USA (MNN) — Though World Missionary Press (WMP) provides Scripture booklet resources to people all over the world, they also support evangelism and outreach happening in their own backyard in the U.S.
Helen Williams with WMP says that of the 100 million Scripture booklets printed by WMP every year, about 85% are sent overseas. The other 15 million are used around the U.S. in a variety of ways.
Williams highlighted summertime and how the booklets are used during seasonal events like the Elkhart County Fair.
“It’s a really big deal, and for several years we have had a booth in the commercial building, a very good location, and our staff mans the booth for two weeks in shifts and we put out booklets and people come through, and people that are visiting from other places, and we introduce the press, but also give people the booklets,” Williams says.
Another big seasonal event in the United States is India Day, celebrated by the large Indian and Pakistani populations in the U.S. in August.
WMP publishes Scripture booklets in 350 languages, including 40 from the country of India. India Day celebrations offer opportunities for Scripture booklets to be given out in large quantities in peoples’ native languages.
In a July newsletter, WMP highlighted that twenty percent of weekly Scripture booklet shipments in the United States are in languages other than English or Spanish, making them accessible to people at all kinds of events and celebrations.
Often, Scripture booklets from WMP are handed out alongside other necessities. One mission organization in California, that serves the local homeless population by providing clothing and food, recently ordered more booklets after a box was donated to them and saw how valuable the booklets could be in opening doors to conversations about Christ in their work.
Others order Scripture booklets to include in displays in restaurants, waiting rooms, laundromats and the like.
“And those booklet displays have to be maintained,” Williams says. “So the distributor will order more and just keep it filled. So there’s a continuing work there, a commitment to it, which is wonderful.”
Booklets are shared when delivering food parcels, in hotels and prisons, at farmers markets and flea markets, concerts, and Bible studies, the WMP newsletter says.
Williams says that people interested in ordering booklets can contact World Missionary Press and then use those booklets in different ways to present the Gospel: through booths, displays, Vacation Bible Schools, and more.
However, she gives a heeding to keep in mind local laws and regulations regarding the distribution of pamphlets, to avoid potential issues.
The best ways to contact WMP are by visiting www.wmpress.org or sending an email to [email protected].
“So from there, then we will send you either an introductory packet or we’ll communicate with you by email, getting a little bit more information about what you’re doing,” Williams says. “So there are a couple of places on the website where you can just kind of start the conversation. And we try very hard to reply promptly and help you out.”
To learn more about World Missionary Press or how you can order and distribute pamphlets, visit wmpress.org.
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