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La
Voz Eterna English Report
"The Eternal
Voice"
SEPTEMBER 1, 2007
REPORT
In this report:
Web site now contains
over 500 pages!
Financial Statement
Summary: January - June 2007
An introduction to the
"La Voz Eterna" Spanish publications
ministry
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In this report: Web site now contains over 500 pages! |
A threefold Spanish publications ministry thru (1) magazines; (2) tracts, books & BCCs; plus (3) web site teaching - Edifying, educating and evangelizing the Spanish world!
Site includes two booklets in English:
The church and its work (Cooperation, benevolence and Christian schools) - Batsell Barrett BaxterThere is a way that seems right to a man... - Tony Dupree
Plus articles in English:
The new hermeneutic: A sign of apostasy? - Howard NortonSince the beginning, marriage is of God - Harris Goodwin
Plus an article on the beginning of Baxter Institute in Mexico: "A young man's dream - Evangelizing Latin America"
Web site now
contains over 500 pages!
It continues to provide the largest amount of our new orders and new interest, especially among young people. Though still small compared with some, it's a site for serious students of God's Word. It contains only articles, tracts and books from the pages of La Voz Eterna material. Inquiries come from many nations where Spanish is not generally spoken, such as Italy, Cameroon and Israel. Please pray that souls everywhere may continue to learn the gospel of our Lord.
Four editions of the magazine have been mailed as of September 1 (two editions at the new increased postal rates), with a total of 61,900 copies distributed. By lowering our production to only 14,500 copies we have been able to keep new postage costs under $5,000 for one issue. Since we are 90% international, this has been difficult and only possible by using a commercial mailer approved by the post office.
In 2007 we have reprinted eight tracts and published two new ones. Requests for our literature come not only from churches of Christ but also from evangelical friends who are learning of the church of the New Testament for the first time, since our outreach includes many small villages in nations where our limited number of gospel preachers lack opportunity to visit and begin congregations.
Annual letters mailed to subscribers!
We have recently mailed our annual letters to subscribers in the U.S. This year we will be able to enclose the letters in each package of magazines sent internationally. This will save the ministry well over $500 in postage. Under the old post office rules, letters could not be enclosed with periodicals. Each year hundreds of subscribers respond to these letters. And this year, before mailing the letters, we have already deposited $4,595.40 in contributions from 65 Spanish contributors from 17 foreign countries plus the U.S. Please click on "Ofrendas" on the left frame to see the list of foreign contributors.
Financial statement summary shown below
Our January - June 2007 statement summary follows below. As you can see, our contributions are far too low to pay for the ever increasing costs of operation, much less to bring our magazine production back up to the 17,000 copies we distributed for many years.
We ask your help, fiancially and spiritually, that this powerful ministry to the Spanish people thru out the world might continue. Our Spanish brothers and friends pray for it; we ask that you join them in these prayers.
Financial Statement Summary: January - June 2007
Income: Contributions $43,859.47 plus contributions for tracts and books, interest, and reimbursements for expenses from other Amicus International ministries. Total $48,339.45
Expenses: Salaries & taxes $5,765.85; Graphic arts, BCCs & Mail contracts $3,697.50; Printing magazine $20,373.55; Postage cost (magazine only) $17,759.00; Web hosting - one year $107.46; Utilities, building maintenance, composition, misc. printing and mailing, etc. $9,296.66. Total expenses $57,000.02
Deficit: $8,660.57 (Please call or write for full statement)
An introduction to the "La Voz Eterna" Spanish publications ministry:
Our principal publication is the magazine called La Voz Eterna. This 36 page teaching magazine with a four color cover is published bimonthly and goes to 30 nations. For many years we distributed 17,000 copies - all requested - but last year it was necessary to lower this figure to 16,000 copies. And now lowered to 14,500 copies after the May 2007 enormous international postal rate increase. The magazine is sent only by request, and we write subscribers annually to see if they wish to continue receiving the magazine. We also publish tracts, books, and study guides. Our Bible correspondence course ministry is flourishing. The 16 lesson basic course is advertised on this web site as well as in the magazine. Each student is invited to take the advanced course when he graduates. Myriad letters received attest the quality and value of each of our publications.
What is the purpose of this literature?
To evangelize and edify; to reach the unsaved and to strengthen the saved throughout the Spanish world. This has been the mission of La Voz Eterna since it was founded by Harris Goodwin in Mexico City in 1963.
What are the results of this work?
During these 45 years our magazines, tracts, BCCs and books have led thousands to Christ; many new congregations have been started; and many more thousands of Christians have been strengthened thru this gospel literature.
How are the magazines used?
La Voz Eterna magazines are used in many ways. They provide excellent training materials for new preachers to advance in their studies of the Word; they provide fresh sermon material for experienced preachers; they reach serious contacts in evangelism; and the magazines reach the hearts and souls of brothers in the church and friends outside who want to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord. How do we know this? By the many letters we receive so stating .
Would you like to know how our readers value our publications?
Please click on "Ofrendas" ("Offerings" in English) and look at the list of foreign churches and individuals who have sent contributions to the magazine ministry recently. Many others write that they can not send offerings because the bank commission to obtain a check in U.S. dollars is more than the offering they planned to send.
How does the ministry do this with approximately $4,000 monthly in regular contributions?
Thru the services of volunteers, including the editor and editorial staff in Honduras and distribution help in Houston. There are only two part time paid workers in Houston. Printing the magazine plus supplies runs well over $5,000 each edition, and postage costs (mostly international) are now about $4,800.00 (for the May-June 2007 edition). Even with generous occasional contributions, little is left to print tracts and books; to pay salaries; and pay general office expenses.
WE MUST DO MORE! Demand is far greater than we can supply without substantial additional funding. Funding is needed to reprint long out-of-stock tracts and books; to increase the magazine circulation; and to pay the new exorbitant international postage costs.
At least $5,000 more monthly is needed to continue this ministry! Funds are spent on printing and postage - salaries are less than in 1986 (no, that's not a typo!).
Please write or call for more information. Financial statements are always available. Our address and telephone are shown below.
Each piece of literature is a printed laborer for the Lord! Jesus said, "The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest" (Matthew 9.37,38).
We ask your help that this economical and effective way to send out laborers into all the Spanish world may continue.
Harris Lee Goodwin and the Staff of
La Voz Eterna Publications
WE AFFIRM:
- The all-sufficiency of the Scriptures.- A "thus says the Lord" in matters of faith and practice.
- Christian unity based on the New Testament.
- Rejecting all human creeds. Christ is the only creed.
- The autonomy of each local congregation.
- Liberty in matters of opinion.
- Restoration of the church of the New Testament in creed, name, organization, worship and life.
- Practicing only those things authorized by the Scriptures. Some churches practice things not prohibited by the Scriptures. When we practice only those authorized by the Scriptures, we can be sure that these doctrines are accepted by God.
P. O. Box 15218
Houston, TX 77220-5218
Tel. 713-674-7172 Fax 713-674-6545
E-mail: "lavozeterna@aol.com" or"revistalavozeterna@yahoo.com"
(An Amicus International ministry. Spiritual sponsorship and guidance provided by the Candlelight Church of Christ, Houston, Texas) sm
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