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Use Media in Your Ministry

Auburn Media provides media expertise to religious leaders and religious expertise to the media. Recognizing that so many turn to mainstream media and the Internet for information, education and inspiration, Auburn Media equips religious leaders to communicate effectively through media channels and helps mediamakers and journalists connect with and cover the voices and stories they most need to hear.

In the News: Rev. Jim Wallis as a voice against the War on Prayer and in support of the Park51 Islamic Community Center in NYC

The New Face to Face Blog!

Auburn is excited to debut its Face to Face blog. Audrey White, a Sophomore at University of Texas at Austin and a Face to Face staffer is our first-ever guest blogger extraordinaire.

Web used for preaching classes

For 18 years, Haddon Robinson has taught preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary by having students give sermons and then reflect on feedback from classmates.

New Film and Study Guide: Have You Heard from Johannesburg?

Auburn is producing a multimedia curriculum for local church use based on the new documentary series, Have You Heard from Johannesburg?

The Power of Story to Trouble the Waters and Heal the World

In March 2010, experts came together at Auburn to talk about how story moves people in faith communities to bridge religious divides, build community, pursue justice, and heal the world. New media experts, documentary film experts, and experts in religious leadership were asked to reflect together on where the most innovative storytelling is happening currently, in and out of faith communities, and what it might look like in five years. Click to read the conversation.

2:01 PM Aug 5th from Macky Alston | Read More

Auburn and the Park51 Islamic Community Center

Since this story broke in May, Auburn has been working hard behind the scenes and out on the front-lines to help unite Americans across faiths during this "perfect storm":

11:16 AM Aug 25th from Kellie Anderson-Picallo | Read More

Auburn Teaching and Preaching Resources for the Week of September 11th

For this first week of September, Auburn has prepared resources to help your plan for the remembrance of September 11th, the conclusion of the Jewish High Holy Days and resources to spark important and healing discussions related to the Park51 Community Center in your community of faith.

10:55 AM Aug 25th from Kellie Anderson-Picallo | Read More

Auburn Media launched in 2002 after its current director Macky Alston was comissioned by Auburn to survey the landscape of nonfiction television programming on religion, spirituality and ethics. The survey concluded that the majority of voices and stories in mainstream media focused on religious extremes and did not represent the diversity and depth of religious life in America and abroad, and the true nature of its influence on culture and public life.

In 2003, Auburn developed a range of intiatives that equip religious leaders with media resources and savvy, so that they can use media in their congregation- and community-based work as well as for public witness.

Today, Auburn Media has trained over 750 religious leaders and experts on religion, many of whom are in the news on a weekly basis. In addition, Auburn innovates new ways to distribute and integrate "story-based media," from documentary films to video-rich Web sites, into faith-community education programs and organizing efforts, so that story - that which has enlivened our religious traditions from their inception - continues to ignite compassion and conviction around the globe.