Greetings to all our loyal readers as we approach the Nativity Fast!
We at NFTU, the largest True Orthodox News site in English on the Internet, is looking for new writers. Last year we broke the 100.000 readers a year mark and we are on tap to beat our yearly numbers, and I will tell you, lives are changed with this reporting. People have joined True Orthodox jurisdictions and we have gotten twice as many thank you's and twice as much hate mail from propagandists. The message is getting out And NFTU has even more to report as ecumenism continues to infect more and more in World Orthodoxy and as more good news comes out of all the Traditional Orthodox jurisdictions. This is where the title comes in.
An MP priest who just joined this forum claims we at NFTU are looking for "Fresh meat". He couldn't be more wrong. Ecumenism leaves plenty enough meat to report about in its wake. What we need are MORE volunteer writers to catch it all!
In previous years, we've had cross-jurisdictional contributions from different people and that has helped to make the site what it is today because the truth is that a lot of our reporting comes from news tips. News tips from interested Orthodox Christians who want to let us know what is newsworthy in their own jurisdiction. And we've put it up. And-- the numbers don't lie-- people want to know more. Our readership is on target for a 25% increase from last year's banner year. Our common effort is making a rapidly increasing difference and more people want to know.
I'm inviting again, cross-jurisdictionally, interested parties to report on goings-on in their Churches for NFTU, as well as local ecumenical developments. With a minimal set of guidelines for editorial integrity, we can keep a cross-jurisdictional momentum going for news and events to keep people informed.
If you think you've got things to report, you are in the know, and you'd like us reporting more about positive happenings in your jurisdiction, become a writer for NFTU! If you feel we've been underreporting on your jurisdiction, again-- become a writer for NFTU! If you just want to make this the best news source out there and we've been missing stuff-- join the team!
We started NFTU's new format in 2006 to reach out, cross-jurisdictionally, and it's working-- people aren't looking back. But I think the way forward is obvious-- when our Churches have representative voices, we will be able to preach the gospel more effectively. Defend the truth more effectively. And expose ecumenism and Sergianism for what they are more effectively. So I am asking early this year. Who wants to help expand the team for 2011?
Write us, comment on this post-- tell us what you think. Because what we here at NFTU want is to make sure we are in the service of True Orthodoxy, and the more True Orthodox we get involved, the better. (If this letter looks familiar to you, I admit, some of it is from my 2009 request for new writers) Either contact us here on this forum, or use the site's contact form.
Either way, keep reading, and may you have a blessed Nativity Fast in advance.
In Christ,
Deacon Joseph Suaiden, General Editor