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November 1999, a new website was created (www.FathersLoveLetter.com)
to facilitate the free viewing of the Father's Love
Letter video in a Flash video format. By January 2000,
there were so many people simultaneously viewing the
video online that it almost shut their Internet service
provider down. In March 2000, Barry & Anneliese
founded Father Heart Communications in order to facilitate
the growth of this new ministry. Later that fall,
their home church released Barry from pastoral ministry
to share the message of the Father's love full time.
By January 2001, the number of online video previews
of Father's Love Letter had increased to nearly one
million downloads a month.
In
October 2001, a new initiative called 'Father Loves
New York' was created in response to a request from
the wife of a rescue worker of 9/11 to share God's
love with the hurting people of New York City. Thousands
of Father's Love Letter resources were delivered to
the local church & ministry community in New York
City for free distribution at that time. The newly
created website, www.FatherLovesNewYork.com
became the inspiration for other cities to start their
own citywide initiatives. Today
there are a number of 'Father Loves Our City' outreaches
using the Father's Love Letter as their primary outreach
tool.
Since its inception, Father's Love Letter has been
viewed by millions of people from over 125 nations
on the Internet and has been translated into 90+ languages.
It has been shared in the jungles of the Amazon, by
bush pilots in Papa New Guinea, missionaries in Thailand,
broadcast via satellite television in Arabic throughout
the Middle East. It
has also been an effective ministry tool for prison
ministries, pregnancy crisis centers, youth ministries,
missions' organizations and drug rehabilitation centers.
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