Contact Information
Tel.: (646) 519-6760
Email: [email protected]
Web: outreach.goarch.org
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Fall 2024 Lake Institute on Religious Fundraising of the Lilly School of Philanthropy
Join us online this Fall 2024 along with Orthodox Christian Parish Leaders from across the country to grow in the ministry of religious fundraising. Earn the Executive Certificate in Religious Fundraising from the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University
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Clearinghouse of Liturgical Items
The Department of Stewardship, Outreach and Evangelism is working with the parishes to match up those that have with those that need in order to provide basic liturgical items for only the cost of delivery. Read More
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Parish Leadership Series Episode 2 featuring Joseph Kormos
Episode 2 with Joseph Kormos. "Parish Leadership" is a series of 1-hour presentations on various aspects of parish leadership. Read More
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Parish Leadership Series Episode 1 featuring Fr. Theodore Dorrance
Episode 1 of the Parish Leadership Series features Fr. Theodore Dorrance. "Parish Leadership" is a series of 1-hour presentations on various aspects of parish leadership. Each 1-hour talk is offered with natural 15-minute sections to permit parish councils and ministry leaders to watch all or part of each video as time allows. Read More
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2020 Stewardship Outreach and Evangelism Ministry Report
The Department of Stewardship Outreach and Evangelism 2 1/2 minute video report to the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in June 2020. Read More
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Rev. Economos James W. Kordaris
Director, Department of Stewardship, Outreach and Evangelism
Mission
The Mission of Outreach & Evangelism Ministries is to renew and share the Orthodox Christian Faith in America by nurturing a deeper commitment to our Lord Jesus Christ within His Church, by reaching out to inactive Orthodox Christians and to the unchurched, by meeting the needs of those inquiring about the Orthodox faith, and offering each community the tools for parish renewal and for the establishment of new parishes. As Archbishop Demetrios has said, "It is the Parish, it is the local community which has been, is, and will forever be the central, indispensable agent for offering our Orthodox faith to contemporary America."
Vision
As the presence of the Universal Church, the parish is called to witness to those within and those outside the community of believers. If we believe that in Orthodoxy we have the fullness of the Truth, then we have the great responsibility - the Great Commission - to share it with all people. All aspects of the parish may be seen as apostolic, and the Orthodox faithful are called to incorporate Christian mission in all aspects of life. When Christ said, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations..." he commissioned us to transform the parish into an agency of Christian outreach.
The American culture offers us great opportunities to conduct successful parish renewal, outreach and evangelism. It is time for a new beginning and a renewed effort to inspire creativity and revival in Orthodox Christianity in the United States. It is our duty and obligation not to hide our light under the bushel, but to let it shine before all people - to regain the missionary model that established the early Church. We must let our light so shine - because unless people see in us the light and the love of Christ, they will not believe.
Parish Outreach Coordinators
The role of the Parish Outreach & Evangelism Coordinator is to promote and facilitate programs, projects and initiatives in the local parish and community in keeping with the mission of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Outreach & Evangelism under the guidance of the presiding priest of the parish.
