Schedule for the 2022 Ancient Faith Women’s Retreat

We’re eagerly looking forward to welcoming our guests to the annual Ancient Faith Women’s Retreat. This year, it will be held in person on November 10-13 at the Antiochian Village Conference and Retreat Center in Bolivar, PA. You can learn more about our speakers and their sessions HERE. Below is the schedule for each day of the retreat. Unless otherwise noted, all sessions and events occur in the Chestnut Auditorium. SCHEDULE Thursday,…

Ancient Faith Ministries Elects 2 New Members to Board of Directors

CHESTERTON, IN – Ancient Faith Ministries is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to its Board of Directors. Monica Youssef and Karen Sibert, MD, FASA, were duly elected at the Board’s recent quarterly meeting and began serving on July 1, 2022. With the blessing of Metropolitan Joseph of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, Youssef and Sibert join the 9-member Board serving under the chairmanship of Dn.…

Ancient Faith Ministries announces CEO’s 2023 retirement, launches search for successor

CHESTERTON, IN – John Maddex, co-founder and CEO of Ancient Faith Ministries (AFM), will retire in July 2023, the ministry has announced. John and his wife Tonya co-founded Ancient Faith Radio and oversaw the company’s merger with Conciliar Press, leading to the formation of the present-day organization, of which John was the first CEO. AFM has experienced remarkable growth under John’s leadership, transitioning from an energetic start-up to the premier English-language Orthodox…

Why Ancient Faith needs YOU at the Content Creator Conference

“The coming generation shall be told of the Lord, and they will declare His righteousness to a people yet unborn whom the Lord has made.” – Psalm 22 Ancient Faith Ministries has an honored past and a thriving present. It’s time to work on the future. Through the grace of God, AFM has become the biggest Orthodox Christian media ministry in English in the United States and probably the world. We work…

Fr. Jeremy Davis: Stumbling into Sacrifice

As an Evangelical Protestant kid, I picked up a certain idea of sacrifice: a worshiper lays his hand upon an innocent lamb, draining his sins into the creature, then a priest comes forward to end the animal’s life, thus satisfying God’s need to punish the sinner. I can’t pinpoint whom I learned this from or when—it was just in the air, so to speak. In hindsight, this interpretation was clearly a projection…

2022 Ancient Faith Content Creator Conference Speakers and Sessions

We are happy to announce the speakers and topics for this year’s Ancient Faith Content Creator Conference! The conference will take place from Monday evening, September 19 through Thursday morning, September 22 at Antiochian Village in Bolivar, PA. Sessions will be taught both by Ancient Faith staff members and invited speakers. We’re also honored to be hosting representatives of several other Orthodox publishers, who will be available to talk with conference guests…

Ancient Faith Women’s Retreat 2022: Speakers and Topics

We are overjoyed to announce that the in-person Ancient Faith Women’s Retreat is back! This beloved gathering will take place on November 10-13, 2022, at Antiochian Village Conference and Retreat Center in Bolivar, PA. REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE HERE. Our theme this year is the Theotokos, and we have invited four wonderful women to lead us in learning more about the Mother of God. Below you’ll find their names, together with…