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**I think that's a fine rope to piss up.** | **I think that's a fine rope to piss up.** | ||
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+ | ===== Tracts ===== | ||
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+ | Motivation to pass out tracts: {{ : | ||
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+ | Buy good tracts: | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
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+ | Learn: | ||
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===== EDDM ===== | ===== EDDM ===== | ||
- | Every Door Direct Mail | + | ==== The Problem ==== |
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+ | One of the problems I have encountered where I live is the restrictive nature of local " | ||
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+ | Lenexa, for example, states the following in their [[http:// | ||
+ | * **Purpose: | ||
+ | * **Definition: | ||
+ | * **Prohibited: | ||
+ | * **Prohibited: | ||
+ | * **Prohibited: | ||
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+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== The Solution ==== | ||
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+ | Most people want their privacy at home. They want the quiet enjoyment of their private property (me, too). They don't want unwanted intrusions into the privacy of their homes (me, too). | ||
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+ | In addition to that, we don't want to break the law (Rom 13.1-5, etc.). | ||
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+ | So, how can we reach people in our community with the message of the biblical gospel in a way that abides by the law and doesn' | ||
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+ | **[[https:// | ||
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+ | EDDM is a service offered by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that reaches every address in a chosen and defined geographic location. | ||
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+ | **The Steps:** | ||
+ | - Create or Use an Existing USPS.com Account | ||
+ | - Select Neighborhoods & Audience | ||
+ | - Design & Print Your Mailpiece | ||
+ | - Choose Drop-Off Date & Payment Options | ||
+ | - Print Forms & Prepare Mailing Bundles | ||
+ | - Drop Off Your Bundles at the Post Office | ||
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+ | **Resources: | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
+ | * Mailers: {{ : | ||
+ | * {{ : | ||
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+ | ==== Examples ==== | ||
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+ | When I was the pastor of Harvest Baptist Church, we invested in several rounds of EDDM in order to reach our community with the message of the gospel and an invitation to our Bible-believing congregation. | ||
+ | * Our first mailer: {{: | ||
+ | * Our second mailer: {{ : | ||
+ | * One round of 100,000 mailers: {{ : | ||
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+ | Andy, founder and owner of [[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Cost ==== | ||
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+ | The USPO charges $0.178 per EDDM mailer (that' | ||
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+ | In 2012, Andy (from Tract Planet) designed and printed 100,000 mailers for $7,500.00 (that' | ||
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+ | You can reach your entire community with the message of the gospel for about 25 cents each. | ||
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+ | Or... you can keep your quarter laid up in a napkin and see how that works out for you... | ||
- | One of the problems | + | > He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come... And another came, saying, Lord, behold, //**here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin**//... And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. [Luke 19.11-27] |
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