What we believe
We hold to the historic Christian faith as summarized in the Apostles’ Creed. We believe the local church is God’s plan for reaching the world, and that our job is to serve it, not replace it.
About
Hi, it’s Doug.
Web developer, recovering agency owner, part-time gardener, full-time believer that the church deserves better tools than the ones it’s been handed.
From side gig to sent.
My career in tech started the way all great callings do: I needed extra money for Christmas presents. That side gig turned into a web agency, and for more than a decade I helped businesses build websites, apps, and the kind of automation that makes accountants weep with joy.
Along the way, a funny thing kept happening. Churches and ministries would call us after something broke: a hacked site, a lost donor list, a “free” tool that suddenly wasn’t. They were doing work that mattered eternally, on tech that barely mattered at all.
A short-term trip to help a partner ministry rebuild after a server failure turned into a second trip, then a third. Somewhere around the fourth, a friend looked at me and said, “You know this is the job now, right?” Annoyingly, they were right.
What I’m here to do.
I’m not here to be the IT guy forever. The goal is to work myself out of a job by training local developers, building simple systems that don’t need me, and leaving every ministry more capable than I found it.
Field-issued equipment
Every missionary comes with accessories.
When our sending agency asked for a “fun photo for the prayer card,” I may have overdelivered. Here’s what’s in the box:
- Coding. The day job. Mostly teaching, sometimes building, always debugging.
- Gardening. Missions is mostly planting things and waiting a really long time. Good practice.
- Guitar. I play on the worship team. I know four chords, which turns out to be all of them.
- Music. Headphones for eleven-hour bus rides and long nights of migrating databases.
Batteries not included. Coffee strongly recommended.
Who sends us
We serve with Open Bytes Mission Partners, a (fictional) 501(c)(3) sending agency with board oversight, member care, and an annual independent audit. Our home church provides pastoral care and accountability.
How we handle money
Every gift is receipted and tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our budget is set and reviewed by our agency, and partners can see their full giving history any time in the partner portal.
FAQ
Questions people actually ask.
Wait, tech missionaries are a thing?
They are! Bible translation, church planting, and relief work all run on technology now. Somebody has to make sure the translation software backs up, and that the orphanage’s donation page wasn’t built by a teenager in 2011.
Why not just ship laptops over?
Hardware without people who can maintain it becomes a very expensive paperweight within about eighteen months. We’ve seen the paperweight closet. Training local developers is slower, and it’s the only thing that lasts.
Is my gift tax-deductible?
Yes. Gifts are made to our sending agency and receipted automatically. Year-end statements are available in the partner portal.
How can I see my giving history or get a receipt?
Log in to the partner portal with your email address. No password to remember; we send you a sign-in link.
Can I come visit?
We’d love that. We host a few short-term teams each year, especially people with tech, teaching, or project-management skills. Drop us a note and we’ll talk.