Supporting Mission Priests and Parishes

Share the Faith assists a wide variety of canonical Orthodox priests in the United States who are:

• Assigned to mission parishes which cannot provide adequate support, and so must supplement their income with secular work.
• Pursuing missionary / outreach ministries in addition to their regular parish duties for which they need assistance.
• Assigned to parishes which are “re-missionizing” their areas. Unfortunately, Orthodox parishes can find themselves with too few members for a variety of reasons. These parishes either learn to evangelize, or they cease to exist. Share the Faith helps keep these parishes open and also helps them develop the evangelism skills needed to attract new members.

SEE OUR SUPPORTED MISSIONS

Parish Mentoring and Education

In addition to financial support for mission parishes, and those in need of revitalization, Share the Faith provides a mentoring and education program for supported parish councils. Especially at the mission level, many parish councils are new to Orthodoxy and are frequently unsure how to effectively evangelize.


Here are some of the topics we explore with our supported parishes that help the servants of God effectively start and run a mission or revitalize an older parish.

1. So you want to start a New Mission Orthodox Church?
2. Effective Ideas for the Greeting of Newcomers
3. How to Evangelize for Church Growth
4. Getting noticed in your community

We also provide Q&A sessions and on-request mentoring for parish councils and parish priests who need assistance, as well as custom-training classes to meet unique, local needs.