1. To children in Orphanages we are bringing The Big Picture Story Bible which teaches children the Bible’s whole story, with colorful illustrations, so they can begin to appreciate the fulfillment of God’s promise to his people. We are also bringing blankets^* or other items to address bodily needs.
2. To graduating seminary and training school students we are bringing collections of Christian books and Bibles that will help equip them for their calling to pastor churches. We are also bringing blankets^* or other items to address bodily needs.
3. To rural churches we are bringing libraries containing Christian books and Bibles. Many rural churches have no Christian books at all. We are also bringing blankets^* or other items to address bodily needs.

^*The Bring the Books project seeks to address the needs of body, mind and soul. In addressing bodily needs, this includes but is not limited to providing blankets. As we identify other specific physical needs of the people, we will make appropriate changes.

• Many rural believers would have difficulty accessing Christian books:
  • On average, in China there is only one Christian bookstore for every 350,000 believers….and most of these Christian bookstores are located in the larger cities.
  • On average, there is only one Christian bookstore every 18,000 sq. miles (or 46,000 sq. km, which is roughly the size of Switzerland).
  • Internet penetration is 6 times less in rural areas than urban ones.
• Many rural believers would have difficulty affording Christian books:
  • The average income for rural Chinese is $78 per month.
• Most rural believers, especially youth, can read:
  • Literacy rates in China exceed 95%
  • Literacy rate amongst Chinese youth (15-24 years) is 99%, according to Unicef.

• Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD. Psalm 102:18
  • Books are one way that the Word of God has been passed from generation to generation.
• And now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book that it may be for the time to come as a witness forever. Isaiah 30:8
  • Books and the written Word are a means used by God to communicate truth from generation to generation.
• Make known among the nations what he has done. 1 Chronicles 16:8
  • The Bible commands us to make God and his works famous throughout the world.

• If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 1 John 3:17
  • The love of God in us compels us to share what we have with our brothers and sisters in need.
• Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. James 2:15-17
  • Giving to our brothers and sisters in need is an expression of true living faith.

For individuals, your gift of any amount can help us bring a quantity of blankets, books and Bibles to our brothers and sisters in rural China:

• $20 – Provides a 2-volume, fully illustrated, hardcover Big Picture Story Bible for a child in an orphanage along with a blanket for the winter. Typically, one Bible is shared amongst five children.
  
  
• $85 - Provides a pastoral collection of 20 Christian books and Bibles for a graduating seminary student along with two blankets for the winter.
  
  
• $300 - Provides a compilation of over 70 Christian books and Bibles to establish a rural church library plus five blankets for the winter. An average sized rural church is estimated to be 30 people.

• $1,000 - Provides over 225 Bibles and Christian Books plus 24 blankets
  People impact:
  • 30 children in orphanages
  • 4 seminary students and their future churches (120 people)
  • 60 people in 2 church congregations plus their pastors

  
  

• $2,500 - Provides over 550 Bibles and Christian Books plus 60 blankets
  People impact:
  • 75 children in orphanages
  • 10 seminary students and their future churches (300 people)
  • 150 people in 5 church congregations plus their pastors

  
  

• $5,000 - Provides over 1,100 Bibles and Christian Books plus 120 blankets
  People impact:
  • 150 children in orphanages
  • 20 seminary students and their future churches (600 people)
  • 300 people in 10 church congregations plus their pastors

  
  

• $10,000 - Provides over 2,250 Bibles and Christian Books plus 240 blankets:
  People impact:
  • 300 children in orphanages
  • 40 seminary students and their future churches (1,200 people)
  • 600 people in 20 church congregations plus their pastors