Christian Educational Ministries

TO SHARE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD, TO TEACH & EQUIP THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST, TO TEACH & TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION, TO BRING THE PEOPLE OF GOD CLOSER TOGETHER USING RADIO, SOCIAL MEDIA, PRINT LITERATURE & OTHER AUDIO & VIDEO MATERIALS.

PRIMARILY, WE SPONSOR A RADIO PROGRAM NAMED "BORN TO WIN": THE FIRST PROGRAM WAS AIRED ON FEBRUARY 4, 1996, ON WGNC IN GASTONIA, NC.MORE STATIONS WERE ADDED UNTIL ON OCTOBER 31, 1998, THE NUMBER HAD EXPANDED TO 110 RADIO STATIONS, WITH STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, IRELAND, THE PHILIPPINES AND BERMUDA. AS TIME PROGRESSED, WE EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF STATIONS CARRYING THE PROGRAM DAILY, INSTEAD OF ONLY ONCE A WEEK, AND HAD 47 DAILY RADIO STATIONS. CURRENTLY, WE ARE BROADCASTING ON APPROXIMATELY 35 RADIO STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ONE IN IRELAND AND ONE IN COTONOU, BENIN IN AFRICA. WE MAIL OUT FREE CD COPIES OF THE PROGRAM TO ALL WHO REQUEST THEM. WE ALSO ARE BROADCASTING ON THREE 50,000 WATT CLEAR-CHANNEL "SUPER STATIONS" THAT COVER LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE U.S. ON AVERAGE WE NORMALLY MAIL APPROXIMATELY 200 FREE AUDIO CDS OF THE RADIO PROGRAM EACH MONTH AND OVER 1100 PIECES OF RELATED LITERATURE. WITH THE ADVENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA WE ARE GREATLY EXPANDING OUR REACH THRU SOCIAL MEDIA AND CUTTING BACK NETWORK (CHRISTIAN SATELLITE NETWORK) THAT FEEDS 333 BROADCAST TRANSLATORS AND 43 FULL POWER STATIONS.

ON JANUARY 20, 2014, WE STARTED POSTING OUR PROGRAMS AND ADVERTISING ON FACEBOOK. OUR AVERAGE WEEKLY REACH WAS 25,551 PEOPLE BETWEEN THE YEARS 2018 -2019. SINCE WE CREATED THE PAGE WE HAVE POSTED OVER 4000 POSTS. OUR WEBSITE OFFERS ALL OF OUR SERMON MESSAGES, BIBLE STUDIES, YOUTH EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM & FULL LENGTH BOOKS FOR FREE. WE AVERAGE 2220 USER VISITS TO OUR WEBSITE PER WEEK. ON 8/8/2012 WE POSTED OUR FIRST VIDEO ON YOUTUBE AND CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 198 VIDEOS. WE ALSO UPDATE & POST CONTENT ON FACEBOOK, SPOTIFY, & INSTAGRAM. WE HAVE SEEN THESE ONLINE EFFORTS GROW AND CONTINUE TOEXPAND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE ALSO CREATED A MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION(APP) IN 2019 WHICH HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED BY APPROXIMATELY 7300 DEVICES AND THE APP WAS OPENED OVER 66500 TIMES IN 2019 AND CONTINUES TO GROW AND HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE ADVERTISING AND OPERATIONAL COSTS. THIS ENCOMPASSES OUR "SOCIAL MEDIA" OUTREACH. WE ARE ALSO NOW MAKING AVAILABLE OUR FULL YOUTH EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM FREE OF CHARGE ON OUR WEBSITE.

NEWSLETTER AND WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS: THE FIRST NEWSLETTER WAS PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 29, 1995, AND WAS MAILED TO 1209 HOUESHOLDS. THE MAILING LIST HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED TO WHERE WE MAILED APPROXIMATELY 54,000 NEWSLETTERS IN 2019. FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME WE ALSO MAILED A "1ST OF THE MONTH LETTER" AS WELL AS THE NEWLETTER ON THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH. WE NOW ONLY MAIL THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND ARE CURRENTLY MAILING A FLUCTUATING NUMBER, BUT USUALLY AROUND 2200. WE ALSO PRODUCE AN ADULT BIBLE CORRESPONDENCE COURSE AND HAVE ADDED A NEW TWELVE ARTICLE SERIES CALLED BIBLE STUDY NOTES. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE MANY OTHER PHAMPHLETS AND BOOKLETS ON VARIOUS CHRISTIAN LIVING SUBJECTS. WE ALSO HAVE 8 FULL COLOR BOOKS IN A BIBLE STUDY SERIES ENTITLED "CHRISTIAN ORIGINS", AS WELL AS 3 FULL LENGTH BOOKS IN HARDBACK OR SOFTBACK AND 10 CHAP BOOKS OF SHORTER LENGTH. WITH THE CHANGING OF PEOPLE'S HABITS, THE USE OF THE INTERNET HAS HELPED TO REDUCE POSTAL MAILINGS AND PRINTING COSTS, AS PEOPLE CAN READ, LISTEN, DOWNLOAD AND PRINT DIRECTLY FROM OUR WEBSITE.

WE SPONSORED OUR FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE CALLED, THE "FEAST OF TABERNACLES" IN OCTOBER OF 1996 IN KISSIMMEE, FL WITH APPROXIMATELY 600 IN ATTENDANCE. IN 1998 WE MOVED TO DESTIN FLORIDA AND HELD THE "FEAST OF TABERNACLES" MEETING IN THE DESTIN - FT. WALTON BEACH AREA THRU 2010, EXCEPT IN 2006 & 2008, AVERAGING SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR. IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING WE MET IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS INCLUDING SEVIERVILLE, TN: HOT SPRINGS, AR: TYLER TX: AND LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES, KY. WE ALSO HELP SPONSOR OTHER MEETINGS AROUND THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CONFERENCES AND CHURCH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES.