Our Mission
Websites connect churches with a large group of potential visitors, influencing their choice of whether to visit on Sunday morning. Five More Talents exists to provide maximum value web design services, web hosting plans, and assistance plans for churches and ministries. Specifically, we help established churches improve outdated websites, and we help church plants establish an effective web presence from the get-go.
Our Philosophy
We have definite opinions about how websites should be built and maintained. First, we are committed to using web standards when coding our websites. Second, we believe that organic growth is the best way to make sure that your website is optimized for search engines.
Web standards are the specifications, recommendations, and guidelines set forth by the World Wide Web Consortium. Using web standards to build websites allows us to create search-friendly sites that load faster, reach more users, and cost less to design, update, and maintain.
Organic growth is the best and surest way to make sure that your site can be found. Organic growth simply means regularly adding content relevant to the subject of your site.
Our Leadership
Douglas Vos
Douglas Vos – Chief Executive Officer
Over 25 years of experience in the information technology industry. Founded the Christian Computer Users Association (CCUA, Inc.) in 1983 and served as editor of Christian Computer News. Worked for Electronic Data Systems (EDS / now part of Hewlett-Packard) from 1988 to 2008, gaining a broad range of experience in business and Information Technology.
Doug has a BRE degree in Anthropology, Bible and Linguistics from Kuyper College (formerly Reformed Bible College) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has been a member of Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC) in Farmington Hills, Michigan for over 20 years, and has been serving as an ordained deacon at Oakland Hills for most of those years.
The Story behind Our Name
The name Five More Talents comes from the Parable of the Talents which Jesus told his disciples. In this parable, Jesus condemns the slothful servant who tried to play it safe, but praises the two diligent servants who took risks for the sake of growing the investments in their Master’s estate.
We are convinced that the key to an effective church website is attention to detail and “faithfulness in a few things.” We aim to make websites which reflect the ongoing vitality and life of Christ-centered congregations, and support the existing outreach and church planting efforts of gospel-driven denominations.