setup: [E-Mail Ministry] E-Mail Ministry is Fourteen Years Old

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E-MAIL MINISTRY IS FOURTEEN YEARS OLD

Today (December 3, 2012) is the 14th birthday for E-Mail Ministry. This
ministry started with 15 "volunteer" subscribers. Today, by God's grace,
E-Mail Ministry reaches around the world!

Over the past fourteen years, the E-Mail Ministry messages have been used by
its subscribers for Bible studies, sermons, Sunday School lessons, prison
ministries, missionaries, evangelism and outreach, talking with children
about God and Jesus, and many, many more purposes.

I thank God for giving me this opportunity to help others to do His work.

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SUPPORT E-MAIL MINISTRY

The economy continues to impact charity organizations and E-Mail Ministry is
not exempt from that. Donations have been down this year while costs have
risen. E-Mail Ministry is expanding its outreach through Facebook, Twitter
and a newly launched smart phone app. A vast majority of the funds to
sustain this ministry occur are raised during the Christmas season while a
handful of generous donators contribute year round.

I would like to thank all of you who have sent in donations over the past
year. If you have been blessed by this ministry, please ask God how He would
have you support it. There are three key ways this ministry needs your
support:

1) Please forward the messages onto others. E-Mail Ministry does not
advertise but relies upon you to tell your friends, family and work
associates about this ministry. You can also use the E-Mail Ministry "Tell
A Friend" web page at: http://www.emailministry.org/tell_a_friend.asp

2) Please pray for this ministry. Pray that this ministry will reach
seekers and believers around the world.

3) I realize that in these difficult economic times, supporting charitable
organizations is difficult. E-Mail Ministry does all it can to keep
expenses low. The messages are free, but the method of conveying the
messages is not. Please support this ministry with your financial gifts.
Consider making a yearend, tax deductible contribution. Contributions can be
made by check or online donation.

Contributions by check can be sent to:

E-Mail Ministry, Inc.

P.O. Box 6293

Plymouth, MI 48170

Online donations can be made via PayPal from the link at:
http://www.emailministry.org/donate.asp

I realize that in this difficult economy, it is difficult to reach out to
help others and many charities are struggling and are asking you to support
their efforts.

All I ask is that you prayerfully consider supporting E-Mail Ministry
however you can - by forwarding the messages onto others, in prayer, and/or
financially.

E-Mail Ministry is exclusively supported by its subscribers. I do not accept
any wages for my efforts with this ministry. Donations are solely used to
offset the costs of this ministry. The E-Mail Ministry messages are free to
all who subscribe, but the ministry itself does incur expenses. I am
confident that God will provide to keep this ministry active.

E-Mail Ministry, Inc. is a recognized 501(c)(3) organization. For those who
don't speak the U.S. tax code, E-Mail Ministry is a recognized non-profit
organization and all donations made to E-Mail Ministry are tax deductible on
your U.S. federal income taxes.

In this Christmas season I ask that you bless those who have blessed you and
those who need your support.

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In response to various questions I am asked, the following is some basic
information about E-Mail Ministry.

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SOURCE FOR MESSAGES

All of the messages I send out come from subscribers like you. In many
cases, you receive something from a friend and forward it onto me. A vast
majority of the messages are "Author Unknown". At times a subscriber will
recognize the author and notify me. I will then update the Archives page
with this information so that proper credit can be given. Speaking of the
Archives page, all of the previous E-Mail Ministry messages can be found in
the Archives section of the web site at:
http://www.emailministry.org/stories.asp

You can then search for any message using either a key word or a category.
Once you have found the message, there is a link at the top of the page to
send the message to a friend (or to yourself if you accidentally deleted a
message you meant to keep).

So, without your submittals, E-Mail Ministry would not have any messages to
distribute.

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E-MAIL MINISTRY VISION STATEMENT

The Great Commission has always been a guiding verse for E-Mail Ministry.

"Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has
been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with
you always, to the very end of the age.'" (Matthew 28:18-20)

Based on this verse, E-Mail Ministry's Vision Statement is:

"To provide, free to all who ask, inviting and inspirational stories via
e-mail to Christians and seekers of all nations as one of many means to
build and strengthen the Body of Christ."

Explanation:

"free to all who ask" - Like God's grace, E-Mail Ministry is free for the
asking. Always has been and, with God's grace, always will be.

"inviting and inspirational stories" - These messages are meant to encourage
people to think about their lives and how God wants to be a part of them.
The messages are intended not only to be read by the subscribers but by
others with whom they feel inspired to share.

"via e-mail" - The primary means of providing messages to subscribers is via
e-mail. E-mail is about the only cost effective way of reaching people in
all the nations.

"to Christians and seekers" - This ministry is meant to grow Christians to
be disciples as well as provide a low key way of introducing seekers to God.

"of all nations" - The goal is to have subscribers from all the nations on
this earth.

"as one of many means" - God uses many means to reach His people. E-Mail
Ministry is just one way God is reaching people.

"to build and strengthen the Body of Christ" - Making disciples, as the
Great Commission stipulates, is what all Christians and Christian ministries
are meant to achieve.

I want to thank all of you for your support of E-Mail Ministry and for
sending these messages on to others!

"If God is for us, who can be against us." Matthew 8:31b

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THANK YOU

I would like to thank all of you for allowing me to perform this ministry.
I have enjoyed it greatly. I pray that you, and your loved ones, will enjoy
this CHRISTmas season.

God Bless All of You!

Have a blessed day!

-- doug

-- The Entire "Staff" of E-Mail Ministry

emailministry@emailministry.org

http://www.emailministry.org

"E-Mail Ministry" is a trademark of E-Mail Ministry, Inc.

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"E-Mail Ministry" is a trademark of E-Mail Ministry, Inc.
-- Doug Boebinger
-- The entire Staff of E-Mail Ministry

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