Post by Michael J Loomis on Feb 5, 2010 14:23:40 GMT -5
Most of you will have seen this in other places but thought I would add it here as well to cover all of the bases.
Preterist Radio @ AD70.NET has been broadcasting 24/7 for close to 3 months now.
At this time we are producing at least 8 podcasts per week and that number will be going up very soon. We've produced close to 80 podcasts to date and the number of people downloading these podcasts is growing significantly every week.
The percentage of listeners at any given time of the day has increased 500 to 700 percent in the last two months. I attribute this mostly to the station getting listed in the radio section of iTunes. Which has now changed the nature of the station from just being a preterist audience to one that is reaching people that have never heard of preterism. The station is listed as "AD70.NET...Christian Radio From a Slightly Different Point of View." Which I think is catching a lot of peoples attention. That and we are listed at the top of 170 other religious broadcast streams.
We've been seeing listeners from countries like Germany, Romania, Ukraine, Greece, Japan, Taiwan, Spain, Many countries in Africa, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Bulgaria, Mexico and Brazil etc. Of course the majority of our listeners are here in America and Canada.
We're being contacted regularly from more people wanting to participate in broadcasting. However sometimes doctrinal issues come up that I'm not comfortable hitching my cart to.
If things continue to grow at the rate that they have been over the last two months, within a year I'm going to have to move the station from my home studio to a commercial one and employ others to help me with the load. At this point my personal time commitment is approximately 40 hours per week. Which involves live broadcasts, audio/podcast production, programming, website and podcast updates, hardware/software maintenance along with countless hours on the phone and answering emails.
We're also in the process of adding a prayer ministry and are looking for those of you that are prayer warriors. Please contact me if you are interested in being involved. michael@ad70.net
We've recently added an online introductory Greek course that is currently being broadcast live on Wednesday nights, taught by Sam Frost and Alan Bondar. This is just the first class of many that we will eventually be offering in a live interactive online Preterist University of sorts. Additional courses in the line up will be "Ethics in a Post AD70 World" and "Philosophy in a Post AD70 World," taught by Ed Hassertt. Co-Author of "House Divided."
I'm also about to bring on 3 more guests to begin live broadcasting each week that will be dealing more with practical issues and the "What Now," aspect of what it means to live in a Post AD70 world. This will add approximately 10 work hours per week to my current workload.
As well, this summer we will be hosting a number of the preterist conferences live for those of you that can't afford to travel to the respective locations where they are being held.
I'm also working on a design for small cards that listeners will be able to hand out to friends, family, strangers along with posting on bulletin boards.
And so...We are at a turning point.
I personally believe with my whole heart that where God guides he provides. And one of my main goals is to not burden those doing the work of ministry/teaching by having to charge them for airtime. Nor do I want to break up the quality of programming by having to advertise to cover the costs. Which would also take time and attention away from doing the actual work of this ministry by having to seek out advertisers.
The initial cost of starting this project was approximately $3500 and the actual costs have been about $350 a month. Of course as you all know the hardware will only last so long. As we continue to grow, the costs associated with this ministry will continue to increase as well.
We are seeing lives changed by making this place of fellowship available to those that have been outside of fellowship because of their beliefs. Incredible things are happening and I can only begin to imagine how far this will grow if we all do our part.
I want to personally thank each and every one of you that have so generously been supporting this ministry financially to this point through individual and recurring donations and I would also like to encourage those that haven't yet to seriously consider doing the same.
Prayerfully consider how you can support this outreach by becoming a financial partner in this ministry as we continue to take this message of fulfillment to the uttermost parts of the Earth.
Please visit our support page at preteristradio.com/support
Regular supporters will be receiving cards to hand out. When you run out...Simply contact me for more. Also...Don Preston and Jeff McCormack of www.apologiabooks.com, have agreed to offer a 10% discount in their online stores to regular supporters of Preterist Radio. Contact me for details--> michael@ad70.net
Thank you all and God Bless...
Michael J. Loomis
Preterist Radio @ AD70.NET has been broadcasting 24/7 for close to 3 months now.
At this time we are producing at least 8 podcasts per week and that number will be going up very soon. We've produced close to 80 podcasts to date and the number of people downloading these podcasts is growing significantly every week.
The percentage of listeners at any given time of the day has increased 500 to 700 percent in the last two months. I attribute this mostly to the station getting listed in the radio section of iTunes. Which has now changed the nature of the station from just being a preterist audience to one that is reaching people that have never heard of preterism. The station is listed as "AD70.NET...Christian Radio From a Slightly Different Point of View." Which I think is catching a lot of peoples attention. That and we are listed at the top of 170 other religious broadcast streams.
We've been seeing listeners from countries like Germany, Romania, Ukraine, Greece, Japan, Taiwan, Spain, Many countries in Africa, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Bulgaria, Mexico and Brazil etc. Of course the majority of our listeners are here in America and Canada.
We're being contacted regularly from more people wanting to participate in broadcasting. However sometimes doctrinal issues come up that I'm not comfortable hitching my cart to.
If things continue to grow at the rate that they have been over the last two months, within a year I'm going to have to move the station from my home studio to a commercial one and employ others to help me with the load. At this point my personal time commitment is approximately 40 hours per week. Which involves live broadcasts, audio/podcast production, programming, website and podcast updates, hardware/software maintenance along with countless hours on the phone and answering emails.
We're also in the process of adding a prayer ministry and are looking for those of you that are prayer warriors. Please contact me if you are interested in being involved. michael@ad70.net
We've recently added an online introductory Greek course that is currently being broadcast live on Wednesday nights, taught by Sam Frost and Alan Bondar. This is just the first class of many that we will eventually be offering in a live interactive online Preterist University of sorts. Additional courses in the line up will be "Ethics in a Post AD70 World" and "Philosophy in a Post AD70 World," taught by Ed Hassertt. Co-Author of "House Divided."
I'm also about to bring on 3 more guests to begin live broadcasting each week that will be dealing more with practical issues and the "What Now," aspect of what it means to live in a Post AD70 world. This will add approximately 10 work hours per week to my current workload.
As well, this summer we will be hosting a number of the preterist conferences live for those of you that can't afford to travel to the respective locations where they are being held.
I'm also working on a design for small cards that listeners will be able to hand out to friends, family, strangers along with posting on bulletin boards.
And so...We are at a turning point.
I personally believe with my whole heart that where God guides he provides. And one of my main goals is to not burden those doing the work of ministry/teaching by having to charge them for airtime. Nor do I want to break up the quality of programming by having to advertise to cover the costs. Which would also take time and attention away from doing the actual work of this ministry by having to seek out advertisers.
The initial cost of starting this project was approximately $3500 and the actual costs have been about $350 a month. Of course as you all know the hardware will only last so long. As we continue to grow, the costs associated with this ministry will continue to increase as well.
We are seeing lives changed by making this place of fellowship available to those that have been outside of fellowship because of their beliefs. Incredible things are happening and I can only begin to imagine how far this will grow if we all do our part.
I want to personally thank each and every one of you that have so generously been supporting this ministry financially to this point through individual and recurring donations and I would also like to encourage those that haven't yet to seriously consider doing the same.
Prayerfully consider how you can support this outreach by becoming a financial partner in this ministry as we continue to take this message of fulfillment to the uttermost parts of the Earth.
Please visit our support page at preteristradio.com/support
Regular supporters will be receiving cards to hand out. When you run out...Simply contact me for more. Also...Don Preston and Jeff McCormack of www.apologiabooks.com, have agreed to offer a 10% discount in their online stores to regular supporters of Preterist Radio. Contact me for details--> michael@ad70.net
Thank you all and God Bless...
Michael J. Loomis
