Do British people want to become Orthodox?

There may be many Orthodox Christians who do not think that Orthodoxy is attractive to British people. Certainly when it is lived out with faithfulness it requires a greater degree of commitment than many British Christians would be used to. But there are millions of British people are already willing to commit to a great many social and cultural activities which take up much of their time and energy. It may well be that much of Western Christianity is not very attractive or demanding to modern British people, but this does not mean that when the have discovered Orthodoxy they will not be willing to count the cost and embrace it with wholeheartedness.

Over the last three or four years we have been praying and working to encourage interested British Christians to explore the Orthodox Faith for themselves. We have been limited by our resources, and so we continue to ask Orthodox Christians around the world to consider how they can pray and financially support our ministries. There is much more that could be done if we had more prayer and more material support.

I spent a little time today looking at the records of these contacts we have made over the last few years. We have not been able to follow them all up as we would wish at present. But we believe that with more support from other Orthodox Christians we could see a greater harvest of British souls for Christ in His Orthodox Church. Would you be surprised to learn that 200 British people have ordered copies of Glory To God - our edition of the Agpeya prayers? Would you be surprised to learn that 230 British people have ordered copies of Our Daily Bread, the collection of prayers, readings and spiritual articles we have produced? Would you be surprised to learn that over 500 British people have requested membership of the British Orthodox Fellowship, an organisation we created to encourage British people to learn more about our Orthodox Faith?

There is a growing interest in the Orthodox Faith among British people. The fields are whitening ready for harvest. But we need you to help fund our missionary labours, and pray earnestly for us. Without your support much of the harvest will remain uncollected.