"Hope 4 You – Hope 4 Iowa" Coming to Marshalltown - A Bible in Every Home!
In a day when people wonder why churches don't work together - well, the proper response is - "THEY DO!"Contact: Pastor Gerald Robison, 641-753-3528
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, April 1, 2015 /
Christian Newswire/ -- First Baptist Church (FBC) in Marshalltown IA, along with 17 other area churches is about to embark on something big… something that quite possibly has never been done before.
On Saturday, April 11th, members of these churches will work together to place 12,000 Bibles in 12,000 homes in the city of Marshalltown; one Bible for each home in the city!
FBC Pastor Gerald Robison shared his vision of "a Bible in every home" at a Marshalltown area Pastor's Prayer meeting several months ago. His original vision was for FBC, but the other pastors were so excited about it they also wanted to participate in every aspect. Says Pastor Robison, "What made the other churches want to join so quickly is that our prayer time had recently focused on what appeared to be a dark cloud of gloom hovering over our community. There had been a murder, an attempted murder, arson & a shooting death in our area. With all the bad news around us, the pastors had been praying over the town and we saw this project as a way of delivering 'hope.' So we named it, 'Hope 4 You - Hope 4 Iowa.'"
He continues, "We agree on the important things - and the most important is that we all agree "Jesus is the source of real hope… and we want to share that with others who may need it the most." And so, the local congregations; all willing, eager, faithful, & ready to share, have worked hard to make "Hope 4 You – Hope 4 Iowa" a reality.
Meetings were held to plan a strategy & map out the city for this massive undertaking. Investigation showed about 11,000 diverse homes in Marshalltown. Therefore the plan is to distribute the following:
10,000 New Testaments in an easy-to-read English version with a lot of helps in it.
And… 1,500 Spanish versions.
And… 500 English, Large print, easy-to-read versions.
And… 100 Karen (Burmese) versions.
For a total of over 12,000 Bibles!
And, miraculously, anonymous donors generously came forth with the exact amount of money necessary to purchase all of these Bibles! The project is raising about $18,000 in total donations from the various churches.
On Saturday, April 11th, HUNDREDS of volunteers will be making the deliveries into nine carefully mapped out sections of town. They will be easily recognized by their "Hope 4 You - Hope 4 Iowa" t-shirts. Everyone involved will congregate at FBC at 8:00 AM. There they will receive instructions and training. At 9:00 they will then venture out in their groups to start blessing 12,000 home dwellers in Marshalltown with a Bible, a blessing & a prayer. Plans are to accomplish this by 12:00 noon.
It is the prayer of the pastors & members of the 17 participating local churches & the hundreds of volunteers, that together, as believers in Jesus Christ as their Lord & Savior, they will bring the message of hope found in Jesus Christ to every household in Marshalltown.
We encourage & invite members of the press to attend this special event!
For further information, please contact:
Pastor Gerald Robison
700 E Olive St
Marshalltown, IA 50158
PH: 641-753-3528
FAX: 641-753-3737
pastorg@fbcmarshalltown.com www.fbcmarshalltown.com
