World
Missionary Press, Inc.
2009 May Vision letter
A
Paper Missionary for Every Home
"At this point in my broken
state, a worker passed by my house and gave me some of your gospel booklets. In
desperation I began reading the messages. I was surprised to find the cause
of all my suffering so clearly explained in the booklets. That is how I came
to know about Jesus, and from that very day I became a believer and a
distributor. I started praying to God and experiencing Him in all my life. My
family came back together. Please, I need more booklets to save other lost
people like I used to be."
Testimonies like this one, relating the power of God's Word in the life of a
faithful distributor in Malawi, are repeated day after day as WMP Scripture
booklets are given and received in over 200 nations of the world. In the face of
limited resources, persecution, or other hindrance, hundreds of distributors
carry on the mission entrusted to the Church by our Lord Jesus. For many of
them, their endurance and passion comes from having met Jesus Christ through
a Scripture booklet. They have experienced God's transforming power and the
hope of eternal life that nothing else on earth can give, and they must share
that with others.
In these days of struggle, the people
of Zimbabwe are seeking new hope. WMP's national coordinator Cleopas C.,
national director for Every Home for Christ, recently received a shipment of
Scripture booklets and is joyously overseeing a major effort to get out the Word
of God.
"In the past two months our
friends at World Missionary Press helped us to receive a shipment of literature,
a 20-ft. container with more than half a million copies of gospel booklets.
This is about the largest volume our EHC Zimbabwe offices have received
from a partner ministry.
"Every single day, pastors from
all across the country pour in at our offices to collect literature. We even
have languages for refugee camps, prisons, and minorities like the 
Tonga
and Chichewa people groups. At the height of Zimbabwe's most troubled
times, people have never so demanded the Word of God like now.
"Our offices have
dispatched various shipments to many of the focus leaders and pastors working in
secluded rural territories because this is the time to get the Word out. The
more materials go out house to house, the more we are inundated by inquiries,
decisions, and offers from churches and pastors to join this giant effort of
placing a paper missionary in every home.
"With this level of material supply, our hope is that beyond 2010, EHC Zimbabwe will be engaging a different level of ministry, celebrating comprehensive coverage and strategizing [about] the preservation of the harvest. We are thankful to the Lord for this wonderful partnership - together we can do it."
Comments
From Grateful Distributors in Zimbabwe
"We are grateful for the 10 boxes
of literature we have been using in our area. The material has not only
helped us to reach the lost, but we have been able to use the studies on Matthew
and Romans for Bible study. Our outreach team has seen 19 inmates
surrender for salvation this month. We will be back for more as we prepare
for the next outreach."
-Rev. Z.N.
"We write to appreciate the role
your booklets have played in our rural outreaches of Guruve. We deeply
appreciate the scriptural purity and simplicity of the booklets, as our
association is trans-denominational. In the recent outreach, 47 adults responded
to salvation calls. It was refreshing for these villagers to learn that we
were leaving the booklets freely to them for continuous study. We cherish
the relationship we have with your organization." -C.C.
"I grew up in Chitungwiza and
have been a believer in the last three years. My whole family has never
known Jesus. I live with my father and mum and two brothers and a sister.
In these three years I have tried to share with them about Christ, but
they have not been willing to join. I got the booklet How To Know God
from a crusade team. Different members of my family have been reading it
in our home, and I was surprised last week to hear my brother and mum asking to
join me at church. I am amazed that one booklet could do what I have
been struggling to convince my family in three years." -J.N.
"I have been reading The Way
to God, and I have given my life to Him. I request more
materials like this to grow in Christ and also share with many of my friends at
school who have not yet repented. The other day my geography teacher
borrowed the copy, and she tells me she is now praying."
-S.N.
God's mercy and grace reach into the
deepest despair and the darkest night. He hears the cries and knows the sorrow
of an aching, hungry heart. He sends His Word to reveal Himself and His
salvation to all.
World Missionary Press will soon
need to prepare more shipments for Africa. We must be faithful in supplying
the Scripture booklets for those who look to WMP as their partner in reaching
their families, cities, and countries with the gospel.
[You can have a part
in this vital ministry, providing Scripture booklets in English and African
languages for free distribution to those who are thirsting for righteousness. An
investment of $40 reaches 1,000 people in African nations with "help from
above." $400 provides 10,000 power-packed Scripture booklets.]
WMP
Helps Fulfill a Church's Vision
SINCE THE 1920s, Bethel Missionary Church in
Elkhart, Indiana, has been involved in missionary work in Nigeria. They
sent missionaries from their own congregation to serve there, and they
faithfully prayed and sacrificed for the growth of the Church among the Nigerian
people. In the early 1970s, a breakthrough brought those prayers to fruition.
A mighty harvest of souls came into the kingdom and the Church grew. That growth
continues to this day, and the Church in Nigeria has become strong, no longer
needing the intense support from America that brought it to birth.
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of
the founding of Bethel Missionary Church, its leaders looked for a project that
would reflect what God had done through this local church over the years. They
looked for suggestions from the churches in Nigeria that were established
because of the faithfulness of Bethel's people. The leaders were directed to
consider the Reshe people group that lives along the Niger River. Although
there are only 46,000 Reshe
people, they travel the river, carrying on commerce with various other people
groups, making their influence widespread throughout the region. They are a
Muslim people and have been difficult to reach, with only a small number of
believers.
For 10 years the Bethel congregation
prayed for the Reshe people. Then they learned that the Gospel of Luke had been
translated into the Reshe language. They were so excited that now there was a
portion of the Word of God that the Reshe people could read for themselves.
Bethel contacted World Missionary Press about a special printing of 5,000 copies
of the Gospel of Luke in Reshe to be sent to Nigeria. In February of this year
that printing was completed, financed by the Bethel congregation.
The people of Bethel are rejoicing.
They truly believe that when these Gospels get into the hands of the Reshe
people, God's Spirit will awaken their hearts, because He has been preparing
their hearts. They are confident that a harvest of souls will come from among
this people group, and that as they have commerce up and down the Niger River,
other unreached people groups will learn of the Savior.
[If you would like a DVD of Pastor
Jim Smith of Bethel Missionary Church sharing about this project at WMP's
chapel recently, we would be happy to send it to you free upon request.]
Three
40-ft. Containers for Brazil
FRANCISCO
RODRIGUES has distributed World Missionary Press Scripture booklets in Brazil
for 25 years. He has encouraged many others to be involved with WMP and has seen
great fruitfulness come from the use of the Scripture booklets.
"One week ago a pastor visited
from the countryside in NE Brazil, about 2,000 miles from Sao Paulo. He works
with his team and church in small places that don't have an evangelical
testimony. The pastor told us they carried food and clothing for poor people,
and at night held a service with all the people. The pastor preached from the
booklet Help From Above, with each person reading along. He would tell
the people, "Open the booklet to such a page," and preached from
there, explaining the meaning to them. Those people didn't have any portion
of the Bible! The only thing they knew was idolatry and demon cults. When
the pastor invited the people to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior, 72
people said 'Yes!' Praise the Lord for the power of His Word!
"In each town they plant
churches, leaving a leader to take care of the people. This is possible thanks
to your wonderful effort and your donors. Your work is more than important to
win souls and to feed new converts. Only eternity will evaluate the impact
of your outreach throughout this needy world."
Another distributor
reported that during the wild reveling of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, a
group of believers from a local church went into the streets to share the
gospel. They distributed about 400 copies of The Way to God in
Portuguese, and several people responded to an invitation to put their trust in
Christ.
A portion of a box of The
Way to God was shared with a pastor who was
excited to have these booklets to use in the church's ministry in hospitals, in
bus stations, and in a gas station owned by a church member. Our distributor
concluded, "Lord bless these Bible booklets, so powerful here. Bless those
who have the vision to put the word of God to work in the lives of people."
Soon World Missionary Press
will be printing Portuguese booklets to fill three 40-ft. containers. This
printing will supply 12,600 boxes (about 6,500,000 booklets) for the thousands
of distributors throughout Brazil for the coming year. But even this large
quantity will not be enough to meet every request.
[Will you help reach the precious people of Brazil? Every $20 provides 500
Portuguese Scripture booklets. A $100 gift provides 2,500 booklets. And $1,000
will reach 25,000 people in Brazil with the printed Word of God.]
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