July 6, 2012
To say that we are living in amazing times is an understatement. Going into every corner of the world is no longer merely a dream of mission-minded Christians. As many of you know, over the last several years, our Internet teaching ministry has exploded in growth, and the untapped potential to begin thousands more Bible studies per month is well within our reach. In fact, it is our goal to begin 10,000 new Bible studies every month within the next five years. In order for this to become a reality, several things must first happen:
1. We must increase the number of our teachers. This will require a mass appeal to our brotherhood through advertising in widely-distributed brotherhood publications and other promotional efforts.
2. We must dramatically increase the size of our web site, and we must also add more efficient tools to the site. These are changes that must take place in order to handle the massive increase of WEI students. This will require many hours of specialized labor.
3. We must hire a full-time WEI web specialist to work closely with Jonathan Towell in upgrading and managing the web site. Our WEI web specialist will eventually need a full-time administrative assistant to answer all the student and teacher questions and concerns.
4. We must increase our Google student advertising budget.
Implementation of these 4 items will require a significant increase in consistent
WEI Internet funding.
We are stepping out on faith and prayer that the Lord will provide. We are launching a fund-raising campaign called “Internet—40 for $300.” Our goal is to find 40 churches, individuals, or groups of individuals that can commit to invest $300 per month in the worldwide spread of the gospel through the WEI Internet ministry.
Deacons and elders are now making decisions about their budgets for the calendar year 2013. Please speak to your mission committees, deacons, and elders about this wonderful opportunity to invest in the expansion of the Kingdom of God. The power of combining English instruction with Bible instruction meets the physical and spiritual needs of people all over the world. Let’s not lose this historic opportunity. Consider:
• A Bible class of 15, giving $20 each per month, would be one of 40 needed.
• 6 individual Christians, giving $50 each per month, would be one of the 40 needed.
• 3 individuals, giving $100 each per month, would be one of the 40 needed.
• 1 church, giving $300 a month, would be one of the 40 needed.
It is our ambitious goal to have most of this funding in place by January, 2013. We are compelled by a burning urgency to spread the gospel while there is yet time.
–Tom Langley, WEI President
