Vision-Mission-Rational

Vision

That children the world over may have the Word of God freely available to them via the Internet and other current telecommunications in a manner that meets their expectations of a worthy and interesting website utilizing current and future computer technologies.

Mission

Righteous Servant will be a website to acquaint and reinforce Biblical concepts, truths, characters, stories, events and virtues with truly engaging, educational and edifying activities for children aged 3-8 years old, bringing them closer to knowledge of and a relationship with God, knowing Jesus as their Savior. The website shall be such that once a child has it in front of them, they should need no further adult assistance.

Rational

The reality is that children are and will continue to use the Internet via computers and mobile devices. There is a lot of really great stuff out there for them to interact with as well as a greater amount of crap and not to mention the downright abominable. What is lacking in the really great stuff category are quality Christian websites for kids. There are innumerable sites that claim to be Christian in nature for kids but the sad reality is that Christian developers have either missed the mark or missed the boat completely.

I have spent many hours and visited hundreds if not in the thousands of websites claiming to be Biblical in nature and providing “fun”. “interactive” ... activities and games for kids to play. A large portion of what is out there is year 2000 era style Web 1.0 stuff: hangman games, matching games, printable mazes, Jesus PacMan, catch the stars that an angel drops etc… Another portion are trivia, quizzes and games that require recalling knowledge of the Bible, not teaching it and bringing it to heart. Another segment are Bible stories that require an adult to sit with them reading and explaining as they go along. A last category are commercial products. While they may be excellent and worthy, they do not fulfill my mission of being freely available.

I have not found any websites that fit my criteria outlined next in my Markers of Excellence post. If after you read on and you know of any Christian websites for kids that meet this criteria, please forward them to me via the comments. I will check them out.