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Pastoral Bookshare Program
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Indigenous pastors laboring in Latin America do not have the resources with which to purchase a “pastoral library.” PFG seeks to work with other credible ministries with missionaries laboring in the Latin countries to distribute sound, reformed literature to indigenous pastors through the PFG BookShare Program.
In Cuba, PFG has worked with Action International Ministries who provided 1,000 copies of J. I. Packer’s Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God. PFG also recently completed a BookShare Program in Cuba in which a set of ten Puritan classics, translated and published in Spanish by PFG, were distributed to hundreds of indigenous pastors via direct mail. The cost of publishing and shipping was paid for through donations from churches and individuals so that there was no cost to the pastors.
PFG was recently contacted by HeartCry Missionary Society, a church-commissioned ministry in Muscle Shoals, AL, to place books in the hands of Peruvian pastors. HeartCry is a ministry directly accountable to the First Baptist Church of Muscle Shoals. They are laboring on four continents, including Latin America, specifically in Peru.
HeartCry currently supports 17 missionaries in Peru and has developed a network of 600 indigenous Peruvian pastors. HeartCry has asked PFG to provide a “pastor’s library” for these men, which they have committed to distribute.
Lord willing, with your support PFG will provide a set of the same ten Puritan titles distributed in the Cuban BookShare Program for the 600 Peruvian pastors, plus an additional set of six NT Commentaries published by Evangelical Press (EP), Spain. The total cost of providing the 9,600 books for this program, including shipping, is U.S. $24,000 - $40 per pastor. The titles of the ten publications are Afectos Religiosos - Edwards (Religious Affections) Caminando con Dios - Ryle (Practical Religion) Contentamiento Cristiano - Burroughs (Christian Contentment, a Rare Jewel) Fe Bíblica e Histórica del Evangelio - various authors (The Biblical and Historic Faith of the Gospel) Gloria de Cristo - Owen (Glory of Christ) Misterio de la Providencia - Flavel (Mystery of Providence) Mortificación del Pecado - Owen (Mortification of Sin) Rasgos Distintivos del Verdadero Cristiano - Spring (Distinctive Traits of True Christian Character) Remedios Preciosos contra las Artimañas del Diablo - Brooks (Precious Remedies against Satan’s Devices) Sobre la Tentación – Owen (On Temptation)
Plus six paperback commentaries published by EP Spain on the NT epistles.
We trust with confidence, that God will use these works in the Spanish language as He has in English, as a means to advance His kingdom through the edification of His saints, the strengthening of His Church and the salvation of His Hispanic elect in Latin America and around the world, to the praise of the glory of His grace.
If you would like to contribute via check, please designate “Peruvian BookShare Program” on the check, or designate the same in the “comments” box when contributing online on the “Donate” page.
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