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Painting by John Steele used on the cover of A Bible Study on John by permission of Pacific Press.

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“calls His own sheep byname and leads them out.”

—John 10:3

“calls His own sheep byname and leads them out.”

—John 10:3

“calls His own sheep byname and leads them out.”

—John 10:3

“calls His own sheep byname and leads them out.”

—John 10:3

“calls His own sheep byname and leads them out.”

—John 10:3

ow amazing that Jesus, who came into this world as the lamb of God to take away the sin of the

world, is also that great and good Shepherd, who leads and individually nourishes His sheep! During

His public ministry, Jesus saw the multitudes and was moved with compassion for them, because they were

like sheep having no shepherd (Matthew 9:36). He told His disciples of “other sheep” which He needed to bring

into the fold (John 10:16). They, too, would hear His voice and follow Him. After Jesus rose from the dead, Peter

proclaimed his love for Jesus three times. Each time Jesus responded, “Feed My sheep. . . . Feed My lambs” (John

21:15-17).

In South Africa more than 50 years ago, Watson and Rose Goodman saw the multitudes and were moved with

compassion for them. Watson compiled the 48-page Scripture booklet, Help From Above, so that the multitudes

could have at least a portion of the nourishing, life-giving Word of God. God enlarged their vision from one nation

of Africa, to the continent of Africa, to the whole world. The multitudes needed to hear God’s voice! The sheepthat heard and followed the voice of the Shepherd needed to be fed! The words of Jesus became their mandate,

“They do not need to go away. YOU give them something to eat” (Matthew 14:16).

The vision which led to World Missionary Press continues strong. And the vision is multiplied in believers

throughout the world. As those who hear and follow are fed by God’s Word, they in turn see the multitudes around

them in their nations and catch the vision of their Shepherd. In increasing numbers, Christians around the world

look to World Missionary Press for supplies of “bread” to feed the hungry.

Ways to be involved in feeding the multitudes:

Gift Idea #1—Provide “Help From Above”Our most-requested Scripture booklet for adults is Help From Above. Almost 16

million copies were printed this past year in dozens of languages. More than ever before,

people in desperate situations are realizing their need for help from above. Not only can

this powerful booklet lead a person to salvation in Jesus Christ, but its topics and verses

also help a new believer grow in this new life in Christ.

[Every dollar donated will provide for the printing of more than 25 copies of thispowerful 48-page Scripture booklet. A gift of $100 will cover the cost of printing 2,500Scripture booklets in the languages of the people, while an investment of $1,000 willtouch 25,000 people with the life-giving Word of God.]

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Gift Idea #2—A Roll of Paper(now costs less!)

A roll of paper to keep the press rolling. Each

1,500-lb. 35-inch wide roll is twelve miles long and

provides the inside pages of 85,000 Scripture booklets.

What awesome potential for leading souls into God’s

kingdom! As of August 1, the cost of the paper we use

actually decreased 4.8%! This is an amazing provision

of God. Each wide roll of paper now costs $1,028. A

half-roll costs $514 and provides the inside pages for

42,500 Scripture booklets. Any amount donated for

paper will go a long way. Even $12 will provide the

paper for 1,000 pages. In some places where God’s

Word is scarce, booklets have been torn apart so that

each person could have—for their very own—just oneprecious page of God’s Word!

Gift Idea #3—Ten Pounds of InkTen pounds of black ink for the web press still

costs $9.40 and is used to apply powerful words from

God’s heart onro the pages of about 75,000 48-page

topical Scripture booklets. Think of it! Paper that is lit-

erally “dead” goes in one end of a printing press and

comes out the other end “alive” with the life-giving

Word of God, able to bring people to Christ and to

transform their lives. WMP spends over $15,000 a year

just on ink to print Scripture booklets. The cost of 100

pounds of ink ($94.00) allows God’s powerful Word

to flow onto the pages of 750,000 Scripture booklets. A

whole drum of ink (450 pounds) costs $423.

Gift Idea #4—Provide A BibleStudy on John to Leaders orNew Believers

Jay and Vicky Benson had just arrived in Ban-

dung, Indonesia (a university city of 1½ million in the

world’s most populous Muslim nation) when they

heard about the small classified ad inserted in a local

newspaper, offering a free correspondence course on

the Gospel of John. The good news was that an office

boy had to go to the post office with a wheelbarrow to

pick up all the responses! But what wrenched Vicky’s

heart was that the offer was never made again because

of lack of resources to handle such response. The de-

sire was born to write a free-standing Bible study

on John that could be given away freely. Back in the

States at WMP, Vicky did just that. Last year 1.3 mil-

lion copies were printed in various languages.

One ministry in Nicaragua uses the Bible Study onJohn to teach their pastors, and finds that it

gives them a whole new mind-set. Before

a church even has a building to worship

in, they are establishing mission churches.

Another ministry there, which used youth

ages 16-30 to present the gospel in the

poorest schools in Managua two years ago,

saw over 28,100 salvations in one week!

Every person who accepted Christ and all

the students they spoke to were given A BibleStudy on John (over 50,000). “We are seeing a tremen-

dous army of young evangelists being raised up.”

As of now 585,980 copies of this Bible study in

French are on order in 15 African nations plus Haiti

and need to be printed. More than 100,000 are on

order in English, mostly for India, and 412,012 are on

order in Spanish for 9 Latin American nations plus

Spain and the one Spanish-speaking nation of Africa

(Equatorial Guinea).

The Paraguay Bible Society is requesting more be-

cause “we want to focus on the leadership in the coun-

tryside.” Most have only a primary school education.

“With special workshops we want to teach them and

provide the elemental tools” as they spread the Word

in their villages.

[Each copy of the 80-page Bible Study on John

costs only about 12¢ to produce. A gift of $25 will pro-vide 208 leaders or new believers with their own copy.An investment of $500 will supply 4,166!]Black ink flows into the ink fountain on the web press.

Each 1,500-lb. roll of paper provides the inside pagesfor 85,000 Scripture booklets.

Gift Idea #5—Shipping God’sWord to the World

Shipping boxes of Scripture booklets by freight

(including in 20-foot and 40-foot containers) rather

than entirely through the postal system (as we used to

do) saved $1,787,734 this past fiscal year. We can do

this only because 80+ volunteer national coordinators

in 73 nations are willing to receive containers and dis-

perse boxes of Scripture booklets to ministries,

churches, and individual distributors throughout their

nations. Shipping a container may cost from $2,000

to $15,000 depending on the size of container and the

country of destination. Shipping God’s Word by con-

tainer is an effective way to deliver the tools needed

by those on the front lines who are eager to plant the

seeds of God’s Word and reap a harvest of souls.

Wouldn’t shipping costs be saved entirely by print-

ing overseas? It costs less for WMP to print AND

ship than to print almost anywhere in the world

that we know of (by using high-speed equipment,

volume printing, staff willing to work for modest

wages, and hundreds of volunteers). We can’t send

everything by freight shipments, but overall, it costs

WMP less than one cent on average to ship a 48-

page Scripture booklet to anywhere in the world—

an amazing investment. How many Scripture

booklets would you like to help ship?

Gift Idea #6—Share God’s Lovewith a Child

Our most-requested 48-page Scripture booklet

is The Way to God, compiled by Rose Goodman in

her later years at the request of Jay Benson after he re-

turned from India, his heart broken for the multitudes

of children he saw there. Her heart

full of love for God and the children

of the world, Rose handwrote every

page of this booklet literally on her

knees. This past fiscal year we

printed more than 19,487,000 copies

in numerous languages. Each costs under 4¢ to pro-

duce. What an investment in a child (and his family)!

Rose’s 64-page Bible Study on Matthew and her

coloring book, He Is Risen! are also greatly used in

various languages. We have increased the

number of Spanish He Is Risen! on our pro-

duction schedule to 200,000 because we

could not turn away the request from

Paraguay for 20,000 “due to the use we

do at public and private schools of our

country. There are open doors, and we

don’t want to miss this opportunity. We

don’t know what would happen in

the future, and that’s why we want

to act TODAY!”

� Every dollar contributed toward The Way to

God provides for 25 copies. � A gift of $20 will print 200 copies of A Bible Study

on Matthew (64 pages) at 10¢ apiece. � The larger He Is Risen! salvation coloring books in

Spanish cost about 18¢ each to produce. An invest-ment of $100 will provide for 555 coloring books,which minister to the whole family.]

School children reading He Is Risen! salvation coloringbooks in Paraguay.

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Gift Idea #7—French New Testaments

In the near future, World Missionary Press will beproducing and shipping large quantities of Scripture ma-terials in French and African languages to 13 nations inFrench-speaking Africa. Many of these former Frenchcolonies have been decimated by years of war, are facingthe advance of Islam, and are dark places in need of thelight of the gospel. Shipments to these nations will in-clude 100,000 WMP French New Testaments, whichinclude a 38-page Basic Study Supplement—selecttopics and Scripture references compiled by WatsonGoodman.

As WMP’s coordinator in Côte d’Ivoire wrote: “Whatpeople need more is the Word of God. Even unbelieversare eager to hear from God. Most of the time, we givethe NT to missionaries who are working in rural areaswhere people have no money to buy a Bible. In this timeof turbulence, pastors and churches . . . are being perse-cuted. Our freedom of preaching orally and publicly isreduced.” Your gift to produce French New Testa-ments will make a significant spiritual impact on livesin West and Central African nations.

[At approximately 95 cents per copy, you can provide53 French New Testaments with durable vinyl covers fora gift of $50.00, or a gift of $100 will provide 106French New Testaments with Basic Study Supplement.]

Gift Idea #8— Ministerto Prisoners

Scripture-text Datebooks—full of in-

struction, encouragement, and help—are enthusiastically

received by prisoners throughout the United States. Each

Datebook contains 365 carefully-selected Scripture verses,

and the inside front cover shares how to receive Jesus

Christ as Savior.

What a privilege it is to minister to a

prisoner (and often extended family) with

a daily Scripture throughout the year.

Again this year we have printed 825,000

Datebooks, most of which will go to

chaplains and prisoners who find them

a source of encouragement and hope

during long, lonely days.

A prisoner wrote from Texas,

“Thank you for all you are doing to

help me come closer to Jesus’ love

through the words I read daily from your Scripture-

text Datebook. In prison, sometimes the only light that

shines in here is from the love of God . . . .”

[You can reach 100 inmates with their personal Scrip-ture-text Datebook for a gift of $10; or reach 1,000 foran investment of $100.]

Gift Idea #9—Your time as aVolunteer

If God leads you and/or your group to be in-

volved with the hundreds of volunteers that give of their

time either on a regular basis or as a one-time offering of

love, please contact WMP’s Volunteer Coordinator at

(574) 831-2111 (ext. 215) or email volunteer@wmpress.org.

Ongoing volunteer opportunities include feeding the

binderies; filling, weighing, and strapping boxes; collat-

ing New Testaments; stuffing mailings; and filling small

orders.

Gift Idea #10—RegularPrayer Support

Sign up to receive our bi-monthly prayer letter

along with your newsletter, sharing a praise report

or a prayer request for each day of the month. WMP is a

prayer-supported ministry. (We can also send the prayer

letter by e-mail upon request.)

New Testaments are much needed in French-speakingcountries of Africa.