WALTER WAS VISITING A CITY in Honduras one December morning. He went to many different places and met some very nice people. That morning he took the opportunity to distribute copies of Help From Above Scripture booklets, which he still faithfully carries in his briefcase. That day hearts were introduced to the One who loves them and died for them.
Walter cannot know which seeds will bear eternal fruit for the Kingdom of God, but he does know that touching the lives of people, one by one, with the Word of God is his joyful vocation. Walter serves as WMP national coordinator in Honduras and oversees the distribution of WMP Scripture booklets throughout his country. He regularly holds training seminars to help pastors and church leaders learn how to effectively use these precious Scripture portions. One result of the one-to-one distribution and training in Honduras is that Walter needs another shipment!

Raul is a missionary in Colombia. The ministry he represents has few resources to meet the needs of people who have been displaced by much violence. He is pleading with WMP to send a new (and larger) shipment of Scripture booklets, Bible studies, and New Testaments.

  “At this time,” Raul writes, “the governor has made peace with the guerrillas and wants to initiate talks with them. We are going to need a lot of materials because our pastors will enter these areas, and a great work will be started. In all those places where death and displacement of peoples reign, Jesus will enter with His restorative power and salvation. The missionaries who carry forth this blessed gospel to all regions will be overjoyed when they see great revival throughout the countryside and mountains, and WMP will be the instrument that God will use [to supply] the material that we will be needing.”  What vision! What zeal! What faith!

While distributing Scripture booklets in a certain Colombian city one day, Eduardo met a pastor named Gilbert, who told him that several years before someone had given him a copy of Help From Above. He read it over and over fervently, eventually coming to salvation through Jesus Christ. Today he is the pastor of a small church, sharing with others what he has received. Eduardo is the WMP national coordinator for Colombia, and he too has asked for a new shipment of literature to meet the many needs and opportunities in all of Colombia. The demobilized guerillas will be moving into government-arranged neighborhoods, so churches in those areas are looking forward to witnessing to those who have been “outside” for so many years.

Peniel is a young evangelist with a vision to raise up evangelists throughout South America. “The aim is to give the Word of God to the people, to identify evangelists who are doing the work on a consistent basis, and to support them with printed materials for evangelism.” In order to support these active evangelists and teams in Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Chile, Peniel has asked for 1,000 boxes of Scripture booklets (500,000 booklets). Peniel also serves contacts in Europe (Portugal, Italy) who receive WMP material. [Visit www.wmpress-restofthestory.org or scan the QR code below to view a video from Peniel on the work in Paraguay (English subtitles).]
At a recent meeting of ministry leaders from all over Latin America, several attendees who are not currently receiving shipments from WMP asked to be included when future shipments are sent to their countries—expanding the opportunities and reaching more people in each nation. Currently WMP has requests from Venezuela, Panama, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. In each of these countries, the amount of material being requested is growing. There is a sense of urgency, but also an awareness of open doors and opportunity.

A pastor from Amazonas in Brazil wrote to WMP saying that he has a big job to do in a very big state and “the lack of Christian literature is very large.” He concludes, “This literature is very effective during my visits in the cities.”

World Missionary Press recently sent a new shipment to Uruguay, reestablishing our national coordinator there. They are extremely grateful for this shipment of Scripture booklets and shared how wonderful the booklets are, how all the churches are coming to get supplies, and how young people are preparing to do home-to-home outreaches.

   There is a lack of literature! The Scripture booklets are effective! The evangelists are being trained! Believers are on the streets, in the markets, on the buses, going door-to-door! They need the tools! Will you help WMP fill these passionate requests for means to touch lives with the Word of God?

  [You can help touch lives with the Word of God—in Latin America and throughout the world. Every donated dollar provides for the production of 27 powerful Scripture booklets to ship to Christians eager to share God’s Word in the languages of their nation. An investment of $100 will touch the lives of 2,700 people; $1,000 will impact 27,000 people who need to know God.]

Meet the Team

Marie M.
WMP Treasurer

When my husband, Harold Mack, responded to an ad from Intercristo (a Christian employment agency) for a computer systems manager in the summer of 1994, we were living in Pennsylvania. After receiving an information package from Jay Benson, who was president at the time, our hearts were drawn to be part of this great work of reaching the world with God’s life-changing Word.

We felt the Lord was leading us here, confirming His will through His Word and various circumstances, and had been preparing us to lean on Him and live by faith. During a worship service earlier that year, the Holy Spirit had impressed strongly on me that Harold would get a job serving the Lord and that I would get to help out too.

We came out for a visit and were about to return home. I inquired if there were any part-time openings. It so happened that Vicky Benson, who was treasurer at the time, was looking for an assistant. I completed an application and was hired that fall along with Harold. We have been working here for 22 years. The Lord has been faithful to provide for all of our needs.

In January, 2007, I started serving as treasurer, overseeing the Finance Department and managing the financial
responsibilities of WMP. I have seen God’s faithful provision every day in so many ways—putting it on the hearts of donors to fund production over the years and to purchase needed property and equipment; bringing the right staff members at just the right time; sending the volunteers needed to prepare mailings and bind and pack booklets for shipment; raising up a powerful prayer team to hold us up before the Lord daily; and giving us a godly Board to keep WMP moving in the right direction.

It is a great privilege to work together with members of the body of Christ, here and around the world, providing Scripture portions to those who need the Lord. When not working, I enjoy gardening as weather permits and staying in touch with family and friends. Our son Stephen has also been working here, first part-time and then full-time, since 2005.

WMP Partners Around the World

Syd and Liz D.

International

Syd and Liz D. have been international evangelists and church planters for more than 40 years, first pastoring in England. Now based in Michigan, they minister in 54 nations and have seen tens of thousands come to Christ. In both their world travels and local cross-cultural outreaches, they have used WMP Scripture booklets in Arabic, Japanese, Hindi, Urdu, Albanian, Korean, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese.

WMP: How did you learn about WMP and start using WMP literature?

Liz: I started using Help From Above booklets in high school, then as missionaries in England, we used different titles. When we began to travel internationally, we contacted WMP and were excited to see the huge range of languages and literature available.

WMP: How have WMP Scriptures been used in your overseas ministry?

Syd and Liz: When we planned a trip to Jordan in 2015 to minister in the refugee camps, we ordered How to Know God and The Way to God in Arabic along with Arabic New Testaments, which our team wrapped as gifts. We visited several churches, including an Iraqi Syrian congregation, sharing food and blankets as well as the spoken and written Word. We heard stories of great need, oppression, and pain. We witnessed a remarkable thing: These people—nominal Christians, many professional people—stripped of everything, now realized that who they need is Jesus! More than 200 people accepted Jesus as their personal Savior.

WMP: That’s wonderful! What kind of response have you received in the U.S.? 

Syd and Liz: One of our ministries, “Who is My Neighbor,” encourages reaching out with the love of Jesus to new friends from around the world. We welcome neighbors from many ethnic backgrounds into our homes to share a meal or a cup of tea and experience the love of Christ. We began the Christmas season by singing Christmas carols and delivering gift bags (which included Scriptures from WMP) to 250 homes in the largest concentration of Arabs outside the Middle East—Dearborn, Michigan. Caroling began in the afternoon with 75 people from different churches and backgrounds forming 11 teams, and in the evening 125 more people joined us, forming another 11 groups. We gave out 585 candy canes (one for each person we prayed for). We found open homes and hearts! Five made decisions to follow Jesus, and the following evening about 150 Muslims attended the Nativity Musical in a Dearborn church, wanting to hear the Christmas story. It was the best response we have seen in ten years!

Ellie, a beautiful young Muslim woman from Ethiopia/Yemen, invited us into her home. When Robin shared the gospel using the Evangecube and asked if she wanted Jesus to come into her heart, she said, “Oh, yes! I’d love that!” We all prayed the prayer of salvation together, and Ellie joined in. A smile spread across her face. We told her to wait on the Lord; He would help her and guide her. One of the women in the team excitedly said, “What did you say? He would guide her? Today I bought this wrist band!” It said, Guided by God. “This is for Ellie!”

WMP: What is your challenge to Christians for the coming year?

Syd and Liz: God is moving among the Muslim people, and now is the time to reach them for Christ. Hala welcomed us into her home when she heard us singing Christmas carols outside. She had already been hearing about Jesus from her English teacher. She received Jesus into her heart. Don’t listen to the fear in the media. “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.” Let’s make 2017 the year we reach out and embrace our new “neighbors!” They are here to meet Jesus!

   “Arise, shine; for your light has come! . . . Darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the LORD will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.”  —Isaiah 60:1-2

TESTIMONIES COME TO World Missionary Press from all over the world of how God’s Word, contained in WMP Scripture booklets, is transforming lives. Souls are being saved and discipled, home groups started, and churches birthed.
Brother ————-(removed for security reasons) of ————–(removed for security reasons) shared during a chapel time: “The best tool we have is the [WMP] gospel booklet, door-delivered where we are—at no cost to us. This is of strategic importance in India—being able to provide God’s Word. More than digging wells, more than houses, more than food, more than clothes, more than anything else, the Word of God works today.” Distributors around the world echo this testimony. It is the living Word of God—whether shared along with humanitarian aid such as food and clothing, in home-to-home outreach, as part of prison or hospital ministries, or during street evangelism—that imparts LIFE and makes an eternal difference for millions!
Contemplating the record level of production this past fiscal year, WMP’s president Harold Mack reported, “I’m awed to realize that—on average—240,000 WMP Scripture booklets, Bible studies, salvation coloring books, and New Testaments are being produced, shipped, and distributed each day, 365 days a year. And to think that these portions of God’s Word—often the only “Bible” a person has—can be used over and over for weeks, months, and even years.” It is a fact that after World Missionary Press moved to New Paris, Indiana, in 1970, responses from booklets printed and shipped during our first nine years in Winona Lake were still arriving in our Winona Lake postbox 25 years later!

We praise God for His blessing; we rejoice as His face continues to shine upon us (Numbers 6:24-25). This past fiscal year, contributions of 4.9 million dollars from God’s people (see financial report below) enabled us to produce a total of 87,679,441 items (both in-plant and contract printing). A record-high 51 container-size shipments were sent—10 more than our previous high two years ago (see chart on right). Distribution networks in countries around the world are growing, so the continuing need is huge.

For more than a year WMP’s national coordinator in the Philippines worked to renew the import documents required to receive container shipments of Scripture booklets. Two 40-foot containers waited in our warehouse as staff and supporters prayed for a resolution. When the shipments were finally sent, pent-up requests from hundreds of distributors who had used WMP Scripture booklets successfully for many years immediately claimed the 2.1 million booklets received by our coordinator. Another shipment is in process to help meet the great demand.

The economy in Venezuela, along with the philosophical direction of the government, made it very difficult to obtain New Testaments there. When WMP’s national coordinator sent a passionate plea for Spanish New Testaments, we were able to send 76,800 copies, which were received with gladness and gratitude for sharing with new believers coming to Christ.

As yet another natural disaster struck the people of Haiti, new shipments of WMP Scripture booklets and New Testaments were already on the way! The Haitian Bible Society, which looks to WMP for their own supply of Kreyol New Testaments, provided insight into the timeliness of these shipments and the continuing need for God’s Word in Haiti. “We are currently in a difficult situation.  With the passage of Hurricane Matthew, the living conditions of our brothers and sisters have become more complicated.  Only trust in God and His Word can help them keep hope. . . . A donation in materials allows us to meet the demand of those people who have lost everything except their faith in God.”

During the past year, three new languages were added, bringing our total languages to 346: Herero and Fijian Hindi (The Way to God) and Ojibwe (Help From Above, electronic format only). Additionally, Satan Versus CHRIST was added in Tigrinya, and The Way to God was added in Korean and Ndau.

WMP’s new responsive website went live a year ago and has become the most-used method of submitting requests for free Scripture booklets. We now have 332 Scripture booklets available for online reading via the website or the World Missionary Press App for mobile devices. We are working to make all 770+ items available for online reading and optimized for direct computer-to-plate processing. In addition, 33 booklets in 12 languages are currently accessible in audio format on the app. App users can opt in to receive automated daily prayer and praise items and/or updates on the status of shipments.

In September, WMP’s president Harold Mack traveled to India with Plant Manager Jerry W. for an inspiring visit with our two newest ministry partners there, to interact with the managers of two print shops that have printed millions of WMP Scripture booklets, and to discuss future printings with WMP’s India-based production coordinator, Brother V. of ———–(removed for security reasons). We continue working to make the huge need for God’s Word in India known through Project India—our vision to provide 100,000,000 Scripture booklets for India in three years as God provides: www.myprojectindia.org.

WMP’s Ambassador program is developing a network of “ambassadors” in local churches who will be supplied with up-to-date highlights from World Missionary Press to share with their congregations. Introduction meetings are being planned for areas where WMP-affiliated churches and donors are concentrated, starting in the Indianapolis area. To learn more, visit www.wmpambassadors.org.

Every day God is at work through His Word. What a privilege it is to be involved in providing tools for God’s team around the world!

  [You can shine light in our dark world. Every donated dollar provides for the production of 27 powerful Scripture booklets to ship to Christians eager to share God’s Word in the languages of their nation. An investment of $100 will touch the lives of 2,700 people; $1,000 will impact 27,000 people who need to know God.]

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The Great Opportunity for Increase

World Missionary Press continues to praise God for how He has enlarged and strengthened us for the future. He has expanded our property and provided for newer and upgraded equipment, enabling us to breeze through levels of production that we used to struggle with, to stage more large shipments simultaneously, and to be more flexible and effective in scheduling and tracking the preparation and production of hundreds of languages and titles.

The increased efficiency of high-volume production plus cost
savings in many areas has led to an 11.4% decrease in the cost per booklet—now only 3.73 cents to produce. Adding shipping cost, a 48-page Scripture booklet the size of Help From Above averages just 4.43 cents to produce and ship anywhere in the world!”

WMP’s plant manager Jerry W. recently noted that our in-plant production could be increased by up to another 2.5 million per month with existing facilities and equipment. We could increase our equivalency volume from 7.5 million per month to 10 million for just $65,000 ($26,000 per extra million for production AND shipping).

Sharing the Word of God with others is the vocation and joy of every believer. Scripture booklets are invaluable tools to help thousands of believers share God’s Word with everyone, no matter the location, culture, or language.

The challenge to the Church is to reach the 7.5 billion people on earth today. No one person or ministry can do that alone, but
WMP is committed to doing all that God will grant us the resources and strength to do. With a network of like-minded workers ready and willing to distribute Scripture booklets, the prayer of WMP is to increase production to supply the demand.

The light of God’s Word is penetrating the darkness. Rino B. reported that by the end of 2016, Every Home for Christ
in Argentina alone will have distributed almost 700,000 pieces of literature (70-80% from World Missionary Press), with 70,000 new believers.

In three states in northeast Brazil, where 34 million people live, the majority are “committed to idolatry and demon worship.” Major contacts in these states, with networks of distributors, are looking to WMP for Scripture booklets to reveal the Light of the World, who dispels the darkness.  A recent shipment of 500 boxes totaling 250,000 booklets is but a small start.

The time is short. The need is urgent. Today is the day of salvation. It is time to “arise and shine!”

CHRISTIANS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING PEOPLE! We look forward to our Lord’s return. We look forward to answered prayer. As we see what God is doing in this world through the Body of Christ, we at World Missionary Press continue to look forward to new opportunities—and new challenges!—to send His life-giving Word to increasing numbers of people around the world.

What a great year this has been at WMP! We have seen God move in so many ways—providing needed staff, new equipment, and new technology—all toward increasing production to meet the growing number of requests for His Word.
He has also brought additional partners to sow the seed world-wide. A vision to reach every home in Guyana is involving denominational leaders in strategy and prayer events across the country, preparing for literature evangelism, to be followed by at least 30 crusades, trusting God to save souls. Dr. S. wrote, “And guess what! The Lord has directed personnel from Suriname, French Guiana, and Trinidad . . . all asking for me to do similar projects for them in their countries. I have given them some hope, but will need your assistance to bring this to fruition.”
Paul S. wrote to express his gratitude for 200,000 Spanish New Testaments and Scripture booklets. “Churches and pastors on both sides of the border are mobilizing to help transport this shipment of Christian literature across the border into Mexico and down into the Peninsula of Baja, Mexico. God is the Captain of this team effort!”

New national coordinators have been established in several countries, with initial shipments sent to meet open requests. Other coordinators have expanded their outreach and are asking for more material in additional languages and in greater quantities. A pallet of booklets in Russian and Ukrainian was sent in May 2016 even as doors in that area seemed to be closing.

A major thrust to reach the people of India, launched this year as PROJECT INDIA, involves developing direct relationships with a larger number of major ministries in India and providing Scripture booklets from within the country. The goal is 100 million booklets in three years for the unreached of India.

Recently a former distributor reconnected with WMP. More than 20 years ago he was very involved in taking WMP Scripture booklets into Eastern Europe, China, Latin America, and Africa. He is now developing a new ministry to facilitate the distribution of WMP material to all corners of the globe. Early communication with just a few of his many contacts from 40 years of ministry has brought eager interest from Korea, Laos, and Zambia. More will follow, and WMP is looking forward to establishing new points of distribution to ease the famine for the Word of God.

The continuing movement of refugees has also opened new doors. A group of ten Syrian refugees in Europe was  brought to the Savior by a pastor in Munich. Now intent on sharing the good news with the thousands of Syrian refugees in Germany, they have asked for WMP booklets to help in this eternal venture. African refugees are stranded at the border between Panama and Costa Rica. A ministry leader wrote, “We are helping to feed them but have no French material.”

WMP’s Language Team has completed work on an encouraging number of projects. Two additional titles are now available in Malagasy and titles were added in Kirundi, Korean, Tigrinya, and Ndau. The salvation coloring book He Is Risen! in Haitian Kreyol has been completed. Fijian Hindi, Ojibwe, and Herero were added as new languages.

The list of Scripture booklets that can be read on our website and the new World Missionary Press app is constantly expanding, and people around the world can now also listen to a variety of Scripture booklets being read in twelve languages on the app. We praise God that enhanced technology is making Scripture booklets more readily available to the nations!

Yes, the opportunities, the partners, and the tools are available. And with confidence that God will answer prayer to provide funds to bless where He is leading, we look forward to a new year of abundant harvest for the Kingdom of our God. Praise His Name!

Even in the United States, Scripture booklets are bearing fruit and enlarging the ministries of God’s people. Jessica, from North Carolina, picked up a copy of The Way to God at a church she visited several years ago and thought, “What a great booklet! It explains everything so well!” Since then she has ordered 1,500 booklets in Simplified Chinese and taken most of them into China to supply missionaries there and to give out herself.

A couple from Guam received three Scripture booklets from a Christian woman they met at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. Now they want copies to “share Jesus’ love with others and bring lost souls to Christ.”  Mark, in Hawaii, received a booklet from a woman giving them away on the street in their town. “As I read it, I was amazed at how informative and thorough this little treasure is. I will be passing these wonderful booklets to the lost in my current ministries. I have never seen such teachings laid out so simply yet thoroughly informative.”

A year after receiving a booklet at a flea market, a man reported that he “finally got around to reading that green booklet of
John” and “was now soundly saved, baptized, and a member of a church.” Buddy, who learned about WMP booklets at a bakery in Georgia now wants to use booklets in his Breakfast in the Park ministry to the homeless.

A 27-year-old inmate, in prison for the first time and serving a 5½-year sentence, wrote, “I am a new-born child of Jesus Christ.  I gave my life to our Lord Jesus Christ a few days ago. I am very happy about the decision I made. It is because of you that I was able to make that decision. A few weeks ago, my cellmate who went home left me one of your Scripture booklets, Help From Above. Not only did this booklet save my life, but it also taught me about being faithful, loving, and caring to the ones I love.”
When George called WMP from Louisiana to share about people being saved and healed as he presents the love of Jesus wherever he goes, he was overflowing with the Word, bursting with joy and excitement, and so happy to be a part of what God is doing.

  [YOU, too, can be a part of what God is doing! Every donated dollar puts 24 powerful Scripture booklets into the hands of those in need. An investment of $25 will provide a Scripture booklet for 600 people; $100 will touch the lives of 2,400 people.

Meet the Team

Helen W.

Freight Shipments Coordinator

When my husband and I started attending a church in the New Paris area, someone there mentioned World Missionary Press and suggested that I visit. When I stopped by and was given a tour, I decided then to volunteer to do whatever I could. I began volunteering daily in April, 1997, nineteen years ago; in 2006 I became part of the paid staff.

The year before I was introduced to World Missionary Press, I had felt the Lord leading me to stop working. I spent that year asking Him where He wanted me. My visit to WMP relit the interest in linguistics and Bible translation I had in my college days, when I studied Greek and Hebrew. I had also wanted to serve on a mission field somewhere. Thirty years after college, the Lord had brought me to a place where both of those desires of my heart could be fulfilled.

As Freight Shipments Coordinator, I work with national coordinators around the world helping to supply them with WMP material by processing their large and often complex orders. I lead WMP’s Language Processing Team meetings, facilitating new language projects with translators and our Prepress Department. I am also part of the editorial team that plans and prepares monthly WMP newsletters.

I love reading reports and testimonies from distributors and sharing them with our staff and supporters in regularly scheduled chapel times. I am blessed by the staff here. Each one brings something unique to my life. Perhaps my favorite part of what I do is working with the volunteer coordinators and major distributors in nations around the world. They are so grateful for the Scripture booklets and what WMP does to help the cause of Christ in their countries.

My husband Jack and I met in college in Minnesota. We have two daughters and four grandchildren. Five years ago Jack suffered a major stroke. He cannot move or speak, but he is aware and can communicate by facial expression and by mouthing words. We have been marvelously blessed by our church family, which provides someone to stay with Jack every day while I am at work and every night so I can sleep. We have felt the Lord’s love and care in a way we had not known before. It’s drawn us closer as a family and taught us how to live day to day with the Lord. This summer we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary.

As far as hobbies go, I love to read! I am an avid crossword puzzle and Sudoku solver, and I love gardening and yard work.

WMP Partners Around the World

Dr. Phillipson P.

India

WMP is excited about the opportunity to work with a new ministry partner—Salem Ministries International of Kerala, India. Their director, Dr. Philipson P., also serves as the new president of Christian Salvage Mission of Canada, a ministry which for many years has included quantities of WMP Scripture booklets in the sea containers they ship around the world.

WMP: Please describe your background and current ministry.

Dr. Philipson: I was born and brought up in a Christian family. My Dad is a full-time evangelist, actively involved in literature distribution. Alongside my father, I started distributing Scripture booklets at the age of ten. Now I serve as the Director of Salem Ministries International, equipping evangelists and missionaries with materials for their work in many mission fields. I have a deep passion to reach the unreached at any cost.

WMP: How long have you been involved in distributing WMP literature?

Dr. Philipson: I have known about WMP for many years and used to request WMP booklets in Indian languages for distribution in Canada and India. But in 2014 we started a strong association with WMP and look forward to receiving a large shipment from WMP for large-scale distribution in India. (A 40-foot container has now been received in Kerala, India.)

WMP: How does having free literature available affect evangelism in India?

Dr. Philipson: Of India’s population of about 1.25 billion people, only 2.3 percent are Christians. The rest belong to multiple religious and ethnic groups. WMP literature is great, as it contains Scripture in simple and pure form. The Word of God contained in them has turned many souls to Christ. India has more than 100 languages, and WMP booklets are available in most of the prime languages. This helps us to work even in provinces where we are not familiar with the local language. It helps workers quickly share the gospel with someone. It’s the shortage of literature which makes it difficult to work in some areas.

WMP: How long does a shipment last?

Dr. Philipson: Since we receive literature requests from many churches and ministries, supplies do not last long. The need for literature is very high in India, and we almost always face shortages. We estimate a need of four million booklets per year as of now. The need increases daily as more missions evangelize in India.

WMP: What challenges do you face to freely distribute literature?

Dr. Philipson: Since India is predominantly non-Christian, gospel workers often face opposition from gospel haters. But by God’s grace, efforts to spread the good news have increased more than ever. WMP literature provides a way to pass around the Word quietly, even in places with heavy opposition. God’s Word is powerful, and it continues to stir hearts. We hear testimonies from people who got gospel literature out of the trash, read it, and gave their lives to Jesus!

WMP: How effective are WMP Scripture booklets in evangelism and discipleship?

Dr. Philipson: They are very effective, as they are concise, compact, and contain only Scripture. The more we distribute, the more our Lord works in the hearts of the people. One testimony stands out to me. An evangelist asked to place literature in a shop in our town so that people coming in could grab one. The shopkeeper was not a Christian, but was kind enough to let the literature be placed in his shop. When the evangelist went back to replenish the supply, he was shocked to hear that the shopkeeper himself had read the literature and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into his heart! He is now actively involved in literature distribution in our town.

The Bible-study booklets are simple in language and easy to understand. They are particularly helpful for new believers who are eager to learn the Scripture. In some areas, believers gather in small groups to conduct Bible studies, and they find the Bible studies very useful.

  September 2016 Newsletter

“You have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” –2 Timothy 3:15b

Fleeing want, finding Truth in Ghana

In the crowded streets of Accra, Ghana, hundreds of refugees struggle to find a way to survive the gripping famine that has driven them from their homes in the northern part of this West African nation. Many of them are Muslim and may have had little or no opportunity to know the truth of who Jesus is. One Friday night a team from Crusades for Christ went into the city giving out WMP Scripture booklets and inviting people to a meeting. Within minutes a crowd of approximately 600 people gathered to hear what this might b e all about. As the truth of God’s Word was shared, God’s Spirit moved among the people. At the close of the service many raised their arms as a sign of accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior and renouncing the enemy that had held their souls and lives in the bondage of sin.
Crusades for Christ in Ghana just recently received a new shipment of WMP literature. They joyfully unloaded the container, one box at a time, and within a few days separate shipments of boxes were being sent out to various churches in the area. This ministry is just one of many in Africa that has new shipments in process, or recently received. Armed with a new supply of Scripture booklets they will head for the streets, the villages, the fields, and the rivers …wherever there is someone to tell about Jesus.

When Randy H. ordered more copies of A Bible Study on John for ministry in Ghana, he wrote, “WMP booklets have been with us the past 17 years as we have planted churches in Ghana. Over the 17 years, WMP has been a part of starting more than 165 new churches and more than 50,000 people who have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.” Praise God!

Growing Need for Scripture booklets in Tanzania

A long-time major distributor in Tanzania expressed his appreciation, along with a request for replenishments, “Your ministry is very unique, powerful and active for winning the lost and building Christians to become mature spiritually. I last received 2,000 boxes of booklets sent through your coordinator in Tanzania, and it has been a great blessing to the churches and ministries in Tanzania. At present I am out of stock.”

Bishop Ungele, WMP’s national coordinator, reported that he had been receiving emails and calls for literature and having to tell people that they would have to wait until he received another container of WMP literature. But because of the continued requests, he decided to share boxes from his own supply of WMP booklets for distribution to unreached people in Dar-es-Salaam and other places.

The need in Tanzania is for two containers each year. In March of 2015 Brother Ungele received a 40’ container (2 million booklets). In addition, a 20’ container (1 million booklets) was received by EHC Tanzania for their home-to-home ministry. The current shipments (one 40’ container and one 20’ container) are expected to be shipped late in 2016 with arrival in Tanzania early 2017. This is almost a two-year interval. With the request for two containers each year, the need is far exceeding what we are sending.

Hearts Open to the Word in Rwanda

A recently received shipment for Rwanda included Scripture booklets for the refugee camps in Goma, on the western border of Democratic Republic of Congo, as Congolese pastors have expressed their need of WMP literature. Brother Ananie, in expressing the need for Rwanda, told us last year of training distributors. “There will be a lot of harvest from the fields due to 272 well-trained [distributors], ready to penetrate villages.” Earlier, Brother Ananie reported on a major distribution of WMP literature in 3 districts of Rwanda.

  “We divided ourselves into groups in order to achieve the goal of giving out over 20,000 booklets. When each group reached its assigned village, it used to go two by two to different homes and also shared with the people on the way the love of Jesus.  This strategy enabled distributors to distribute 21,524 booklets.

   “Workers said it was amazing to get involved in this action of distributing Christian booklets. There was a good opportunity to socialize with people and they were open to us and to the Word of God. The ministry was so amazing because over 20,000 homes were visited and over 6,500 people received Christ as well. We thank the Lord that they will get to churches to nurture them in Christlikeness. Backslidden people repented and even churched people who heard us speak confessed that something new was added to their faith.”

New Opportunities in Zimbabwe and Liberia

A 40-foot container for Zimbabwe will include a variety of languages, including Chinese for Chinese workers there. The tragic meltdown of Zimbabwe as a nation needs God’s intervention and the hope which only He can provide. We have been encouraged to pursue translating WMP booklets into Ndebele, a language used by the second largest segment of Zimbabwe’s indigenous population.

Sydney T., WMP national coordinator for Liberia, reported the need for another shipment for Liberia, where stock was running low. He wrote, “We are very, very grateful for this partnership that greatly accelerates our quest to reach every home in Liberia with the unchanging gospel of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.”

   [You can help provide God’s Word for African nations. Every donated dollar puts 24 powerful Scripture booklets into the hands of God’s people zealous to share His Word. An investment of $25 will provide a Scripture booklet for 600 people; $100 will touch the lives of 2,400 people.]

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Meet the Team

Phil K.

Dispatch Manager

When my uncle and aunt, Watson and Rose Goodman, returned from sixteen years of missionary service in South Africa, I learned of their excitement about starting a new faith venture in Winona Lake, Indiana, to be called World Missionary Press, Inc. It wasn’t until many years later that the Lord brought me to WMP, which had by then moved to New Paris.

In January of 1985 I hired on as a framer with a construction crew based in Bremen, Indiana. However my boss told me he would not be able to use me until the weather permitted getting concrete trucks into fields for pouring foundations. It was a very, very wet Spring. I was still waiting for the contractor’s call when WMP’s newsletter came in the mail announcing two or three job openings.

After consulting with my father, I called my uncle and offered my services. Watson said he would call me back. Later that same day he called to say that I could start working at WMP the following week. Within half an hour, the contractor called and said that he was ready for me to start work! I sensed that the Lord had kept that door closed long enough for Him to get me where He really wanted me, so I told the contractor, “Thank you very much. However, I already have a job.” My first day at WMP was May 7, 1985. I was trained to operate the web press bundler and soon made many friends.

As WMP’s dispatcher since 1997, I am responsible to gather boxes of languages/titles for freight shipments. After obtaining competitive quotes from forwarders and freight consolidators, I contract the shipment, and schedule loading from the warehouse. It is a real blessing to call WMP staff and volunteers together to pray over outgoing container shipments and see them leave WMP’s dock, headed for places all over the world!

God has been so good. I’ve experienced His abundant blessings and His marvelous mercies, which are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22, 23). My wife Martha and I have two grown children and a wonderful son-in-law. As a family, we love to spend time together doing all manner of activities. For instance, just before July 4 we traveled to southwest Michigan to pick cherries together!

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WMP Partners Around the World

Dries and Valerie D.

Madagascar

  As WMP’s national coordinators in Madagascar for more than ten years, Dries and Valerie are a great encouragement to us as distribution of WMP literature has increased, and their work as Every Home for Christ National Directors has grown. They have been involved in translating several WMP Scripture booklets into Malagasy, one of the official languages of Madagascar.

WMP: How long have you been distributing WMP literature?

Dries: In 1990 or even before, Valerie prepared our first order on a small manual typewriter. We first used the material for ministry to seamen in our port city in South Africa. At that stage we knew that we would go to Madagascar, but didn’t know the dates yet. We were waiting on the Lord. It was a blessing to minister to the seamen. We had so many different languages from WMP, we got carried away! Then we ordered some in Malagasy to use when we visited Madagascar in 1993. We distributed booklets to whoever moved!

When we moved to Madagascar fulltime in 1995, you were sending boxes of Scripture booklets in post-office bags. I think it was in 2003 that we were asked to become WMP co-coordinators. Soon EHC asked if they could come alongside us in Madagascar. You sent the first 20-foot container at the end of 2004, then others in 2006, 2009, and 2014.

WMP: How long does a shipment last now?

Dries: It was about the middle of July, 2015, that we received our first 40-foot container filled with powerful booklets. We know the next 40-foot shipment is in production for 2016. We have great faith that we will receive this shipment soon, because I do believe that we will run out of stock in the next 2 weeks (mid-July). So, it seems we need a 40-foot container at least once a year.

WMP: How effective are the Scripture booklets in evangelism?

Dries: They are so effective and powerful. In December, we visited more than 161,000 homes in six cities in three provinces before Christmas, distributing one Help From Above and one copy of The Way to God plus a seasonal tract to each home. What a joy it was to have 12,329 respond positively to the gospel! We see how effective the booklets are. Lives are changing when the logos words become a Rhema Word. It will not return void to the Lord, but brings forth fruit and seed. We also use the He Is Risen! salvation coloring book, another powerful blessed tool.

WMP: How does having free literature available affect evangelism in Madagascar?

Dries: Free literature is always a blessing, as most of the churches can’t afford to have tracts and material printed, so when we can’t supply them with free material, they just don’t share the gospel message the way it should be done. We have just seen how powerful your booklets are, as we used them during our midyear project. We visited about 185,000 homes, and we praise the Lord for all the fruit. On the island of Nosy, on the northwest coast, it was awesome to see how the churches took hold of the booklet distribution; some 38 denominations and churches took part in the project. To have booklets available free was a great blessing; they could not believe it! So many cell groups were planted and, as far as we know, to date three churches were planted. I was with our team for about ten days on the island, so I can say that is what I saw, and not only what our workers shared.

  August 2016 Newsletter

“For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” –1 Corinthians 16:9

MORE THAN 5,000 PASTORS and church leaders gathered for Thailand’s 8th Congress on Evangelism last year to plan strategy for how better to reach Thailand with the gospel of Jesus Christ. ActsCo and WMP Scripture booklets were there! Thousands of pieces of Christian literature and more than 100,000 Scripture booklets were given away within 48 hours.
As WMP’s coordinator in Thailand, ActsCo—a Christian printing company—operates BookHouse to disperse free Christian books, Bibles, and tracts, logging all the free literature given out daily. “Practically every pastor in this country knows about it,” wrote ActsCo President Kendall C. A recent ActsCo mailing of a free book contained a flyer announcing FREE booklets for evangelism. “In the past three days,” Kendall reported, “the BookHouse has been jammed with people, and our office has been receiving many calls specifically for WMP booklets.”

In addition to a 40-foot container of 4,215 ten-pound boxes of Scripture booklets in various languages planned for shipping to ActsCo, a second 40-foot container is being planned for Every Home for Christ. Last year EHC reached nearly 500,000 homes with two titles each plus handing them out in prisons and to each student in schools. “We are so thankful and praise the Lord for your kind giving to the Thai people generously,” wrote EHC’s Sister Buakab. “This is the time that God’s hands have moved through many parts of the country, even the South! God is at work in many churches and mission organizations to reach out to that difficult area tremendously! I have been training women across the country to rise up and do evangelism. Our teams reach out to youths and children as well.”

Malaysia

When EHC reactivated work in Malaysia in 2014, Sister Koh became their national director and was able to receive a variety of Scripture booklets and Bible studies—a few boxes at a time. The first freight shipment of one pallet (192 ten-pound boxes) was delivered late last year. A second pallet was expected to arrive in mid-July. Earlier this year the High Court in Malaysia ruled in favor of religious freedom for a Muslim man to convert to Christianity as an adult (his parents had converted to Islam when he was a child). Pray that this landmark ruling will open more doors in Malaysia.

Fiji

Literature distribution in Fiji is expanding to the point where EHC teams cover an average of 500 homes per day. Plans are to send increased quantities of Scripture booklets in Fijian and a first printing of 80,000 The Way to God in Fijian Hindi. In April a church in Queensland, Australia, ordered booklets to take along on a ministry trip to Fiji to help after the cyclone. Earlier, booklets were ordered for one-to-one evangelism on the streets of Fiji’s capital city after a member of the Gideons shared a copy of The Way to God and they saw the address on the back. More recently, a ministry in New Zealand ordered booklets for outreach in remote areas of Fiji and Vanuatu in June and July.

Pakistan

Printings in Pakistan can often face delays because of power outages or lack of manpower. Delivery of 20,000 copies each of My Bible Reading Book and A Bible Study on John in Urdu was delayed because “some of the Muslim workers feast before their holy month of Ramadan.” In the meantime, the translation of A Bible Study on Revelation into Urdu was completed and is now being printed ($12,100). In addition to printing WMP materials in Pakistan, we also send containers of Scripture booklets for use by our major ministry partners there.
Brother Nadeem emailed Harold Mack, “WMP booklets are being delivered to churches and ministries throughout our country, and God is definitely using them wonderfully in His appointed ways. We are thankful to you and WMP for this great support for Pakistani Christians!”

Indonesia

Opportunities in Indonesia seem to be increasing as Frans K., WMP’s coordinator in Indonesia, tries to keep sufficient quantities of Scripture booklets in stock in the nation with the largest Muslim population in the world. Large orders from churches in Central and West Java and North Sulawesi kept staff busy packing boxes of Indonesian Help From Above and The Way to God. Indonesian Bible studies on John and Matthew needed to be reprinted. Reprinted He Is Risen! coloring books were delivered in time for a large meeting of pastors in Surabaya.

Then came an urgent email from Frans! “Today when our staff went to pack WMP booklets for West Borneo, South Sumatra, and other churches in Java, Bali, and Timor, they found that Help From Above and The Way to God is out of stock!” In addition, more stock would be needed in September for Batu Bible School’s big reunion—from its first class (1955) to its 60th class (2015)—bringing thousands of pastors from around Indonesia. What better time to provide supplies of Scripture booklets to take back to their churches! Reprinting 150,000 of each title was approved.

Brother Frans has also facilitated recording the audio version of Help From Above in Indonesian (now available on the “World Missionary Press” app), with more recordings “in the works.”

Nepal

Brother David L. expressed his thanks for the willingness of WMP to print a good amount of WMP booklets in Nepal—250,000 copies each of Nepali Help From Above and The Way to God and 50,000 How to Know God (total cost $22,223). “It will be wonderful help to our 48 pioneer crusaders for reaching homes of Nepal.” Others request booklets from them as well. Right now distribution is not much of a problem, but this situation may not last. Pressure from Hindu agitators compelled the present government to take back the Christmas holiday, which was sanctioned in 2006, and they are likely to pass anti-conversion laws. “In this background, we are so much in a hurry to reach out to homes by the gospel booklets. In fact, we need it huge,” wrote Brother David. In mid-June he reported, “Last week eight Christians were arrested . . . for distributing gospel literature among little kids in two schools.” Much prayer brought their release, but a case has been filed. Workers need prayer “because we are doing literature evangelism so openly.”

Enlargement in India

This fiscal year WMP has printed 9.4 million Scripture booklets in multiple languages for shipping on five containers to India. In addition, 6 million booklets have been printed in India, with another 3.7 million in the works.  They will be delivered to four regional headquarters of a partner ministry which has more than 20,000 pastors and evangelists involved in pioneer evangelism, church planting, leadership training, and mobilizing intercessory prayer for the nation. Their work is reaching 409 people groups in seven states of North India.

The burden to do MORE for India’s 1.2 billion people, trusting God for increased resources, led to PROJECT INDIA, a vision to provide 100,000,000 Scripture booklets for India over a period of three years.  Distributors in India believe the time is growing short, with reports of increasing hostility in many areas. WE CANNOT HOLD BACK. Now is the time to move forward in faith and passion!

  [You can provide God’s Word for the nations of Asia. Every donated dollar puts 24 powerful Scripture booklets into the hands of Christians eager to share God’s Word. An investment of $25 will provide a Scripture booklet for 600 people; $100 will touch the lives of 2,400 people.]

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Meet the Team

Trent B.

Finance and Prepress Departments

I was born and raised very near World Missionary Press, but until 2013 I had never visited. After teaching English in Hong Kong for eight years, I felt God had a change for me, so I moved back to Elkhart County at the end of 2012 to consider a few work possibilities.

During the month of March, when my church focused on different ministries and missionaries, Harold Mack shared about WMP in a Sunday service. The following day I took a tour of World Missionary Press and was amazed! How could I have been so unaware of such an incredible ministry right here in New Paris, Indiana? Before leaving that day, I was given a work application to fill out and return the next week. After a couple of interviews, feedback from key people in my life, and lots of prayer, I accepted a position at WMP. It’s hard to believe how quickly the past three years have gone.

I work in two departments: Finance and Prepress. My responsibilities in the Finance Department involve collecting paperwork related to the arrival of shipping containers sent around the world and sending funds to WMP national coordinators and contract printers in other countries. In the Prepress Department, I help prepare aluminum plates that are used on the different printing presses. Even though these departments are very different, I enjoy the variety.

What a blessing it is to work for a ministry that impacts people around the world! It is great to pray for shipments that are sent out and also for the people who will receive the Scripture booklets. God is working, and I get the privilege of being a part of what He’s doing! If you are ever in New Paris, please stop and take a tour of WMP. We love to share what’s happening and how you can get involved.

When I’m not working at World Missionary Press, I enjoy flower gardening, eating out, and playing games with friends. I also like to collect foreign money when traveling overseas.

Grateful Quotes

“I Wish You Could See the Faces”

Scripture booklets were sent to a family in California for a short-term YWAM mission trip in Uganda and South Sudan.

“We mainly used the gospel booklets in villages and in prisons. Life savers! We couldn’t get Bibles over there, so the booklets were the only Scripture we were able to give out. It was so wonderful to have them in native languages. They speak so many!

“No photos were allowed to be taken inside any prison facility we visited, but the Youth prison director was so pleased with our missionary team he took a photo with us and pleaded with the YWAM base to please keep coming back. He said it was making a difference in the lives of the youth, and they had tried many other programs unsuccessfully.

“Books and Bibles are very hard to get in these parts of Africa, so passing out the Scripture booklets was so precious to these at-risk kids. I know God is doing wonderful things in Uganda and South Sudan . . . and World Missionary Press is helping accomplish them!”

 After their return, Christine requested a ten-pound box of booklets in Arabic, Bari, and English be sent to YWAM missionaries on furlough in Texas to take back with them in July. On hearing it would be sent the next day and arrive in a few days, she wrote:

“Thank you so much!!!! I’m so excited. . . . I wish you could see the faces as they are given out. They will truly be a blessing in South Sudan. God bless you!”   —Christine R., California

WMP Partners Around the World

Victor S., Chile

When Harold Mack, now WMP President, travelled to Chile in 2007 to meet with distributors, he reported:  “Victor S. is the Every Home for Christ national director for Chile and pastor of a church. . . . He is also a former professional soccer player! Over the past few years, Victor has organized home-to-home distribution of literature throughout the length of Chile, relying heavily on large quantities of WMP booklets.  We PRAISE THE LORD that Victor has agreed to serve as [volunteer] WMP national coordinator for Chile!!! . . . This is an answer to prayer, and a vital ingredient in getting WMP material throughout Chile.”

WMP: Victor, how long have you been involved in distributing WMP literature?

Victor: In 1996 we opened the ministry of the crusade to every home in Chile. From the beginning, WMP was present with literature in our country, and we have been working in the distribution of literature for 20 years.

WMP: How does having free literature encourage evangelism in Chile?

Victor: During 2015, together with WMP and EHC we have done hard work all over our country. Thousands of people have received in their hands several booklets that have transformed their lives. Hundreds of witnesses have confirmed to us that the work we have been doing all these years has not been in vain, and the planting done has borne much fruit.

This year, we had two major projects in addition to distributing literature monthly throughout Chile. First, we visited the cities of Concepción, Coronel, Arauco, Contulmo, Temuco and Los Angeles, a journey of 1500 km. A total of 206,500 booklets distributed, with 2,119 responses to the gospel.

Second, five cities in the North of our country—a distance of 1990 km—were visited; 127,000 booklets were distributed, with 1,982 responses. As we began our return trip, it started raining in these cities (unusual), ending up with a flood that killed hundreds. Thank God we began our journey in time, and we were saved out of this tragedy.

WMP: How does WMP literature assist local churches in Chile?

Victor: We continue to implement a project that spans our country, distributing literature to the churches of Chile to reach the homes, hospitals, prisons, and streets of their cities. From January through November (2015), we distributed 765,900 booklets.

WMP: How can WMP help you and the EHC teams reach your goal of evangelizing to the last corner of Chile?

Victor: A container shipment lasts 10-12 months. We would like an increase of 50% and a frequency of one 40-foot container (2 million booklets) per year.

Victor concluded his 2015 report with praise to God for the families reached, the homes restored, and the “many children who have returned to the Heavenly Father.” He wrote, “It has been wonderful this year! And we give glory to God! Although we have not been exempt from problems, disasters, and earthquake, we exalt God because everything has helped well! We are rejoicing together to bless Christ in Chile through the material that you provide us.”

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Meet the Team

Randy B.

Electronic Formatting Specialist

I came to WMP more than 33 years ago after hearing about it from my aunt who lives in Oklahoma. A friend of hers was volunteering at WMP, and when my aunt mentioned my desire to work in Christian ministry, the friend informed Watson Goodman of my interest. Consequently, he sent me an application and, after reviewing it, offered me a position in the prepress department. Initially I turned the position down, but the Lord had other plans. I could not get WMP out of my mind.

About two months later, I hesitantly called Watson to ask if he would reconsider me for the position there; however, he had hired someone for the job he had offered earlier, and no suitable job was available. Still, when I hung up, I knew God was calling me there and vowed to go if the Lord ever made it possible. Four days later, Watson called, offering me a position in the same department as before and I accepted whole-heartedly.

Typesetting was quite a change from packing eggs on a chicken farm in Pennsylvania! I learned various aspects of the process of preparing Scripture booklets for printing in new languages and loved the variety of work. While serving as prepress supervisor for 26 years, I saw many changes in prepress technology. My current position at WMP involves scanning translations from the pre-computer era into digital format to be used on our website and in the direct-to-plate system now being used. This involves hundreds of languages.

What I like best about WMP are my co-workers, who have been so supportive in many ways, especially by prayer and encouraging words. Also, how else can one reach the world from a single location to such a great extent? Only God knows how many have come to know Him through the Scripture we have sent.

When I am not at work, I like to garden and also to read, run on the treadmill, play piano, and talk to good friends whenever possible. My family lives on both sides of the country, with two brothers and a sister in Pennsylvania and my oldest brother living with his growing family in California. My aunt in Oklahoma is still living and will be 100 years old on May 1!

The years at WMP have not been easy, but God has been good through it all and I love Him way more than when I first began. Praise the Lord!

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WMP Partners Around the World

Gilford M., Malawi

Gilford M. serves as WMP’s national coordinator for Malawi, a nation of 16.3 million people in southeastern Africa, hit hard by HIV-Aids, with more than one million children orphaned by the disease. Words of hope through Jesus Christ find fertile ground here.

WMP: Please describe your current ministry in reaching your country with the gospel.

Gilford: As WMP’s national coordinator for Malawi since 2010, I am responsible to receive and distribute literature to ministries and churches for evangelism. WMP distributors and volunteers across the country also help distribute literature. I am also National Director of Every Home for Christ. WMP literature has been a primary source of the literature we are using in reaching every home with the gospel. Several other ministries and churches are using literature from WMP for Bible study and evangelism.

WMP: When did you first learn about WMP? 

Gilford: I started distributing WMP literature in 2005 when I was volunteering with EHC Malawi; however, I first got booklets such as Help From Above and Who Am I That a King Would Die in My Place? in the mid-eighties when I was growing up as a young Christian. The topical layout of these booklets helped me to understand God’s plan of salvation. This helped me in evangelism and witnessing. I have been involved in distribution work for the past eleven years.

WMP: How does the availability of free literature affect evangelism in Malawi?

Gilford: The availability of free literature has helped us reach many people in rural areas which could not have been the case if the literature were not free. Many people in the rural areas do not have Bibles, because they cannot afford to purchase them. The opportunity to have portions of the Bible helps churches not only in their outreach programs but also in discipleship programs. Free literature has increased the number of souls reached, which has greatly helped churches to grow.

WMP: When you receive a shipment from WMP, how long does it last?

Gilford: Because many churches and ministries constantly request literature, the supply does not last long. We first distribute the literature to all those who had requested material before we received our consignment. This makes it difficult to give literature to new requests that come after it arrives.

WMP: How would you describe the effectiveness of the topical Scripture booklets in Malawi?

Gilford: WMP booklets have been a very good discipleship resource to the body of Christ. The topical Scriptures have helped new believers and churches to study topical subjects without problems, which has helped to ground Christians in the faith. As there are very limited resources available in the local languages for discipleship, WMP materials—the main resources available—have helped the Church to grow.

Making Inroads into Asia with God’s Word

AT ONE TIME IT WAS SAID of Asia that “the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed” (Acts 19:20). With today’s teeming populations, Asia is a vast continent with immense spiritual need. But the good news of Jesus Christ is making inroads, with World Missionary Press playing its part by providing Scripture booklets in various languages to ministries on the front lines. Here are some glimpses:

 China

Tourists from mainland China frequently visit Hong Kong and Macau, China’s densely populated special administrative provinces, where WMP’s coordinator for the region has connected us with two ministries to Chinese (and international) visitors, spreading the love of Christ in a difficult part of the world. We are privileged to supply both ministries with Chinese Scripture booklets and to receive exciting reports of God at work.

Founded in 2007, Chinese Tourist Ministry (CTM) distributes free gospel bags, spreading the good news of Jesus with mainland Chinese face-to-face in tourist hot spots in Hong Kong. Local Christian churches and organizations are invited to participate, making these trips to Hong Kong life-changing journeys.

CTM’s goal is to give away 70,000 gospel bags per month, filled with—among other things—WMP Scripture booklets!

Testimonies coming from this ministry are touching. “Who does Jesus love?” is a question CTM workers are called upon to answer quite often: “Anyone and everyone.” What joy it brings to see faces light up in amazement when they hear about what Jesus did, and to see the smiles etched on faces of those who receive Jesus into their lives right “on the spot.” For the volunteer workers there, “It makes everything worthwhile.”

Their work inspires fellow Christians to join them: “After seeing us and reading our tracts, they were so moved yet ashamed that all these years they merely believed in Jesus, but [had] not followed His teachings. They vowed to start actively spreading the gospel, and asked whether we could send them materials to help them.”

Between January and November of 2015, CTM’s total distribution of gospel bags in Hong Kong reached nearly 775,000. They distributed 58,060 bags In November alone, with a total of 19,647 new believers in Christ!

CTM’s sister ministry in Macau sent a similar report. Since 2008, Blessed Journey has been distributing year-round in several locations around Macau. Their distribution goal is 50,000 gospel bags per month, and God has been working.

One woman watched Blessed Journey workers distributing from their booth for some time before her curiosity got the best of her. “Why do you give out all these for free?” she asked. “You give away so much money! For the people from mainland China, this is so unimaginable!” They answered, “Because Jesus loves us and died for us freely, we Christians are willing to spread the gospel to other people for free.” Hearing this, she received a gospel bag.

Blessed Journey told of another woman who had received literature from the booth of a cult. “Then she came to our booth and wanted a Bible. Our co-worker told her that what she was holding was not Christian, but heretical materials. She was very surprised, and after confirming that with us a few times, she returned those books and came back and respectfully received a Bible from us. How urgent it is that lost souls be rescued from the hands of Satan!”

Shipments of literature from WMP reached both ministries in October of 2015, but they were soon asking for more, as materials were quickly taken by hungry tourists. WMP will be sending a 20-foot container to each location, full of Scripture booklets in Simplified Chinese. We can expect God to continue to draw many Chinese to Himself this year, as hundreds of thousands of tourists return to their homes in mainland China with His printed Word, some of them already new believers.

 

Myanmar (Burma)

Last year thousands of Burmese WMP booklets were distributed among churches, seminaries, evangelists, and pastors ministering in areas directly affected by civil war. Martin L. wrote that the need for literature in the area was huge, with distributors requesting more WMP booklets in tribal languages. “WMP booklets are one of the most effective tools for the people to grow in their reading skills and knowledge about God.” The first printing of 100,000 Shan Help From Above Scripture booklets was distributed in Shan State, where 5 million people live and where revival movement has been seen.

When the people of Myanmar suffered disastrous flooding (October WMP newsletter), relief teams asked for spiritual food to minister to families being counseled in the aftermath. Currently 100,000 Burmese How to Know God Scripture booklets and 30,000 Burmese God Loves You salvation coloring books are being printed in Myanmar for a total cost of $9,500.

 

 Indonesia

“In 2016 God’s field is still open,” wrote Frans K. in January. “We still have time and opportunity to share His love through booklets when the night is still not come.” The print shop had worked overtime to reprint 25,000 copies each of Indonesian Bible studies on Matthew and John before Christmas. Requests for quantities of salvation coloring booklets were streaming in from churches and individuals in the provinces of Gorontalo, Papua, West Papua, North Sulawesi, and others for upcoming Sunday-school retreats and scheduled church activities. WMP responded. “Yes, please go ahead with printing 50,000 copies of Indonesian He Is Risen!” The cost is $9,200, or 18 cents each.

 

 India

Distribution of Christian literature is a major factor in evangelism among the 1.2 billion people of India. Of a reported 456 languages in India, 18 have more than 10 million speakers. By providing free Scripture booklets in more than 40 languages of India, WMP helps arm evangelists and pastors to reach village after village with the message of hope.

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Meet the Team

One-Year Volunteer Opportunities

Jim Z. had “always known about World Missionary Press” and had passed out WMP booklets since he was young. When he graduated from high school, he decided that he wanted to volunteer at a ministry for a year before starting a career. He chose WMP and since being accepted, has been volunteering regularly since last June. His favorite parts of volunteering have been working on the New Testament bindery, going to chapel each day, and even mowing the lawn!

World Missionary Press has several internship opportunities for volunteers able to support themselves or to be supported by their church while serving for a year.

Website Programmer — Volunteer internship:  Assist in maintaining and enhancing the World Missionary Press website. World Missionary Press recently upgraded to a responsive-design website built on a WordPress platform. We are looking for an intern to help with enhancements and additional functionality. Proficiency in WordPress development and database programming desired.

Print Shop Production Apprentice — Volunteer internship:  Assist in operating various print-shop machines, including running booklet and New Testament binderies, web printing press, and sheet-fed press. Assist in print shop upkeep and maintenance functions. In this position you would learn several print-shop-related skills—which could prove valuable for future missions work both in the U.S. and overseas—while helping to produce and send millions of portions of God’s eternal Word to countries around the world every month.

Project India Administrative Assistant — Volunteer internship:  World Missionary Press is launching Project India, with the goal of producing 100 million Scripture booklets to help reach India’s 1.2 billion people with the gospel message. This person would assist in organizing and managing project-related information, making phone calls, data entry, and related tasks. Requirements include excellent verbal and written communication skills, computer skills (MS Office programs), attention to detail, and organizational skills.

 

For almost a year I’ve been doing a variety of finance- related tasks, including helping to process payroll, preparing and sending checks to vendors, opening and processing donations, and preparing month-end adjustments and reports. The staff here is amazing, and it has been exciting getting to know them.

Outside of work, I enjoy playing (and sometimes writing) music on the piano and ukulele. I also love outdoors activities like camping, canoeing, hiking, and so on. Often I spend time with friends or family. When I’m actually at home, I usually have plenty of chores to keep me busy, but occasionally I find a few hours of blissful relaxation.

I am the youngest of eleven children and a proud aunt to four nieces and five nephews, with two more on the way. Growing up in a big family was a lot of fun, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything! My dad was a pastor until 2013, when he was no longer able to preach due to a series of severe health issues. Most of my family lives in Indiana. We enjoy getting together for game nights, movie nights, or just to hang out.

Mission Ideas for Children

To request a copy of this brochure, e-mail mailroom@wmpress.org or call 574-831-2111 ext. 213.  You may also download the following online version…Missions Ideas for Children(pdf)

For your children’s ministries, Sunday School, children’s church, or VBS – You will find here a variety of suggestions for your consideration as a focus for your children’s ministry missions offering.

These project ideas relate to reaching boys and girls in other countries with the powerful Word of God.

What better investment can there be! What better way to encourage children to begin focusing on worldwide outreach and the influence they personally can have in fulfilling the Great Commission?

Idea #1

God Loves You! Coloring Books

Your children can provide God Loves You! salvation coloring books, filled with pictures to color and excellent teaching from God’s Word!

WMP can provide a variety of languages for the God Loves You! coloring book so that you can use them to make an attractive poster or project display.

If you wish, you could announce that for every $10 raised, a picture of one coloring book will be added to a display at the front of your meeting room. (You can photo copy the front cover of a God Loves You! coloring book, making enough copies to represent the offering raised.)

Idea #2

Your Change Brings Change

About five cents will print and send one Scripture booklet anywhere in the world! $1 will print and send 21 Scripture booklets on average. Banks can be provided by WMP for this purpose. These banks can be placed in many locations–people always have loose change! When finished, collect the money from the bank(s), write a check to WMP for the amount, and re-use it!

You can also print your own labels at www.wmpress.org/get-involved/kids-korner and tape them on a jar or can.

Idea #3

Fill a Suitcase

Leaders can present a big, empty suitcase at the beginning of VBS, labeled “Sending the Word to the World.” For each dollar a child brings in offerings, he/she can place a (rubber-banded) pack of 25 Scripture booklets into the suitcase. (It actually costs about $1 to produce 21 booklets!)

The goal is to fill the suitcase as full as possible with Scripture booklets!

You can request a supply of The Way to God Scripture booklets for this purpose. They come 500 per 10-lb. box.

Boys and girls in countries around the world need to learn about Jesus and His love. By reading Scripture booklets in their language, they can know how to have their sins forgiven and receive the gift of eternal life!

Idea #4

Thermometer Display

Make a large poster of a thermometer showing funds raised for The Way to God Scripture booklets. Color with a red marker as funds increase. Adjust the numbers on the poster according to your expectations.

Idea #5

Buy a Roll of Paper

One 35″-wide roll of paper for our big printing press, costing about $1,360, can produce the inside pages of more than 85,000 48-page Scripture booklets!

An investment of $680 provides for the inside pages of about 42,500 Scripture booklets like The Way to God!

Idea #6

Faces of the World

Prepare a large colored drawing of the world (about 10 ft. wide) to post at the front of your meeting room. Have the students color the faces of children from other parts of the world. (You can download these faces from our website: wmpress.org/get-involved/mission-ideas-for-children).  As every $25 comes in for the missions offering, one of the children can glue or tape one of the colored faces onto the world.

This serves as a visual reminder that your students are touching other children around the world with God’s Word. At some point, each child can be given a copy of a God Loves You! coloring book or The Way to God Scripture booklet as a reminder of the ministry they are supporting! (Request enough free copies for this purpose.)

Boys and girls in countries around the world need to learn about Jesus and His love. By reading Scripture booklets in their language, they can know how to have their sins forgiven and receive the gift of eternal life!

Please send offerings in a check to the address below. If you can, please also send a photo and/or description of the project you used to raise funds.

PDF’s available:  Color or Black and White.

Pointers for Success

1. Help young people learn and practice faith by setting a realistic goal that is not simple to meet. Emphasize that “with God nothing shall be impossible” (Luke 1:37).

2. Involve elements of suspense, surprise, and challenge, using realistic goals on the one hand, but at the same time acknowledging the power of God and the wonderful faith that children are capable of.
3. In telling the stories about the NEED involved in the project selected, be truthful. Use no fabricated stories. If the teacher has pondered the story so well that he/she is moved emotionally, it will relate effectively to the children. They will catch the impact and will respond enthusiastically.

4. It is good to show each day the total money given that day and the total number of booklets the offering represents. (Each booklet costs 5 cents for production and mailing. Each dollar pays for 20 booklets on average.)

If you have created projects of your own that would help to send out God’s Word, we would like to hear about them. Also, it would be of interest to us to hear about the blessings you received from using the projects listed above.

Projects for Adults

Our Number One Need

PRAYER – PRAYER – MORE PRAYER! Satan will bring every type of confusion, onslaught, and battle against the Word of God, which he despises.

We can send you a detailed prayer letter with a request for every day of the month. As you join thousands of others in prayer for specific requests, we will literally see God’s power at work. To join our prayer team, click here to receive our prayer sheet via E-mail, or click here to receive our  prayer letter  via regular mail.

Monthly Support

Establish a personal “$30.00 Club” (or “Club 30”). Through World Missionary Press you can reach an equivalent of one person every hour, 24 hours a day, for $30.00 per month.

Smaller Gifts

Perhaps you can’t take on any of the above projects, but you could send $5 or $10 each month, trusting God to provide it for you.Little is much when God is in it!

Projects which Cost Nothing in Dollars and Cents

Have a Garage Sale
Collect and sell items at a garage sale or auction. Several families could cooperate in conducting a garage sale and send proceeds to WMP.

Used Bibles
Many letters come from pastors, Sunday school teachers, and others overseas, asking for complete Bibles. Do you have good new or used King James Version or New King James Version Bibles you could send? Those with study helps are especially appreciated by workers overseas.

Used Postage Stamps
Yes, we can use them, too. They are exchanged for money so we can print more booklets. Care must be taken when cutting stamps off envelopes so the stamps are not cut or torn. Leave 1/4 inch border around the stamps. We can use only FOREIGN and COMMEMORATIVE U.S. stamps.

WMP Videos/DVDs
Invite some friends or neighbors in and show them one of WMP’s videos or DVDs. Give each one a copy of Help From Above and the latest issue of WMP News. Prayerfully introducing the work in this way can pay rich dividends.

For more resources click here.

Boys and girls in countries around the world need to learn about Jesus and His love. By reading Scripture booklets in their language, they can know how to have their sins forgiven and receive the gift of eternal life.

Please send offerings in a check to the address below. If you can, please also send a photo and/or a description of the project you used to raise funds.

World Missionary Press, Inc.
P.O. Box 120, New Paris, IN 46553
(574) 831-2111 –  FAX (574) 831-2161

https://www.wmpress.org   E-mail: mailroom@wmpress.org

January 2016 Newsletter-Special Edition PDF

GOD IS RAISING UP A TEAM throughout the world to share His Good News, to provide portions of His Word to those who have none, to make disciples in all nations as Jesus commissioned His followers to do. As part of that larger team for 54 years, World Missionary Press continues to praise God for how He has been enlarging and strengthening us for the future. In recent years He has expanded our property and provided for newer and upgraded equipment, enabling us now to breeze through levels of production that we used to struggle with, to stage more large shipments simultaneously, and to be more flexible and effective in scheduling and tracking production of hundreds of languages and titles.

This past year God has built up our team in amazing ways as we have increased the use of full-color covers; and focused on the electronic formatting of Scripture booklets—necessary for direct computer-to-plate processing for in-plant printing as well as for making them accessible worldwide from smart phones, tablets, and computers.

 Every day God is at work through His Word. What a privilege it is to provide tools for God’s team in all parts of the globe!

 In Colombo, Sri Lanka, a two-day conference onboard the OM ship Logos Hope encouraged pastors with a missions focus to persevere in the race. With humility and transparency, George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilisation, imparted lessons from years of ministry and shared his life verse: 
“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace” (Acts 20:24). When these energetic pastors were offered boxes of WMP Scripture booklets to take with them,  96,000 copies of The Way to God in Sinhala and Tamil left the ship as seed to be sown.

  In Honduras, WMP’s coordinator Walter P. held eleven  personal evangelism seminars in various places, with 680 pastors from different churches attending; 747 ten-pound boxes of Spanish Scripture booklets went home with them, including the last of his supply. Other boxes had been delivered to those working with the military and among children in poverty as well as to those evangelizing in hospitals and prisons.

Requests for Scripture booklets are increasing from those working with refugees in various places. Imagine the need for Arabic and Farsi-language booklets in Finland! “A lot of people in Helsinki on the street are turning to the living Jesus.” In Sweden, a couple from South Africa reported, “We have three main language groups arriving here . . . something like 40 nations represented in our town which  has a population of 3500!” Thirty-five boxes sent to Hungary arrived just in time for outreach by a Bible college to a refugee camp. A couple from Michigan, ministering with food and blankets to Iraqi refugees in Jordan, reported, “These people, nominal Christians, many professional people, having been stripped of everything, now realize that who they need is Jesus.” Many have come to Christ for salvation and for healing from  anxiety and trauma.

Josemon P. is a missionary  evangelist with a fruitful ministry in North India. He loves the WMP booklets he was getting from a brother, describing them as “the complete gospel” and “very much useful for pioneer evangelism” and has seen Hindus getting saved. For two months every year he sets up a book shop in a big trade fair attended by 50,000 people.

“Gospel bags,” given to tourists from mainland China coming to Hong Kong and Macau and containing WMP Scripture booklets, continue to bear fruit, with hundreds receiving Christ right on the spot when the gospel is explained. As one lady prayed, her heart was touched by the Holy Spirit and her eyes filled with tears. “God has already prepared the hearts.”  

 [You can impact people around the world. Every donated dollar provides for the production of 24 powerful Scripture booklets for Christians eager to share God’s Word in the languages of their nation. An investment of $100 will touch the lives of 2,400 people; $1,000 will impact 24,000 people who need to know God.]

 
FROM THE TIME WMP receives a request for a shipment of literature from a national coordinator or major distributor until the booklets are distributed throughout the country, WMP carefully guides the order through preparation, production, shipment, and final receipt. Our coordinators are national pastors, missionaries, or ministry leaders who know the value of the printed word and give much time and effort into working with WMP to provide Scripture booklets for their countries.

As the accompanying charts show, there are many, many shipments in process at one time, each requiring a financial commitment from WMP for printing, shipping and distribution support.

What we can do is heavily dependent on  the funds we receive. The requests keep coming and we want to honor each one of them. Only as God supplies through His people can we print and send the word for those who are waiting to go and share.

May God bless you as you consider the requests of our brothers and sisters in Christ who are looking to WMP for tools for the harvest.

The Urgent Need for Increase

WMP networks extensively with hundreds of ministries in providing tools to national Christians eager to reach their nations for Christ, by making disciples and planting new-believer groups where there are no churches.

More than 80 ministry leaders in 74 nations serve as volunteer WMP national coordinators to receive container-size shipments and share the contents with booklet distributors throughout their countries. This arrangement saves as much as $130,000 per container over what it would cost to send boxes through the postal system to individual distributors.

Over the years WMP coordinators have developed strong distribution networks in their respective countries. As the distribution of WMP Scripture booklets has been used by God to great eternal effect, the distributors have been greatly encouraged by the fruit of their labors, and the urgent plea for WMP materials from around the world continues to increase significantly. For many distributors WMP is the only source of free gospel literature—God’s Word accomplishing His purpose in reaching the lost and discipling new believers. We frequently hear that entire distribution networks are idled when they run out of WMP materials.  National coordinators regularly wait many months, sometimes even a year or more, for replenished supplies.

It is the desire of our hearts to increase production to an equivalency volume of 9,000,000 Scripture booklets per month in-plant. (Equivalency=relating different size booklets to our standard unit of production: a 48-page Help From Above Scripture booklet.) The urgent need is to grow far beyond our current budget of 7 million per month in-plant production as soon as possible.

The addition of increased work-space, faster and more reliable equipment, and key staff has positioned us for growth as God provides the budget and beyond.

God is building us!

The Lord continues to build our infrastructure. Just as He has blessed us recently with additional property, buildings, and equipment, this past year He has also been building our staff. During 2015 eleven staff members left, most through retirement or moving to other locations. But the Lord brought just the right people to replace them—talented, energetic, and joy-filled workers that are a real blessing to our team! Praise the Lord, He is positioning us for the future!