What it is ::
Godbit.com is a great place for Christian web developers and designers to communicate. Their forum is very active and the site is clean of any advertisements. They also interview leaders in internet ministry with the Q and A section.

Purpose -(in their own words) The purpose of this site is to help the Church catch up with the rest of the world in adherence to Web Standards given by the World Wide Web Consortium, the governing body of best-practices on the Internet. The majority of Christian web design agencies are using outmoded methods of coding to create websites that the rest of the world would scoff at. Basically, they are stuck in the 1990’s.

This is so common in fact, that the term “Christian” when associated with the Internet has become synonymous with “sub-par.” Without pointing fingers specifically, some of these practices include misuse of JavaScript, malformed (X)HTML, all-Flash websites, and over-dependence on tables for layout.

We realize that if anything is going to change, we need to stop simply poking fun at these agencies, and start educating them, as well as making churches and pastors aware of how they are being short-changed by doing business with such individuals. Our vision then, is to highlight churches, freelance designers and web agencies that are on the cutting-edge of web methodologies, in order to give others something to aspire after. We want to be a city on a hill.

Cool Feature :: They feature Christian websites that are up to date with current web standards. In the forum section there are also over 3000 posts on website critique. It is a great area to bring your work and get advice and feedback.

Rating :: 9/10 - they design of this site could be a little cleaner, but this simplicity works and directs you well to the most important piece of this website - the forums.

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