Ten years ago a young (35-year-old) New-Jersey-born priest from an OCA parish in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania picked up the phone and called Fr. Peter Gillquist, the head of the Department of Missions and Evangelism for the Antiochian Archdiocese. The mission bug had bit. He asked Fr. Peter for possible. locations for Orthodox Missions around the country. When Fr. Peter…
OUTREACH! This is the key that will open the door to success for any mission. We must have high visibility. We must be seen, we must be heard, and we must be read. The first, through our interaction in the community; the second, through exposure to our Church music; and the third through our literature…
WHY DO MISSIONS start up in one area and not in another? How long does it take before one begins the process until a mission is given birth? How do you go about starting a mission? These are questions I’ve been asked over and over again. The best way I can answer these questions is to share my experience about a mission which I’ve had the privilege of helping to found…