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'''''The Dorean Principle: A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity''''' is a book authored by [[Conley Owens]], pastor of [[Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church]] (California, ~~United States of America~~), that defines the [[Dorean principle]] and makes the arguments for why the Scriptures teach that Christian ministry should be voluntarily supported (co-laboring) and not commercialized/sold (reciprocity). It also deals with the concepts of [[wikipedia:Intellectual_property|intellectual property]], concluding that in legal systems where creators are entitled to copyrights by default (and in a culture where this is the common practice for publishing models, which incentivize copyrighting), that the biblical ethic is for Christians to be putting Christian ministry resources in the [[wikipedia:Public_domain|public domain]].

'''''The Dorean Principle: A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity''''' is a book authored by [[Conley Owens]], pastor of [[Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church]] ([[wikipedia:Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]], [[wikipedia:California|California]]), that defines the [[Dorean principle]] and makes the arguments for why the Scriptures teach that Christian ministry should be voluntarily supported (co-laboring) and not commercialized/sold (reciprocity). It also deals with the concepts of [[wikipedia:Intellectual_property|intellectual property]], concluding that in legal systems where creators are entitled to copyrights by default (and in a culture where this is the common practice for publishing models, which incentivize copyrighting), that the biblical ethic is for Christians to be putting Christian ministry resources in the [[wikipedia:Public_domain|public domain]].

== Endorsements ==

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-'''''The Dorean Principle: A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity''''' is a book authored by [[Conley Owens]], pastor of [[Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church]] (California, United States of America), that defines the [[Dorean principle]] and makes the arguments for why the Scriptures teach that Christian ministry should be voluntarily supported (co-laboring) and not commercialized/sold (reciprocity). It also deals with the concepts of [[wikipedia:Intellectual_property|intellectual property]], concluding that in legal systems where creators are entitled to copyrights by default (and in a culture where this is the common practice for publishing models, which incentivize copyrighting), that the biblical ethic is for Christians to be putting Christian ministry resources in the [[wikipedia:Public_domain|public domain]].
+'''''The Dorean Principle: A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity''''' is a book authored by [[Conley Owens]], pastor of [[Silicon Valley Reformed Baptist Church]] ([[wikipedia:Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]], [[wikipedia:California|California]]), that defines the [[Dorean principle]] and makes the arguments for why the Scriptures teach that Christian ministry should be voluntarily supported (co-laboring) and not commercialized/sold (reciprocity). It also deals with the concepts of [[wikipedia:Intellectual_property|intellectual property]], concluding that in legal systems where creators are entitled to copyrights by default (and in a culture where this is the common practice for publishing models, which incentivize copyrighting), that the biblical ethic is for Christians to be putting Christian ministry resources in the [[wikipedia:Public_domain|public domain]].
 == Endorsements ==