Bob Hoffman: Missionary, Server Wrangler, and Reluctant Participant in the Collapse of Civilization Bob Hoffman is a veteran Independent Baptist missionary who looked at the Internet—an electronic wilderness populated by hackers, heretics, spambots, abandoned WordPress plugins, and people who still use “password123”—and declared, “This looks like a mission field.” Together […]
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As missionaries to cyberspace, Maureen and I are always looking for practical ways to use technology to reach people with the truth of God’s Word. One of our newest projects is the development of an AI-powered chatbot for Baptist.org. The chatbot is being trained to answer questions using the information […]
The Internet has long provided missionaries and churches with opportunities to reach people who might never enter a church building. We are now exploring another way to extend that outreach: carefully designed artificial-intelligence chatbots placed on ministry websites. These chatbots allow visitors to ask questions in ordinary language and receive […]
A couple of months ago, I had the privilege of meeting Pastor Jerry Terrell of Central Baptist Church in Athens, Texas. Brother Terrell was interested in learning more about our ministry and the website services we provide to Independent Baptist churches and ministries. Central Baptist Church had an expensive website […]
FamilyNet International continues to work behind the scenes to strengthen the reliability and long-term stability of the free hosting services we provide to Independent Baptist churches, missionaries, evangelists, and ministry works. We are currently serving approximately 165 ministries through our web hosting ministry. These websites represent churches, missionaries, Bible ministries, […]
There was a serious security issue recently disclosed by cPanel involving cPanel & WHM servers worldwide. On April 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM CST, cPanel published an initial security advisory for CVE-2026-41940, an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting cPanel & WHM systems. This vulnerability is considered critical because it could allow […]
At April’s South Central Texas Baptist Fellowship (sctbf.com), I had the opportunity to meet Evangelist Steve Brady and his wife, Laura. Brother Brady was preaching a revival at Fort Victory Baptist Church in Crowley, Texas. During our conversation, Brother Brady mentioned that he was interested in having a website where […]
I recently received a call from Missionary Micah Bowman, who was given my number by a pastor I have worked with. Brother Bowman is preparing to go on deputation and reached out for help in creating a ministry website for the Bowman Family Creation Ministry. Brother Micah Bowman is a […]
For the past several years, Maureen and I have enjoyed attending the Blessed Hope Baptist Camp Meeting in Alvarado, Texas. This year, however, we were unable to attend because of the ice storm. Even so, we were thankful for the opportunity to visit Blessed Hope Baptist Church in Alvarado several […]
For years, Sam Ward’s ministry to Croatia has been represented online by his site at godsavecroatia.com. But as technology evolved, the need grew clear: migrating the site to a more maintainable, flexible platform — WordPress — while preserving the integrity of his content, outreach, and mission statement. That’s where our […]