God Goss - get God gossiped in your area!

News Release: 29 January 2010

In the current issue of Inspire magazine God Goss producer Ali Burnett explains how churches can use radio to get the Gospel message to a much wider audience

"A recent survey for confused.com put 'Religion' 12th in a list of the top 50 subjects people today are most confused about. Somewhere in the top 3 was "What women see in Russell Brand"!

But, isn't it amazing that, in today's fast-moving world of instant communication, most people still don't know what Christians see in Jesus? There is still no single Christian website which is a household name. And social networking can be narrow – confined to those linked to you by subject interest alone. Even the term “mass media” is increasingly a misnomer, as audiences for more and more channels get smaller and smaller.

'God Goss' is one minute of good news – showbiz-style – currently broadcast on two Heart Radio stations, Cambridge and Norfolk, every Sunday at 10.15 and 11.15 am. The timing is deliberate, because God Goss isn't for Christians.

A weekly 'Goss' bulletin contains stories such as Amy Winehouse being invited to visit a monastery, prayer being good for your health, Wayne Rooney wanting to be a priest, or the tubby vicar who lost 8 stone. It's good news, to encourage listeners to raise a smile and see faith in a different way.

The vision is to see God Goss on every county-size commercial radio station where it can reach the largest numbers quickly – like Heart, or the northern 'Big City Network' of stations like Metro (Newcastle), Hallam (Sheffield) and Radio City (Liverpool). But it won’t get on air, and be heard by non-churchgoers, unless churches pay for the airtime.

I urge Churches Together groups across the country to set up Media Mission Funds and pledge to make God Goss a household name by running it on their local commercial radio station. Start with the big stations like Heart - smaller ones cost half the money, but only reach a fifth of the audience. Get behind God Goss, and get your area gossiping God!"

To find out more about getting God Goss on your local radio station, contact Ali on 07774 248189 or go to www.godgoss.com.