Founder's TestimonyTruman W. Leung, Ascribe DeveloperThe summer of 2000 was a disappointment which turned into something unexpected, something better. I quit my job expecting to start working on an MBA. However, God had other plans for me. He gave me a dream about using the Internet to foster community in churches. So I got busy learning how to create database web applications ... from scratch. I was not a computer programmer at the time, but as I studied I felt like Bezalel or Oholiab. In the Old Testament, God gave them the skill and knowledge to craft all the elements of the Tent of Meeting, the Ark of the Covenant and all furnishings (Exodus 31). Similarly, algorithms made sense to me and computer logic clicked in my mind. Whenever I encountered a problem that I couldn't solve, I would pray for God's help and would soon figure out the solution. Every day I prayed for God to open the doors. Within 4 months He provided: I was sub-contracted to website redesign for New Hope Christian Fellowship Oahu. Shortly thereafter, New Hope asked me to develop its membership database. That database was programmed to meet specific needs of New Hope at the time. In June 2002, I began developing Ascribe in order to create web-based software that any church could use to manage both their membership information and their website content. In April 2005, Ascribe was finally finished and made available to any interested churches. Thanks be to God. My goal is to for this software to ascribe greatness to God as churches everywhere use it advance His kingdom. I have a dream to see Ascribe being used effectively around the world by churches to make sure no one falls through the cracks, to make disciples and to glorify the name of Jesus Christ. For that reason, I named the software Ascribe.
The second meaning of the name is that Ascribe is a modern scribe for the church to record information about members and ministries. I would also like to honor and thank my parents, Alan and Joyce Leung, without whose support, I would not have been able to develop the Ascribe system. Would you agree with me in a prayer? Lord Jesus, would You to redeem Internet and use it for Your purposes? Please put Your blessing on the Ascribe software. Use it to equip churches with an enhanced effectiveness do Your work by using Internet technology. Pour out your blessings on Ascribe, and other efforts like it, to help churches use the Internet effectively to shepherd Your children under their care and to reach out to those who do not yet know You. In Jesus' name, amen. Thanks for your prayers. May God richly bless you and your church. Truman Leung, President and Founder
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