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What is the Christian Furry Fellowship?
We are a group of Christian furries and fans who have assembled together to serve God, encourage one another and make a positive influence on the Furry Fandom at large.
So what's a furry?
"Furry" is more of a shorthanded way of saying "anthropomorphic" by the fans of the community, but can also mean fans of anthropomorphism; for this explaination we'll use "furry" in the terms of the first definition. It is a word applied to creatures that have both animal and human characteristics. In the context we use it here it generally means an animal with at least the mind of a human - that is, the ability to think, reason, and talk. It is often also accompanied by bipedalism and a generally otherwise human appearance save for fur, scales, etc., but this is not necessarily always present since there are plenty exceptions. A good visual image for a wide variety of sample furry characters would be those such as Chip and Dale, Bugs Bunny, Bambi, Lady from Lady and the Tramp, all the characters in Disney's Robin Hood, Mickey Mouse, the Redwall characters, Arthur Read, Starfox, Garfield, the rabbit from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and plenty more characters from your favorite childhood stories, various video games, and probably several sci-fi and fantasy books you might read as an adult.
So how does that apply here?
We tend to portray ourselves online as various furry characters of our own creation. It helps us define ourselves and personality to others, give us a mental image from which to visualize the chat room as a church that character can be in, and also we just find it fun. Who doesn't like pretending they're someone or something else? Even if it's pretending you're a fashion model. It's the same concept, just a different thing to pretend to be.
How does furry factor into your spirituality?
It doesn't really. We're just Christians that like the same sort of thing. It's about the same as if you had found a ministry that's geared to bikers, or a cowboy parachurch group, or a church quilting group, or if you discovered a collection of Christians who were also anime fans.
But don't you guys like believe you're animals or something?
No. Furries don't believe they're really animals. Those people are called Therians, not Furries, an entirely different group of people. We have characters which may be animals that we play out online, but we don't claim that we are that character as the person behind the keyboard.
So why did you form the CFF?
Many people, including some Christians, just don't understand what furries are. They're convinced that we're crazies, sexual deviants or satan worshipers. At the very least, this makes it hard to open up, and disrespect and abuse from Christians who don't understand them has turned many furries off to the love of Christ. This fellowship is a place where we can be ourselves and encourage one another in genuine love, and when apart, demonstrate the true love of God as we bring the gospel to unsaved furs.
Do I have to be a furry to attend?
Not at all! We accept all species here. If you think you'll feel awkward about being a human in a roomful of furries then you can call yourself something else, perhaps something silly like a North American hairless ape if it would make you more comfortable. The concept of furry embraces ethnic/racial/species diversity, so you'll be included and welcomed regardless of any sort of furry persona or lack thereof.
What denomination are you guys?
Our denomination is called "Fishers of Men." Joking aside, we focus on reaching the world for God by using love, respect and reason apart from any sectarian and demoninational distinctives. Though members of all denominations are welcome to worship with us, our group does include quite a few Protestants.
So are you a church?
Yes and No.
Yes in the general sense that we are a body of believers. However, we do not intend to take the place of the local church. We ask that our attendees also attend and support their own home churches. This is why our worship service is on Saturday night, so as not to interfere with local Sunday morning services, but to help provide the attitude of worship earlier than just as you're walking in the door to your own local church.
No in the sense that Biblically speaking, a church is where believers gather, worship God, hear the preaching of God's word, and practice baptism and take communion, under the headship of a pastor or pastors and elders. Since this doesn't happen at the CFF we can't in good faith call ourselves a church, even though we did in the past.
Do you guys support missionaries?
Yes, we do. We support one missionary family in China and we also fund an annual clothing drive / missions trip to the Lakota reservation.
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
As many as God wants to put there.
