How Can I Help?

COLLECTING AND DONATING
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE

Edwin L. Hodges Ministries is always in need of good Christian literature.
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WHAT TO SEND

• Good used Bibles, New Testaments and portions
• Christian books of all kinds, including hymnals
• There is always a great demand for:
  • commentaries
  • concordances
  • Bible dictionaries
  • Bible study books
• Reference books and books with helps are desperately needed to provide libraries in Bible schools and churches overseas
• Christian magazines of all kinds, including:
  • Sunday school (regardless of age)
  • Vacation Bible School
  • miscellaneous Christian magazines
• Miscellaneous materials such as:
  • teaching pictures
  • flannelgraph resource kits
  • sheet music
• cassette and video tapes, CD and DVD
• Tracts

WHAT NOT TO SEND

• Denominational state papers
• Ministry mail-outs (unless the majority of it is Bible teaching material)
• Hand crafts
• Secular magazines, books, etc.

Cult materials: DO NOT SEND

• The "Plain Truth" magazine, which is a publication of the Jehovah's Witnesses
• "Unity" and "Daily Word" are published by a cult called Unity School of Christianity
• "Book of Mormon" and Jehovah's Witness Bibles
• World Religion publications

If you will pull these materials for us it will save us a lot of time.

SORT THE MATERIALS

Please sort all magazines. Miscellaneous magazines can be sorted, each by its own title, regardless of date. All Sunday school (and anything used in a classroom setting) should be sorted by age groups and quarters. In other words, sort it as if you were giving it to a teacher in your church. Bundle each kind with rubber bands.

We apologize if this seems to be asking too much of you, but we presently have over 1,300,000 pounds of literature that must be sorted before it can be used, so we feel we simply must ask for your help.

Please sort cassettes - Box and label each group

1. Bible reading
2. Bible teaching or sermons
3. Music

Resource kits (teaching kits) - Please put all the loose pieces in the proper kits. Fasten the resource kits, teachers and pupils books of the same kind together. Do not put the books in the kits.

MAIL TO

If you live close to Decatur, AL, please bring it to us or ship it to:
    Edwin L. Hodges Ministries
    60-D South Mountain Dr.
    Decatur, AL 35603 USA

The least expensive ways to ship it are: UPS, and library or media rates at the post office.

In some areas we have "transporters" who pick up the material and bring it to us.

Call us if you still have questions.

Toll Free: 1-888-604-3004
Telephone: 256-355-3004
EMail: EHodges169@aol.com

WHY MAIL THEM TO ELHM?

Some ask, "If I am willing to box and ship my materials overseas, wouldn't that be better than shipping it to you? I could save the extra shipping cost."

One literature ministry works on this principle. We do not. At least, not at this time. The reason is that we are filling orders that churches and Bible schools have requested.

In any one order there may be many different things, such as Bibles, New Testaments, tracts, tapes, various types of books, Sunday School magazines, etc. It is much easier to handle the shipping from one location. And, unless the boxes are strong and properly packed they won't make the trip to the other side of the world.

Also, as of May 2007 the US Postal Service has deleted the international surface rate. It is now impossible to ship anything overseas without sending it airmail. This rate is about $4 US per pound. Consequently, we now ship everything by 20' and 40' containers.

BULLETIN INSERTS AVAILABLE

Bulletin inserts are available, at no cost, to help churches in their collection of Christian literature.

HELP WITH THE SHIPPING COSTS

If you would like to do more than just gather your literature, we have a suggestion. If you, your church or group are able to donate one dollar a pound to ship the literature you donate, we can send the material immediately.

We have over 20,000 requests for literature that is not being filled, mainly because of the lack of funds for shipping. Your assistance is greatly needed.

DO NOT PUT MONEY IN YOUR SHIPMENTS

Please do not include your offerings with your literature shipments. We know you want us to receive your offerings, otherwise you would not be sending it. But there is too great a risk of it being lost when included with your shipments.

BE A GATHERER AND/OR A TRANSPORTER

Volunteer to gather the literature in your church. In addition to those who gather literature, we have transporters who gather materials from several individuals, churches and publishers in their area and transport it to our warehouse in Decatur, Alabama.

Eighty percent of the world's Christians, outside the U.S.A., have no Christian literature. The need is almost indescribable. Every day we receive more requests from overseas than we can fill. Because we have so much and the rest of the world has so little, we desperately need your help to gather literature, sort it, transport it, pray and help with the shipping costs.

Also, there is not a language on Earth - other than English - that has enough Christian books to provide a basic library for a Bible school.

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