About Gegrapha
In Greek Gegrapha means: "What I Have Written, I Have Written…"
In the early morning hours circa 30 A.D., Pontius Pilate was awakened by the Sanhedrin, the Jewish religious authorities, and their rent-a-crowd rebel rousers. It was about Jesus of Nazareth. They wanted Him executed for His claims to be the Messiah, King of the Jews. They insinuated His kingship claims posed a threat to Rome.
Pilate became the investigative reporter par excellence, determined to get to the bottom of it all. Pilate engages Jesus in dialogue. "Who really rules the world?" he asked.
Jesus responds by telling Pilate that His kingdom is not an earthly kingdom and its purpose is to "testify to the truth." And "Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."
Pilate then asks the famous question, "What is truth?"
Awed by Jesus’ words, Pilate finds no guilt in Jesus but relents to the
public demands of the Sanhedrin. He authorizes His crucifixion and ordered the inscription, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews" be tacked on His Cross.
The Sanhedrin took offense and demanded it be changed. He refused.
"Ho gegrapha, gegrapha," Pilate responded, in Greek.
"What I have written, I have written." He certainly got the headline right.
But the sad thing is, he buried the lead. Not unlike Pontuis Pilate, today’s journalist can sometimes find himself in ethically challenging circumstances. But "Gegrapha" reminds us of our responsibility to write and speak the truth because we know of a real kingship that itself testifies to truth. This is our mission, and the clarion call for journalists today — to report and live the truth in a world often aloof to it.
Our Mission
Gegrapha calls all journalists who are Christians -- Protestants, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox -- at all stages of their career, to pursue integrity and excellence in their workplace, neighborhood, family and faith community.
Our Statement of Faith
Gegrapha is a fellowship of journalists from all over the world who work in the secular media and share a common faith in Jesus Christ as expressed in the
historic fourth-century Nicene Creed.
Our Vision
Our vision is to transform journalism into a profession that is regularly associated with the qualities of high integrity, character and skill in truth telling.
