Ancient Faith Ministries (AFM) is a pan-
Orthodox
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media ministry and department of the
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
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. Alongside its sales division (Ancient Faith Store), it includes four media outlets:
Ancient Faith Radio (AFR), Ancient Faith Publishing (AFP), Ancient Faith Blogs, and Ancient Faith Films. It is headed by CEO John Maddex.
Overview
Ancient Faith Ministries is the product of a merger of two previously independently existing ministries,
Ancient Faith Radio and Conciliar Press, with other ministry divisions being added later.
Conciliar Press formed in as the publishing arm of the New Covenant Apostolic Order, a group of thousands of Evangelical Christians who were in the process of adopting a historic, liturgical approach to Christianity and eventually renamed themselves the
Evangelical Orthodox Church
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(EOC). With the reception of the EOC into the Antiochian Archdiocese in , Conciliar Press became part of the archdiocese.
Ancient Faith Radio began in in the home of John Maddex, a former division manager of
Moody Institute's 35 radio stations, who was attending All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church in
Chicago
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. Its initial form was Internet streaming of Orthodox liturgical music, with podcasts being added in with recordings of homilies from Fr.
Patrick Henry Reardon, pastor of All Saints Church.
In , Conciliar Press merged with Ancient Faith Radio to form Conciliar Media Ministries, becoming fully a department of the Antiochian Archdiocese. With the better brand recognition of the ''Ancient Faith'' brand, in , the merged ministry was renamed ''Ancient Faith Ministries'' and the press division renamed ''Ancient Faith Publishing''.
Ancient Faith Blogs was added in , featuring weblogs from multiple writers, a number of whom are associated with AFR and AFP. Ancient Faith Films began production in . In , AFM launched Orthodox Christian Ebooks, a site dedicated to the sale of e-books from multiple publishers.
On several occasions, AFM has received funding from the Virginia H. Farah Foundation, a non-profit foundation that supports development in the Orthodox Church.
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2008 establishments in Indiana
Antiochian Orthodox Church in the United States
Christian mass media companies
Companies based in Chesterton, Indiana
Eastern Orthodoxy in Indiana
Publishing companies established in 2008
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