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(antiochian.org) - The Department of Internet Ministry has rebuilt our Discover Orthodox Christianity section, one of the most highly trafficked sections of Antiochian.org.
Education and evangelistic outreach is of the utmost importance to the bishops, clergy and laity of the Antiochian Archdiocese. In support of their efforts, Discover Orthodox Christianity now provides a topical library of links and reflections presenting the faith to site visitors in an engaging and accessible format. We hope this will be a useful tool for teaching of the faith, for both newcomers and for people who are rediscovering Orthodoxy.
Visitors to Discover Orthodox Christianity will be able to read within nine subsections covering topics such as Our Sacraments, Who is God? and What is the Church? Authors include Fr. Thomas Hopko, Metropolitan Anthony Bloom, Fr. Patrick Reardon, Fr. Touma Bitar, Frederica Mathewes-Green, and many others. Links in each section point to supplementary books, podcasts, and other websites for the inquirer.
Though they are too many to name, we'd like to extend thanks to all the various sources who have allowed us to repurpose their material. This apologetical content is in no way exhaustive, as more web teaching resources are emerging daily in Orthodox cyberspace. If you have any suggestions for us, or links or articles that have been helpful to you in your faith journey, email your ideas to editor@antiochian.org.
We encourage those maintaining Orthodox websites of their own to link to this section. Graphics are available on our webmaster resources page.
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Internet resources are nice and fill a small niche - but in my estimation there MUST be the following:
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2.) perhaps another internet social networking site who has these volunteers available to meet inquirers at a third place before church to help them "warm" up to church or offer a pre-service tour of the church and "pre-game" summary.
3.) churches who are willing to take Vespers or other non DL services OUTSIDE the church. Speaking from experience, while I was very won over through internet sources, there was a long lag time before I worked up the gumption to attend a service. I was AFRAID. If there had been a Vespers in a park or at a private room in a coffee shop, that would have been enough "taste" for me to feel comfortable to enter a church.
hope this helps