Referrals
ASIA HARVEST (
www.asiaharvest.org)
A shoe-string operation whose overhead is only 4%. That means 96% of your
donations go directly to offsetting the cost to print and deliver bibles.
Asia Harvest can print and deliver a bible to a Chinese Christian for $2.25.
AUTUMN RAIN (
www.autumnrain.org.au)
Another shoe-string operation whose overhead is 0%. That means 100% of your
donations go straight to printing and delivering bibles, which cost as low
as just above $2.
BACK TO JERUSALEM (
www.backtojerusalem.com)
The Chinese house church ministry aimed at evangelizing
the Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic countries that lie between China and
Jerusalem, hence its name. You can donate to many of its projects, including
bible printing.
BIBLE LEAGUE (
www.bibleleague.com)
Delivers about 6 million bibles annually to countries around the world that
ban or restrict bibles, starts bible studies and plants churches. The cost
per bible is about $4.
BIBLES UNBOUND (
www.biblesunbound.com)
A ministry of Voice of the Martyrs, founded by Richard Wurmbrand of
In God's Underground fame. For $30, you
can send 5 New Testaments; they are $6 each but there's no need for
volunteers to travel abroad to deliver them.
DIGITAL BIBLE SOCIETY (
www.digitalbiblesociety.org)
Mails audio bibles and video commentaries on CDs that can be copied and
distributed inside countries that ban them. Given the ability to duplicate,
the cost per bible becomes negligible, but requires access to CD players.
OPEN DOORS (
www.opendoors.org)
Founded by Brother Andrew of
The God's Smuggler
and
Project Pearl fame, Open Doors is still
involved in delivering bibles into countries where they are unwelcome, for about
$4 per bible.
VISION BEYOND BORDERS (
www.vbbonline.org)
Another shoe-string operation active in delivering bibles to China,
Southeast Asia, Cuba and North Africa. The cost per bible ranges from $2 to
$4.
WORLD SERVE (
www.lightsofchristmas.org/bibles.html)
Founder 30 years ago and active in church planting and bible provision. World Serve's overhead is 9% and cost per bible is also $4, but they
occasionally have matching fund partners that drops the cost to $2 per copy.