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UnitedStatesBibleSociety: Newsletter
January 1, 2015 

Welcome to the Monthly Newsletter of the United States Bible Society. Our goal is to keep you informed on our Community and Ministry. Below is a word of encouragement, a thanksgiving, a look back, a look forward, our financial statement, and what we need to meet the vision the Lord has placed on our Hearts. Please enjoy and Pray over this Months Newsletter.

Pressing Toward the Mark
What Are you Aiming For?
                 

Can you believe that a new year is upon us. When I think of making Goals for the New year my minds eye goes to to one of my favorite verses, Philippians 3:14, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Jesus-Christ. As Paul puts the past behind him He reaches for the Prize. In looking at Paul's life we should ask ourselves? How do we reach this Mark and Prize. Paul speaks of aiming for a specific target and as we set our goals for the new year we too need to aim for a specific target. So what exactly are we aiming to achieve? Paul's life shows us the power of the Gospel as He 1) Got It: Being saved on the Damascus Road. 2) Grew in it: Growing in Christ through the Word of God and 3) Gave it: As he made Disciples in leading others to Christ while befriending, teaching, and going with the converts to make more disciples. This is the Mark, or target, in which all Christians should be Aiming. In making application we see that our aim should be following Paul's path of 1) Getting it: Being saved 2) Growing in it: Learning through the Word and 3) Giving it: Making Disciples through witnessing, befriending, and investing our lives into others to reproduce this Christian life to others. When we Aim for this Mark we will see the Lord using us to achieve the Prize of more disciples. How about you? What are you aiming for in 2015? Let us learn from the life of Paul and join His Example in putting our past behind us and pressing toward the Mark with our Aim on making disciples of all Nations.
 

Thank You
My Personal "Thank You" 
    
"Thank You," to all those who are apart of this work as we had a record year for Webhits, Souls Saved, Bibles Distributed, Devotions Emailed, Bibles Downloaded, Audio Bibles Accessed, and Online Bibles Accessed. Thanks again, for everyone who Prayed, Supplied Funds, Made Visits, Answered Emails, Placed Phone Calls, Provided Bibles, Delivered Bibles, and Shared the Gospel. Your labor is not in vain as I receive mail every day of souls being saved and lives being changed. Let us be encouraged to press to the mark of continuing in the Lord, to do His Will, and His Work in these last days.
Looking Back
A Record Year:  
Wow, what a year in 2014. Record numbers across the board as we reached over 11 Million in web hits, Over 42 Thousand Bible Delivered, and Most Important Over 33 Hundred Souls Saved. Praise the Lord!!! In December we had another huge month for web hits receiving 1.43 million web hits. These web hits coupled with the contacts we make through e-Devotions, Church Services, and email correspondence allowed our Ministry to connect over 2 million times in 120 countries. Praise the Lord!!! Financially we had our largest year of Partner giving with Churches giving an average of 15 thousand a month as they provided the Bibles and Shipping for our Bible Requests. We also had specific donations to pay off our building this year along with a vehicle to help us perform the needs of this Ministry.  I never thought the Lord would use us in such a large way but we realize that it is Jesus-Christ doing the work. We Thank the Lord for what He is doing and again thank you for your prayers and gifts. 



December Results
 
1,435,466 Web Hits
242 Souls Saved
4,042 Bibles Distributed
1,000 Tracts Distributed
721,835 Devotions EMail
23,447 Subscribers EMail
46.05% Distribution %
  2014 Results
    
    11,093,521 Web Hits
    3368 Souls Saved
    42,236 Bibles Distributed
    16,000 Tracts Distributed
    6,564,688 Devotions EMail
    23,447 Subscribers EMail
    56.62% Distribution %

Ministry Results
 
19,871,365 Web Hits
17,195 Souls Saved
308,342 Bibles Distributed
2,383,400 Tracts Distributed
24,748,615 Devotions EMail
23,447 Subscribers EMail
51.50% Distribution %
Looking Forward
A Vision of Growth: 
     
It is very exciting to see how the Lord keeps giving us more ideas to expand our outreach. The Lord has placed on my heart a Vision of Growth and to Help other Churches take the Ministry of Outreach we are doing and show other Churches how to use this tool. Being a Media Minister I want to help Churches reach more in their community using the tools the Lord has taught me. Please contact me if you would like to talk how we can help your Church or Ministry. We also will be starting many more outreach websites that address the questions of the lost and that help in discipleship. All these domains will give us a larger foot print on the web with the goal of reaching more folks with the Gospel. We are continuing to work on the Life Application notes that I send in our daily devotion to our commentary section of our Online Bible. This will make each Chapter of our Online Bible a devotion in itself with a Chapter of Scripture, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Chapter, and now my Life Application Notes all on the same page. We look forward to working on these ideas in the New Year !!
Our Finances

Ministry Finance Report for December 

 

Thank you for viewing our New Finance Report. We have divided our Finances into 2 Sections. To the left is the (Bible and Postage Fund) All donations made to this Ministry by mail or PayPal will be placed into this fund. 100% of the donations will go to cover the Cost of Bibles and the Shipping. To Your Right Below, we also have an (Operations Fund) which covers the Physical Costs of Ministry and All of our Electronic Projects from Downloadable Bibles, Bible Translations, Internet Devotions, etc. A Special thanks to www.ChristianInc.org and Belmont Baptist Church for being our funding Partner on these Costs. Words cannot express our appreciation for all who give to the United States Bible Society. Funds given are only a small portion that is invested as thousand of Church Partners provide Bibles daily at their cost. As with any Ministry we have costs to provide our services. As Director, I too contribute to this Ministry and receive no personal support for our work. What a joy it is to give so others can receive God's Word. We continue as our Friends Pray and Give. Thank you.
 Bible and Postage Fund  
Operations Fund
 
$   2429 Beginning Balance
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$   0050 Donation CBC
$   0600 Donation GW
$ 20210 Donation (Bibles Delivered by Churches)
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($20210) 4042 Bibles Delivered by Churches
($    600) 300 Bibles to Community Outreach
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$     2479 Ending Balance


$ 0000 Beginning Balance
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$ 0200 Donation BBC
$ 2696 Donation www.Christiainc.org
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($ 200) Salaries
($ 267) Insurance-Build.
($ 202) Insurance- Veh.
($ 273) Phone
($ 505) Power
($ 130) Water
($   15) Trash
($ 211) Natural Gas
($ 039) Alarm Service
($ 206) Internet Service
($ 053) Server-Internet
($ 295) Server-Email
($ 300 )Fuel-Repairs
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$ 0000 Ending Balance
 
 
Our Need
We continue as others Pray and Give: 
1) Fulfill the Bible Requests.

2) Funding for our Needs.

3) Souls to be Saved.

4) New Converts to be Discipled.

5) Translate obscure Languages.

 

We continue as others Pray and Give. Please consider taking our Needs and Requests before the throne of our Lord. If the Lord prompts you to give simply click on the "Give to the U.S.Bible Society" to go to our giving page.

 

Thank You, David Burnette, Director : U.S.Bible Society

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