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Scripture Ministries

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. Psalms:68:11
Did You Know..

There is an average of 5 copies of the Bible for every man, woman, boy and girl in the US.

85% of the nearly 2 billion Bibles printed have been printed in English.

There are 5,867 languages spoken by some 210 nations. Less than a 1,000 have any form of the Word of God printed in their language.

In India on October 12, 1999 the 6 billionth person was born into this world.

Of the 6 billion people on earth, 3 out of 4 do not have even 1 copy of the Bible and most have never even seen a page of the Word of God.

Statistics show nearly 3 people die every second.

Of the 6 billion people on earth 4.4 billion have NEVER heard a clear presentation of the Gospel message.

The average missionary, in a lifetime, only meets about 5,000 people he can win to Christ.

It would take 120,000,000 (120-million) missionaries to reach 6,000,000,000 (6-billion) people.

How are we going to reach this exploding world population for Christ?

The Answer: The Printed Page!

...and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared ... Nehemiah 8:10

A New Testament or a John and Romans booklet is an evangelism tool not to replace the missionary but to aid them in reaching the masses for Christ. It is what we call a paper missionary.

It has been proven true that in a Third World Country 1 New Testament or John and Romans booklet will be read by an average of 7 people before being discarded or destroyed. It is estimated that 1 out of those 7 people trusts Christ as Savior. In Communist countries the life of a single portion of scripture has the potential of reaching 20 people.

Remember:
At the rapture the saints will be gone, but the printed scriptures will stay!