ll eligible Churches will receive FREE access to the following Worthy of Praise web hosting services. Complete the appropriate registration form to sign up for free web hosting services and/or to list your Church in our searchable database.

Church Search Listing

All eligible Churches are listed for free in our Church database. Your Church information will be searchable by location and denomination.

Web Hosting Server Space

All eligible Churches receive unrestricted space on our web hosting servers to store your web site files and images. Access to our secure server is also included.

Data Transfer

All eligible Churches receive unrestricted data transfer.

Domain Names

The hosting of a formal domain name is free for all eligible Churches. An existing domain name can be easily transferred to the Worthy of Praise system. New domain registrations, while hosted for free, do incur a charge from the domain name registrar. Read more about new domain name registrations below.

Email

All eligible Churches receive unlimited forwarding or POP email accounts for the Church or for members of the Church congregation. You may use email accounts that reflect your formal domain name or you may use email accounts at worthyofpraise.org if you do not have a formal domain name.

Listserves

All eligible Churches receive unlimited announcement or discussion listserves. All listserves can be easily managed using a password and simple commands in an email.

MGI

Modular Gateway Interface (MGI) is the software that we use to provide all functions on your web site. MGI is implemented with HTML-style tags directly into the HTML of your page. It is easy to learn and easy to use. All eligible churches received unlimited access to all MGI tags and functions including everything from counters, forms, guestbooks, password-protection, databases, shopping baskets and more.

There are two services associated with the Worthy of Praise free web hosting which incur a fee: new domain registrations and web site design by the sponsors of Worthy of Praise.

New Domain Registration

The registration of a formal domain name (i.e, www.YourChurch.org) is not required. As a free service, all eligible Churches may use the Worthy of Praise domain name (i.e., YourChurch.worthyofpraise.org). If you have an existing domain name, we will transfer the domain to the Worthy of Praise system for free. However, if you need us to register a new formal domain name for you, the Network Solutions Registrar charges a nominal fee for the registration depending on the number of years you choose to register:

• $30 per year - 1 year
• $25 per year - 2 to 4 years
• $23 per year - 5 to 8 years
• $20 per year - 9 to 10 years

To see if your domain name is available, please check the InterNIC database. Just enter the domain name you wish to register and click the "Search" button. If the domain name is available, it will return the message "No match for domain". If the domain name is not available, it will list the current owner's information.

Web Site Design

All Churches will receive a free listing in our Church Search. You may also post a custom web site by the designer of your choice. However, if you would like the sponsors of Worthy of Praise to design your web site, we will be glad to do so at a fair and reasonable cost. We are not able to offer free web design services at this time, but there is no obligation to have Worthy of Praise design your web site.