The symbolism between the light of our faith and using light to see the world are strong bonds which the Christian Photojournalist defines their profession as a calling.

When the word became flesh God walked again as he did in the Garden with Adam and Eve in Jesus Christ.  God wanted to reach out to man and moved beyond the words and used the visual to connect with mankind. 

The church quickly understood the power of the visual and since most of the people in the early churches were illiterate, statues, paintings and stained glassed windows retold the stories of the Bible in the cathedrals. 

I have even heard the first movie was the stages of the cross and if you stood in the middle of the church and spun you would have the first movie—predating Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of Christ by a couple of thousand years.

Christians in Photojournalism is a fellowship of Christian photojournalists who believe they are responding to a calling.  They want their light to shine in the darkness of the world. 

Besides using our cameras, we also encourage one another through fellowship and prayer.  The early founders would take time meeting and praying for one another.  Today this remains as one of the most active parts of the fellowship—prayer.  Today we pray for one another, pray for our work places, pray for our co-workers, and pray for the community and the world. 

While CIP is a worldwide fellowship, the Atlanta group is putting a face on it locally.  We meet together two to three times a year to network, fellowship and encourage one another.