Furs For Christ

2012-01-31T03:49:20Z

165.134.208.196: /* Present Day */

{{Infobox
|name = Furs For Christ
|title = Furs For Christ
|label1 = Website
|data1 = [http://www.fursforchrist.com/ fursforchrist.com]
|label2 = LiveJournal
|data2 = [http://community.livejournal.com/furrsfurchrist/ furrsfurchrist]
|label3 = Ran from/to
|data3 = January 2005 - present
|header4 = Staff
|header5 =
|label5 = Founder
|data5 = [[Razi (animator)|Razi]]
|header6 =
|label6 = Active Administrators
|data6 = Firekeeper, Hunter the Dog
|header7 =
|label7 = Inactive Administrators
|data7 = Razi, Aidyn Fox, Eagle's Flight
|label8 = Moderators
|data8 = [[Ian the Gecko]], Gypsi-Rae Leonine, Sleet
|label9 = Rating
|data9 = {{Rating-nyr-button}}
}}
'''Furs For Christ''', formerly known as '''Furrs Fur Christ''' (also known as '''FFC'''), is a small community geared for [[Christian furries]] and [[anthropomorphic]] artists.

== History ==
Furrs Fur Christ was created by [[Razi (animator)|Razi]] who hosts the site herself. The forums are also presently moderated by [[Ian the Gecko]], [[Gypsi-Rae Leonine]], and [[Sleet]].

In July 2007, FFC was ranked #3 on Cracked.com's "WTF?!: The 8 Strangest Communities on the Web" list<ref>[http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2271&pageid=2 Cracked.com's "WTF?!: The 8 Strangest Communities on the Web" list]</ref>, above [[Second Life]] at #5. This prompted a flood of unregistered guests and some new registrations; as a result, the administrators closed off most of the site to non-members and created a membership application to help weed out spammers and trolls<ref>http://www.furrsfurchrist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2602</ref>. Later that year, [[Something Awful]] featured FFC in its Weekend Web article<ref>[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/weekend-web/furs-bigfoot-multiplicity.php "Furrs for Christ, Multiplicity, and Bigfoot Forums"]</ref>. The article includes screenshots of the site along with sarcastic comments about the contents of the screenshots. This led to another flurry of guests viewing the site, some of whom spammed the membership applications section.

== Activism ==

FFC members as a group attended [[Rocky Mountain Fur Con]] and [[Anthrocon]] 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Their activities included Bible studies, a Sunday service, attending panels and sharing their faith with other furries.

== Present Day ==

In October 2011, FFC moved to a new domain, FursForChrist.com, with a new name, forum, and image gallery as well as social networking capabilities. During the move, some of the moderators and leadership were shuffled, with the existing forum remaining open as an archive until present date. The current forum has been plagued with issues during the upgrade due to various technical limitations imposed by the social software. A second move is planned to move to a more stable software<ref>[http://www.fursforchrist.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=60&id=2508&Itemid=0 Downtime in the next few days for site maintenance]</ref>;.

FFC's original mandate was a forum where followers of [[Wikipedia:Christ|Christ]] who also appreciate anthropomorphic art can relate to one another and discuss relevant issues. It also houses a small, clean anthropomorphic art gallery which is not limited to “religious” art and welcomes deep, non-Christian, non-anthropomorphic material as well. Since the move to the new domain, users can also create custom profiles and join private discussion groups as an alternative to [[Wikipedia:Facebook|Facebook]] and other furry social networks.

== References ==
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[[Category:Websites]]
[[Category:Religion]]

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