The Word of God
"The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those
that published it."
-Psalms 68:11 -
"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
-Mark 16:15 -
Southeast Bapt. Seedline
A Ministry of Temple Baptist Church
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Scripture Printing Ministry
Upon any visit to Temple even the casual observer is likely to notice that we believe it is our responsibility to fulfill the Lord's command to make disciples of ever nation. Therefore, knowing that faith without works is dead, we as a church body employ more than a single means whereby we attempt to fulfull this "great commission." Therefore, attendace to any service will impress upon those present our earnest desire ot reach the congregation; Tuesday and Saturday visitation is the means by which we endeavor to reach our local community; and the support of almost forty missionaries world-wide is the means whereby Temple Baptist Church takes the gospel to the uttermost parts of the world. And though these are not the only means by which we hope to make mention of in particular and that is Seedline.
This ministry of Temple Baptist Church provides our people with the privilege and oppurtunity to literally produce portions of God's Word so that we might place it into the hands of every tribe, nation, tongue, and creed. This we accomplish through the coalation, covering, stapling, and trimming of the gospel of John and the book of Romans. The result is a pamphlet, typically with a cover customized for its intended purpose, ready for distribution through a missionary, Christian camp, Vacation Bible School program, special meetings, etc. It is because of this ministry that Temple has produced and sent hundreds of thousands of copies of the scriptures around the world. And as only a single church among the many participating Seedline ministries across these United States of America we have produced and distributed together literally millions of the scriptures through out the world - some of which were the first time that a language had ever had the scriptures provided them in their native tongue.
Furthermore, the Lord has provided Temple laborers to lead this ministry in Scott Rabideau, former Pastor in upstate New York, who has been affiliated with the ministry and its founders for many years and it is through him that we at Temple wish to include other like minded Fundemental Baptist churches in this most profitable and missions minded endeavor. Thus as we watch and wait for the return of the Lord let us also work together that we might be found busy about our Father's business.
Did You Know..
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There is an average of 5 copies of the Bible for every man, woman, and child in the US.
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85% of the nearly 2 billion Bibles printed have been printed in English.
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There are 5,867 languages spoken by some 210 nations. Less than a 1,000 have any form of the Word of God printed in their language.
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In India on October 12, 1999 the 6 billionth person was born into this world.
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Of the 6 billion people on earth, 3 out of 4 do not have even 1 copy of the Bible and most have never even seen a page of the Word of God.
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Statistics show nearly 3 people die every second.
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Of the 6 billion people on earth 4.4 billion have NEVER heard a clear presentation of the Gospel message.
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The average missionary, in a lifetime, only meets about 5,000 people he can win to Christ.
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It would take 120,000,000 (120-million) missionaries to reach 6,000,000,000 (6-billion) people.
How are we going to reach this exploding world population for Christ?
The Answer:
The Printed Page!
"...and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared ..."
Nehemiah 8:10
A New Testament or a John and Romans booklet is an evangelism tool not to replace
the missionary but to aid missionaries in reaching the masses for Christ.
It has been proven true that in a third world country one New Testament or John and Romans booklet will be read by an average
of seven people before being discarded or destroyed. It is estimated that one out of those seven people trusts Christ as Savior.
In Communist countries the life of a single portion of scripture has the potential of reaching twenty people.
Remember:
At the rapture the saints will be gone, but the printed scriptures will stay!
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