Farah Foundation Awards Major Multi-Year Grant
Farah Foundation Awards Major Multi-Year Grant
To Orthodox Christian Network
Press Release
March 24, 2005
Ft. Lauderdale (March 18) – The Virginia H. Farah Foundation has made a
multi-year commitment to fund a new Development Office for Orthodox
Christian Network (OCN).
The purpose of this grant is to help OCN establish an Office of
Development for the media outreach of the Standing Conference of
Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA). This new development
office will work with other foundations and individual donors to fully
fund the media outreach ministry for the Orthodox Christian churches in
this nation.
The grant allows OCN to hire a full time director of development and to
secure the services of Stewardship Advocates of New York, a full service
donor development agency headed by well respected stewardship expert,
Fr. Anthony Scott. Rev. Scott will work with the new director of
development at OCN.
Rev. Dr. Christopher Metropulos, founder and Executive Director of OCN,
states that this generous grant from the Farah Foundation goes a long
way in helping OCN create and sustain a much needed media presence for
the Orthodox Christian churches. It is precisely this “missing voice of
Orthodoxy” that OCN was created to address in American society. Farah
Foundation Director Eric Namee states “The Farah Foundation is committed
to supporting Orthodox outreach efforts that have proven themselves
effective in sharing the Orthodox faith with a wider number of people.
We are also convinced that OCN and its media outreach are much needed
tools to assist and support the local parish in their work to share the
faith with their local communities.
The Foundation was established in 1983 to support the Orthodox Christian
Church’s witness to America and assist disadvantaged children through
Orthodox Christian Service organizations.
OCN’s premier radio program, Come Receive The Light, is heard in twenty
cities across the nation, and is the only Orthodox Christian radio
program distributed by satellite nationwide. The half hour program is
also heard worldwide on the ministry’s web site www.receive.org and has
listeners as far away as New Zealand and Greece.
Orthodox Christian Network is headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
and is a member of the National Religious Broadcasters. Visit us at
www.receive.org.
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For more information contact:
Chuck Powell, Director of Media
877-272-2348