Costa Rica (MNN) ― Christian Resources International says the efforts of "Operation: Bare Your Bookshelf" are not in vain.
The project makes it easy for American Christians to send their extra Bibles and other Christian books overseas.
One linguist and translator partner in Costa Rica requested some books for both himself and his pastor.
With CRI's Spanish on-site inventory, the team was able to send the pastor some much-needed resources. The translator, Luis Diego, was grateful for a Hebrew-English New Testament and a book explaining the role of Creation in salvation and redemption. In his thank-you note, he wrote, "In a nutshell, if the whole story of creation and the fall as told in Genesis were not true, then the whole life/ministry/death/resurrection of Christ would be meaningless, since He came to look for and save what was lost. If no creation/fall ever existed, then sin is an invention of some over the past centuries, and Christ died in vain, since he died for something that did not exist in fact."
Pastors and church leaders in the underdeveloped world may not be able to afford their own resources, and they can make a big difference in their understanding of the Gospel, doctrines and theology. That's where CRI comes in.
CRI will send prospective participants all the mailing materials needed to send Bibles and Christian books to a specific pastor, Christian worker, church member, or seeker overseas.
They'll also include the actual request letter, so participants can get to know and pray for the recipient by name.
Because the mailing materials bear CRI's return address, donors need not worry about being personally contacted by anyone overseas. But CRI will personally pass on thank-you letters generated by the packages they send.
They're looking for: Bibles, concordances and commentaries, Christian reference books, Systematic and practical theology books, and Bible Study materials.
