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Financial Matters

BOOK AID hardly talks about money. But, as a Charity we do need to give an account of things financial. So, as part of our testimony to God’s faithfulness and as a thank you to those of you that support the ministry with gifts, we would like to share a few money matters.

BOOK AID is one of the many ‘faith missions’. None of the Book Aid team is salaried. But, we do help with some of the workers’ accommodation costs as the Lord blesses and provides through the ministry. We also have a ‘support fund’ for gifts designated for the Team members. There is also a Projects fund for special purchases, this is supported mainly by legacies.

BOOK AID trusts God to provide funds so that we can pay costs for shipping at least 10 containers annually to Book and Bible famine areas overseas – that is, mainly Africa and Asia. This annual cost figure for shipping is around £30,000. However, most years we ship more than 10 containers. In one year we actually sent 20. Last year (2007) we shipped 14 containers which brought the total sent to 240 containers. Ten containers carry approximately one million books and Bibles.

BOOK AID’s income comes through channels raised up by the Lord, such as:

a)      Sales of books in the UK which we deem unsuitable for overseas either because of their condition or contents.

b)      Money gifts from God’s people for the work or designated for the support of the workers.

c)      Some payment manages to seep back from overseas booksellers, but this is quite rare

BOOK AID’s FUTURE. We praise God for the way He has blessed us and provided all our needs, both for the ministry and staff. Some of the provision has been the millions of Bibles and books graciously donated by His people in the UK. Then there are the 200 or more collectors scattered around the nation who make themselves available to channel local collections into the network for sorting, selecting, shipping or selling. Also the various properties which Book Aid owns or uses to store and handle this mountain of books in areas such as London, Ranskill (Notts), Barnard Castle (Durham), Wisbech (Cambs) and Northern Ireland.

Please spare a few moments right now to Praise God for what He has done and pray that we may continue to know “His rest of faith” (1 Cor. 2:5) or, as The Message puts it “…your life of faith is a response to God’s power…”