory. Don't forget to
customize this part of the Webring HTML fragment to
reflect the path to the directory you have uploaded the
image file to, otherwise it will not display correctly.
Fill out
the following form, with the complete URL to the exact
page where you plan on putting the ring fragment.
MAKE sure
the URL you enter above points to the webpage where the
ringcode will be displayed! Once you click the
"Submit Site" button above you'll receive an
auto e-mail confirming that your site has been added to
our ring's queue. This Email will also contain your CUSTOMIZED html fragment for
placement on your webpage. Add it to your webpage
immediately so that it is there when the ringmaster
checks your site. If you do not receive an e-mail within
an hour then there is a problem. In which case you should
E-mail the RingMaster for help. Normally there
is no need to inform the Ringmaster that you have been
added to the queue as they will also receive an automatic
E-mail as well...please be patient.
After
your site has been verified by the RingMaster and the
ringcode is in place with the correct info, your site
will be made active on the ring and you'll receive
another automatic E-mail letting you know that your
webring site has been officially added to the webring
itself. That's it!
Help! I've Lost My Customized HTML
Fragment
This
section is only for people who understand HTML code and
who have lost their orginal customised webring fragment
OR do not want to submit their sites to the ring until
they have the code in place (nice but not necessary).
NOTE, the fragment code in this section is GENERIC and is
not customized for any one website. If you choose to use
it, you must make modifications to the code as outlined
below. If you know diddly squat about html then skip this
section entirely please.
Click
here for a Generic Version of the webring fragment
code. Copy and paste the HTML from the following page
into your web editor, then return to this page.
ONLY
use this generic version of the code if you
don't get a customised one in the mail. Customizing this code
requires you to possess some basic knowledge of html
code. If you use the generic version of the HTML, you
must customize the HTML code so it will function on your
site! Don't just paste in the HTML as presented.
Where it says. . .
YOUR_URL � replace
with your site URL as listed in the Webring.
YOUR_E-MAIL_ADDRESS � replace
with your e-mail address as listed in the
Webring.
YOUR_NAME � replace
with your name as listed in the Webring.
YOUR_SITE_ID � replace
with your site id# as listed in the auto e-mail
you receive and on the page displayed after you
submit your site.
Also,
make sure the references to the Raised with Christ
Webring graphic/logo point to the location at which you
have stored the graphic on your website's server. Please
make sure you do this customization or your site will not
work on the ring with this generic HTML code fragment.
And, you will not be added to the ring!
Edit Existing Site Information
This
section is only for folks who are ALREADY in the webring
who need to login to the webring's server and edit or
update their website information. Also, if you have
forgotten your password, go
to this URL and click the appropriate link
and Webring will e-mail you your ringsite password.
Bookmark
the following shortcut too; you can quickly edit your
site info...
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=raised;edit
As
always, if you have any questions, send e-mail to the RingMaster.
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