Statement Concerning Free Literature

Office of the General Overseer · Ministry

Date Jun 1, 2011

Language English

Author Office of the General Overseer

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Year 2011

Date Jun 1, 2011

Language English

Author Office of the General Overseer

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Statement Concerning Free Literature
Office of the General Overseer
June 1, 2011

For eighty years the Free Literature ministry of the Church of God of Prophecy has diligently
served the needs of the Church by supplying millions of Gospel tracts, doctrinal
pamphlets, Sunday School literature, and other printed materials to our network of
ministry around the globe.

This ministry, largely funded by offerings throughout the decades, has helped provide
these tools to churches at little to no cost.

At the International Assembly of 2008, the Assembly approved a recommendation to
eliminate the “Ministry Support Offering” and create a “Harvest and Leadership
Development Offering,” shifting funds from the International Offices to the
National/State/Regional Offices. The Ministry Support Offering was the main source
funding the work of the Free Literature Department and with it’s elimination, eventually the
funds available for continuing the ministry diminished. Thanks to the faithfulness of
churches that contributed to this offering over the years, the ministry was able to sustain
printing levels for two more years.

We have now reached a point where the ministry no longer has funds available to continue
printing at the levels we once did. In May 2011, the General Presbyters met and discussed
the future of Free Literature and how it might best serve the needs of the international
Church family. As a result, we are redefining the ministry to provide tools to churches that
are unique to the ministry of the Church of God of Prophecy and will benefit it most.

Tracts
It has become aware, that we will no longer be able to supply tracts to our churches for
free. With the loss of the Ministry Support Offering, coupled with soaring printing costs, it
was no longer feasible to continue to do so.

Therefore, we have partnered with the American Tract Society (ATS) to assist in serving the
tract needs of our local churches. The ATS has a wide catalog of attractive, relevant tracts
available at a very low cost to churches. In addition, they are able to provide tracts in
multiple languages around the world.

Enclosed you will find a flyer from ATS. We encourage you to contact ATS for your future
tract needs. They may be reached by calling 1-800-54-TRACT or ordering 24/7 on their
website www.atsdirect.org. They are not only willing but anxious to serve you!

In time, we also hope to make the content from our current tracts available on the church’s
website www.cogop.org, so that the information is still available to those interested in
learning about specific topics.

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