October 27, 2025, Share the Faith Ministries – Orthodox Christian Mission to America will be working closely with the Antiochian Archdiocese Department of Missions and Evangelism and the Orthodox Church Capital Improvement Fund (OCCIF) to help spread the Orthodox Church to all corners of the United States. This represents a new dynamic for Share the Faith in their endeavor to reach bi-vocational, mission priests who are struggling to make ends meet with their personal finances.
While we continue to maintain our Pan – Orthodox ministry status, we will also move into this exciting opportunity with the Antiochian Archdiocese who will provide strategic access to potential Mission Priests in the Antiochian Archdiocese. OCCIF, an Orthodox Christian fund that helps mission-minded parishes, missions, and monastic communities of the canonical jurisdictions of the Orthodox Church in the United States acquire, build, remodel, and refinance church-related properties, represents an opportunity for us to enter into their model as a potential source to help those new missions with temporary, financial support for their new priests. Stay tuned for updates on this collaboration!
Please do not hesitate to reach out to Deacon Christopher Purdef, Chairman of Share the Faith Ministries – Orthodox Christian Mission to America at deaconchris@sharethefaith.net with any questions you may have.