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GOAA - New Outreach & Evangelism Web Site Launched


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Date Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:56:30 -0700

GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA
8-10 East 79th St. New York, NY 10021
Tel: (212) 570-3530 Fax: (212) 774-0215
Web: http://www.goarch.org
Email: communications@goarch.org

June 22, 2004

Contact:
Fr. James W. Kordaris, Director
Department of Outreach & Evangelism
Tel. 646/519-6160  Fax. 646/519-6166
Email: outreach@goarch.org
Web site: www.outreach.goarch.org

DEPARTMENT OF OUTREACH & EVANGELISM LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE

Garrison, NY - The Department of Outreach & Evangelism of the Greek
Orthodox Archdiocese of America has launched a new web site and listserv in
order to provide information on Archdiocesan efforts in Outreach &
Evangelism with tools and resources for implementing outreach ministries in
the parish.  The web address is www.outreach.goarch.org and includes a
sign-up page for the Outreach & Evangelism listserv.

The web site provides print-ready brochures, sermons, youth lessons, and
other information for use in parish ministry and outreach.  The site also
serves as a clearinghouse of successful ministries that are being carried
out in Orthodox Christian parishes in America. The Ministry Profile section
of the site will feature these outstanding parish ministries with a
step-by-step plan of implementation with guidance based upon the experience
of the parishes.  According to Father Stanley S. Harakas, noted Orthodox
Christian author, scholar and parish priest, "All clergy and Orthodox
parishioners should appreciate the vigorous efforts of our Archdiocese's
Department of Outreach and Evangelism for the building up of our local
parish life, and the spiritual growth of Orthodox Christians everywhere.
This new website offers a wealth of useful resources for local parish
ministry, outreach and evangelism."

The Archdiocesan Department of Outreach & Evangelism was established by
Archbishop Demetrios of America in January 2003 "?to bring the Gospel of
our Lord to all those within the boundaries of our Archdiocese of America
who thirst to know The Way, The Truth and The Life." The mission of the
Department of Outreach & Evangelism is to revitalize the faith of active
Orthodox, reach out to inactive Orthodox Christians, meet the needs of
those inquiring about the Orthodox faith, offer tools for parish renewal,
and offer guidance in 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."

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