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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: | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
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==== The Problem ==== | ==== The Problem ==== | ||
- | One of the problems I have encountered where live is the restrictive nature of local " | + | One of the problems I have encountered where I live is the restrictive nature of local " |
Lenexa, for example, states the following in their [[http:// | Lenexa, for example, states the following in their [[http:// | ||
- | * **Purpose: | + | * **Purpose: |
* **Definition: | * **Definition: | ||
* **Prohibited: | * **Prohibited: | ||
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* **Prohibited: | * **Prohibited: | ||
- | [[http:// | + | [[http:// |
==== The Solution ==== | ==== The Solution ==== | ||
- | Most people want their privacy | + | Most people want their privacy at home. They want the quiet enjoyment of their private property |
In addition to that, we don't want to break the law (Rom 13.1-5, etc.). | In addition to that, we don't want to break the law (Rom 13.1-5, etc.). | ||
- | What solution can we find? 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' | + | 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' |
**[[https:// | **[[https:// | ||
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- Choose Drop-Off Date & Payment Options | - Choose Drop-Off Date & Payment Options | ||
- Print Forms & Prepare Mailing Bundles | - Print Forms & Prepare Mailing Bundles | ||
- | - Drop Off or Ship Your Mailing | + | - Drop Off Your Bundles at the Post Office |
**Resources: | **Resources: | ||
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
* [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
- | * Mailers: 9x6.25" | + | * Mailers: |
- | * Comparison of minimum and maximum EDDM sizes | + | * {{ : |
==== Examples ==== | ==== Examples ==== | ||
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. | 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: front | back | + | * Our first mailer: |
- | * Our second mailer: front | back | + | * 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... | ||
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+ | > 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**// | ||
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