ARM Prison Outreach International
 
 
News Flash:  ARM's Bible program sent 2,416 Bibles per week to inmates in 2011! That's an average of 345 Bibles per day!  Over 125,000 were sent last year!
 
Sending Resources for Evangelism Into Prisons and Mission Fields
January 2012 Update 
Reports of November and December 2011 Activity
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 Baptistry Report 
 
ARM sent 4 baptistries to prisons in Nov-Dec 2011
 
Corrections Commission of NW Ohio -- Stryker, OH
Corrections Corp. of America -- Nashville, TN
New Castle Correctional Facility -- New Castle, IN
West Tennessee State Penitentiary -- Henning, TN
 
ARM sent 2 baptistries to the mission field in Nov-Dec 2011
 
Tokyo Evangelical Church -- Tokyo, Japan
McKinney School for the Blind -- Indianapolis, IN
 
Since 1973, ARM has donated over 1,480 baptistries to prisons! 
In addition, hundreds have been shipped to military bases and mission fields!

Baptistry Funding
 
In addition to almost 1,500 prison baptistries donated in the USA, ARM has hundreds of baptistries now being used on mission fields and military bases.  It has been estimated that some 65,000 souls are "born again of the water and the spirit" in ARM baptistries each year.
 
Here is a  baptism in the Philippines; our baptistries are helping the growing Church all around the globe:
 

 
At $795 per unit for portable baptistries and $975 for Communion Table baptistries, we invest tens of thousands of dollars each year in building and donating these units -- to prisons, military bases, and mission fields.
 
We recently sent TEN baptistries to Thailand and Myanmar.  Other missions outposts will be asking for baptistries soon.  Plus, chaplains will be ordering more for jails month to month.
 
If you, your Sunday School class, or your church could sponsor even one of these, that would be terrific.  If you can only make a gift toward this baptistry fund, that would be greatly appreciated, as well.  Thanks for your prayers and support.
 
Gifts for Baptistries may be sent to:

ARM Baptistries, 3127 Hwy K
Salem, MO 65560

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American Bible Academy Update
 
Nov-Dec 2011 Summary

1,988 courses were sent to NEW ENROLLEES!

3,086 courses were sent to UPPER CLASSMEN!

5,074 total courses were sent to prisoners!
 
COURSES MAILED JAN THRU DEC 2011:  27,274
An average of 75 courses sent DAILY!  New enrollees: 31 per day!
 
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On FaceBook?
 
Follow ARM Prison Outreach at:
 
http://www.facebook.com/groups/ArmGroup/
 

Want an ARM multimedia presentation in your church?
 
I'm visiting a lot of churches in the Midwest!  We have a number of PowerPoint presentations and visual sermons -- one just right for your group -- that will inform, encourage, and promote evangelism. If you would like an ARM presentation for your whole church or a group within it, please inquire by reply or call 573-729-6355. We are now scheduling 2012 and 2013. Thanks again for all your prayers, support, and encouragement! -- Rod

The Mailbag
 
RE: ARM'S MINISTERS' MINUTES:
 
Thank you ARM...I liked this...and I feel ARMed to face the New Year..and hope to remember to forget the mistakes..but remember not to repeat them... I am blessed. MC in MO
 
Great message Rod!! It is a very challenging time! Hope you are doing well.  RP in KS
 
[Editor's note:  Don't get Ministers' Minutes?  Just reply and ask to be added to that list!  Thanks!]
 
RE: ARM'S REPORTS ON PRISON AND OVERSEAS WORK:
 
Your distribution of Bibles is wonderful beyond words! That's a whole lot of Bibles!!!  BR in MO

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 REPRESENTATIVES READY TO SERVE
 
In addition to Joe Garman and Rod Farthing, Ansil Harpold is now representing ARM.  He serves primarily in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio!  Churches and individuals in that area of the USA may contact Ansil through the ARM office in Joplin -- 1-800-CALL ARM.
 

DaySpring Christian Greeting Card Report
 
1,086,700 DaySpring greeting cards were sent to prisons in Nov/Dec 2011!
 
We averaged sending over 81,000 cards per WEEK in 2011!
 
On average, 11,607 DaySpring greeting cards were mailed daily in 2011!
 
4,225,110 DaySpring cards were sent last year!
 
Since 1990, about 99 MILLION cards have been sent to faithful chaplains who distribute these to inmates as a witness for Christ!  Our sincere thanks to DaySpring for their invaluable partnership!

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ARM/ABS Bible Distribution Update

ARM and the American Bible Society partner together in Bible distribution.
 
ARM sent 965 cases of Bibles to prisons in Nov/Dec -- 23,198 Bibles!
 
In 2011, we sent over 125,000 Bibles!
That's an average of about 2400 Bibles a week!
 
Before that, in 2010, almost 100,000 copies of God's Word were shipped to prisons and jails.
 
Over the years, ARM has shipped over ONE MILLION BIBLES to prisons!
 
Our sincere thanks to the American Bible Society for their wonderful partnership!

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Want to help?
To contact ARM about funding of supplies and resources, please email rodfar@arm.org, call 1-573-729-6355, or write to 3127 Hwy K, Salem, MO 65560.

 
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Click on this link to see/download TWELVE books by Donald G. Hunt!
 
Books Written by Donald G. Hunt
 
Titles on Stewardship, Prayer, the Book of Acts, and many others!
 
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ARM's Websites
 
www.arm.org    www.abarc.org

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Contact Info
 
Rod Farthing, ARM National Development Director   rodfar@arm.org
3127 Hwy K, Salem, MO 65560
573-729-6355
 
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