Last December, Christians around the world were brought closer together when the Adventist Television Network (ATN) launched Hope Channel, a 24/7, spiritually based broadcast designed to reach people searching for biblical truth and the real meaning of life.

Hope has now hit the cyber world with streaming video on its new Web site (www.hopetv.org), putting the virtue back into virtual, so to speak, and making it accessible to the masses.

The programs selected so far have been chosen for their global perspective, diversity, and ability to present God’s Word with a fresh approach that’s appealing to both the spiritually inquisitive public and Seventh-day Adventists.

Hope Channel is looking for assistance to get the message of hope out to the world’s half-billion computer users, and would like to solicit your help.

If everyone who reads this article forwards an invitation to everyone on their e-mail lists, it shouldn’t take long for the Hope Channel to fulfill its ambitious slogan: “The fastest way to reach a billion.”

Go to www.hopetv.org and click on the "Watch Video Clip" graphic. You will see an invitation there that you can e-mail to your friends. To view a 30-second animation, introducing the Hope Channel, paste the following link into your Internet browser: mms://media.hopetv.org/atn/hope-v3.wmv. For optimum viewing, use Windows Media Player 9.

So go online. Check it out. And then, tell a friend … or maybe 100.

Lori-Anne Charlton, Adventist Television Network correspondent