20 Years - Celebrating the Past. Building the Future.

Celebrating the Past. Building the Future.

It’s an unlikely story . . .

At the beginning, there were minimal resources. No history to draw upon. No roadmap for the future.

There was just a part-time volunteer taking his pastor’s sermons, editing the tapes, and distributing them to three radio stations for a weekend broadcast.

There was no sta�. No o�ce. No grand plan.

Just a love for the truth of God’s Word and the conviction that life is transformed when His Word is preached.

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Twenty years later . . . Truth For Life:

• Airs more than 52,000 time a month on the radio • Is distributed through 1,652 radio outlets • Reaches 99 of the top 100 radio markets in the U.S. • Reaches millions through truthforlife.org• Can be accessed on smartphones and mobile devices• Is available on podcast

Under God, even the most unlikely stories are possible!

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We pause humbly to reflect.We give thanks and praise to God.We thank you for standing alongside us.

As Truth For Life marks 20 years of proclaiming the Gospel . . .

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While millions have heard, there are still millions more who have yet to hear. So we diligently press on and look towards fields that are ripe for the harvest.

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Truth For Life is rich with passion and motivated by the desire to reach more lives than ever before!


• More generations • More languages • More nations


Yet we can’t help but wonder . . .

What if?


The ministry of Truth For Life has outpaced the team at Truth For Life!

While Truth For Life has grown 35% over the past five years, the sta� and infrastructure have remained the same.

We are few in number, thin on infrastructure, and need more capacity to grow.

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The challenge before us . . .


• Interactive mobile apps for children and teens• Bible-teaching games and stories for smartphones and tablets• A children’s section on the Truth For Life website

What if. . .Truth For Life reached children?

38% of American children under age 2 have used tablets or smartphones75% of American children under age 8 have access to a smartphone or tablet


Source: “Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America 2013,” Common Sense Media Research Study


• The program aired each day in Spanish• La Verdad Para La Vida en Español internationally • A Spanish version of the Truth For Life website

Truth For Life were heard in Spanish?

38.3 million people in the U.S. age 5 or older speak Spanish at home 36.7% of people in Los Angeles are Spanish-dominant39.8% of people in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale are Spanish-dominant

What if. . .

(Did you wonder which of the top 100 radio markets Truth For Life does not reach? It’s Brownsville, Texas, where most of the listening audience speaks Spanish!)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012

Learn more about how Truth For Life hopes to reach new lives at truthforlife.org/NewLives

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• Mobile apps for college students • Q&A on college-life topics • Video teaching for tablets and smartphones• Live Q&A via video streaming • Resources for college campus ministries

Truth For Life engaged college students?

32% of college students state that they are believers32% of college students say that they are spiritual but not religious28% of college students consider themselves ‘secular’

What if. . .


Source: Trinity College nationwide survey of college students across 38 colleges and universities in the U.S., 2013


Truth For Life further strengthened pastors, missionaries, and church leaders?

• Regional pastor conferences • Webinars for pastors and church leaders• Teaching resources • Video Q&A sessions for pastors• Apps for pastors and teachers

What if. . .


2014 Basics Conference: a conference for pastors and

leaders hosted by Alistair Begg. Cleveland, Ohio.


Will you prayerfully consider making a special and significant 20th Anniversary investment in the future of Truth For Life?


The field is indeed ripe for the harvest.

To give your gift:

1) Complete and return the card provided

2) Go online to: truthforlife.org/WhatIf

3) Call: 1 (888) 588-7884 in the U.S.

1 (877) 518-7884 in Canada


Your investment at this important milestone will go directly

toward hiring sta� members and growing the ministry so

that “what if” can become a reality.

“If ever there was a time to engage life with truth, now is the time!”

- Alistair Begg

Please make a gift today

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Watch a video presentation of Truth For Life’s vision for the future at truthforlife.org/future

Donations to Truth For Life directly support our core

mission – to teach the Bible with clarity and relevance

so that unbelievers will be converted, believers will be

established, and local churches will be strengthened.

Truth For Life is committed to wise financial integrity and the highest standards of stewardship.

www.truthforlife.org

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Cleveland, Ohio 44139

CanadaP.O. Box 19008

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