READ MINISTRIES INC
1001 1st Ave East Suite 100, Cambridge, MN 55008 www.readministries.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: READ Ministries seeks to enhance and support the effectiveness of Christian ministries in Ukraine and other former Soviet Union countries. This support comes primarily from books and other forms of media and training.

In 2019 READ Ministries sponsored and conducted various Christian literature projects in Ukraine, Belarus and Central Asia involving the training of evangelical church workers and the distribution of Christian literature and media resources.Literature Specialist Development and Church Book Distribution Program:In 2019 READ continued to sponsor and support our on-going Literature Specialist Development Programs at Kyiv Regional Bible College in Kyiv, Ukraine and Tavrisky Christian Institue in Kherson, Ukraine. In addition, READ was excited to start 3 new training programs at Minsk Theological Seminary, Rivne Regional Bible College and Zaporizhzhya Bible Seminary. These programs take place over a two-year period and include an expanded emphasis on counseling in order to equip graduates to meet growing stress-related needs in Ukraine and other countries of the former Soviet Union. Currently, there are 52 students enrolled in these programs. In the spring of 2020, the programs in Kyiv Regional Bible College and Tavrisky Christian Institute in Kherson, Ukraine will culminate with the graduation of 22 students and their respective churches resourced with the final installment of books completing their 300 volume theological libraries. The programs at Minsk Theological Seminary, Rivne Regional Bible College and Zaporizhzhya Bible Seminary will continue through 2021.Since 2000, 525 students have enrolled in our Literature Specialist Development programs. These students are from all parts of the former Soviet Union. A total of 153,300 books have been distributed to these students enabling them to start and continue a Christian book ministry within their respective churches. In this collection of books, there are books for children, youth and adults. There are books for believers and non-believers. These libraries are helping believers and seekers find answers to their spiritual and practical questions. Seeking advice and suggestions from the Literature Specialist in solving a family, spiritual or personal problem is often the focus of the inquiry. In reality, the Literature Specialist often functions as a "pastor," especially to women. The Literature Specialist is essential for the successful operation and effectiveness of a church and its library ministry.In 2016 READ made a three-year commitment to equip and train 12 Ukrainians in a new cross-cultural missions training center at the Kremenchug Regional Bible College. These students graduated in 2019 amd will be involved in cross-cultural missions within and beyond the borders of Ukraine.Church Leaders' Training and Resourcing Projects:In 2019 READ continued our focus on our Church Leaders' Training and Resourcing Projects. In partnership with Almaty Bible Institute, University of Divine Grace and TCI, this focus included training and resourcing church leaders in the countries of Kazakhstan, Moldova and Uzbekistan with theological materials. In the spring of 2019, an international conference sponsored by READ and the EAAA and hosted by the Kremenchug Evagelical Seminary was held for international librarians of theological schools. Approximately 39 delegates attended from 27 schools and institutions serving in 10 countries which span the region from the Netherlands in Western Europe to Kazakhstan in Central Asia.In 2019 READ continued our Master's Library Project. Approximately 30 students from Ukraine, Georgia and Central Asian countries were assisted with 300 books to enhance their graduate level studies.Similarly, in 2019 READ partnered with the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association (EAAA) to provide much-needed theological books to the graduates of accredited pograms in EAAA schools This project has become known as our "Graduates Library Project." In 2019, approximately 200 graduates were presented with collections of books at the time of their graduation. This is a 5-year program which commenced in 2015 and culminated in 2019. Once again, God has blessed this mission with the renewing of this program for the foreseeable future.In total and to date, READ has been able to enhance and resource the theological education and ministry efforts of 10,450 church leaders in Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and countries of Central Asia. These resources provide church leaders with the theological tools helping them communicate God's love to those who are starved for His Word. Church Based Social Outreach Literature Projects:The Bible School and Trades in Moldova reached out to READ for much-needed literature in the Russian and Romania languages for their students. This is a residential Bible School for about 30 at-risk teens. In 2019 READ was able to fulfill this request with a gift of 500 books which will be the nucleus for the start of this school's library development strategy.In 2019 READ was able to resource the Easter literature distribution program at God's Design Church in Kyiv, Ukraine. This is a church for international displaced peoples due to the on-going conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Approximately 900 books were available for their Easter distribution.Our third church-based social outreach literature project was the resourcing of Bible-based resources for the teaching of Christian ethics to students in the public-school system in the Dnipro region of Ukraine. This project is a partnership with Jesus Christ's Church and Pastor Viktor Nikonenko of Dnipro. In 2019, 78 collections of Christian literature were placed in public school classrooms and public libraries. In 2019 the team conducted face-to-face meetings in 10 public schools In these meetings, 700 students and their teachers listened to the Good News. These students and teachers received as a fit the books provided by READ, "The Easter Sparrows and "The Story of a Camel."

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