Pastoral Resource Ministry

MEDIA:DURING 2022 WE HAVE CONTINUED RUNNING THE PODCAST LIFE LESSONS WITH DR. STEVE SCHELL. THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 40,000 DOWNLOADS SINCE WE BEGAN. IN 2022 WE HAD 10,700 DOWNLOADS-- DOWNLOADS HAVE INCREASED BY THREE TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR. WE RELEASED TEACHINGS ON UNDERSTANDING AND UNLOCKING DEPRESSION, THE FIRST THINGS FIRST SERIES, AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. WE CONTINUED RELEASING TWO NEW SERMONS EACH WEEK. THE MAJORITY OF OUR DOWNLOADS ARE IN THE U.S., PHILIPPINES, PUERTO RICO, CANADA, AND SOUTH AFRICA, BUT WE HAVE SOME OCCASIONAL LISTENERS IN MEXICO, ARGENTINA, GERMANY, SWEDEN, NIGERIA, KENYA, INDIA, UNITED KINGDOM AND UKRAINE.OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL IS STILL GOING. WE HAVE SOME OF PASTOR STEVE'S SERMONS AND CLASSES AVAILABLE TO WATCH. AS OF YEAR-END WE ARE POSTING VIDEOS OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS TEACHING SERIES. IN 2021 WE HAD 152 SUBSCRIBERS, AND IN 2022 WE DOUBLED OUR SUBSCRIBER COUNT TO 331. ONE OF THE YOUTUBE LISTENERS CONTACTED US AND REQUESTED BOOKS. BOOK PUBLISHING & PRINTING:WE PUBLISHED TWO BOOKS, TEACHING THROUGH JOHN, A BIBLE STUDY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN (2.500 COPIES), AND FOUNDATIONS OF PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY (FOPT) VOL 1 IN SPANISH WITH THE STUDY GUIDE AND INDEX (2,000 COPIES). WE ALSO REPRINTED 2,000 COPIES OF FOUNDATIONS OF PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY VOL 1 IN FRENCH. BOOK TRANSLATIONS:WE FINISHED TRANSLATING FOUNDATIONS OF PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY VOLUME 2 IN BOTH SPANISH AND FRENCH.WE ARE PAYING FOR FOPT TO BE TRANSLATED INTO NEPALI. AS OF YEAR-END, CHAPTERS 1-3 ARE COMPLETE.WE PAID FOR THE TRANSLATION OF FOPT VOL 2 INTO ALBANIANWE HAVE FINISHED TRANSLATING STUDY VERSE BY VERSE: ACTS INTO FRENCH AS WELL AS THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER IN FRENCH. WE STILL NEED TO GET THESE DEVELOPED INTO DIGITAL BOOKS. THIS IS IN PROCESS.WE HAVE TRANSLATED STUDY VERSE BY VERSE: JOHN INTO SPANISH. IT IS CURRENTLY BEING FORMATTED INTO A DIGITAL BOOK.WE ALSO HAVE A TRANSLATOR WHO IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON TRANSLATING TEACHING THROUGH JOHN INTO SPANISH. WE HAVE JUST FINISHED TRANSLATING THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER INTO URDU. DISTRIBUTION:IN THE PRIOR YEAR, WE SENT OUT 2,986 BOOKS. IN 2022, WE MAILED 5,337 BOOKS TO 19 STATES AND 3 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES-- AN INCREASE OF 2,351 MORE BOOKS SENT. WE SENT 250 FOUNDATIONS OF PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY VOL 1 SPANISH EDITION BOOKS TO THE MEXICO FOURSQUARE CONVENTION. WE ALSO SENT FOUNDATIONS OF PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY VOL 1 FRENCH EDITION TO FRANCE. WE MOSTLY CONCENTRATED ON SENDING BOOKS IN THE UNITED STATES. A SET OF PASTOR STEVE'S BOOKS WAS SENT TO A PRISON IN UTAH FOR INMATES TO CHECK OUT FROM THEIR LIBRARY. BOOKS WERE SENT TO A BIBLE STUDY OF LADIES IN LAS VEGAS AND TO PASTORS IN WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS WHO USED THEM TO TEACH SMALL GROUPS ABOUT HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM. MANY BOOKS WERE SENT TO WOMEN IN THE VARIOUS WOMEN IN MINISTRY LEADERSHIP COHORTS THAT RAN THROUGH THE YEAR. WE SOLD 273 BOOKS ON AMAZON (THE PRIOR YEAR WAS 196, WHICH IS A 35% INCREASE). WE ONLY CHARGE ENOUGH FOR THE BOOKS TO COVER SHIPPING AND STORAGE IN AMAZON'S WAREHOUSES.