The Gideons International is a world-wide ministry who's sole purpose is to
win men and women, boys and girls to the Lord Jesus Christ. We do this in two
ways, personal witnessing and the distribution of God's Word in 181 Countries
around the world. We distributed 61 Million copies in 80 different languages
last year. That is approximately 8 Scriptures every 5 seconds 24 hours a
day. Each copy has the plan of Salvation in the back. Last year we placed our
one-billionth Scripture in the 101 years we have been in existence. Two-thirds
of the money used to buy these scriptures are from churches like yours. The
other third comes from the pockets of the Gideons themselves. Every single
penny given by the churches and the Gideons is used to purchase God's powerful
Word. Not one cent is used to run the ministry. This is covered by the dues of
the 240,000 Gideons and their wives, the Auxiliary around the world. With
the ravenous hunger for God's Word outside the United States, rest assured
offering your church will give will result in salvation for thousands of people.
This is God's blessing on the Gideon ministry as it has become an extended
missionary arm of your church.
The Gentleman who will be speaking is named Victor Goncharenko. He is from
Russia and is here in the United States for the aforementioned International
Convention. He will arrive this coming Sunday evening, July 27th, to speak at 8
Gideon rallies that I have arranged around Southern California and Las Vegas.
From these rallies we expect to raise over $30,000 from the Gideons of this
state to furnish Scriptures for our two newest countries, Uzbekistan and
Kerjekastan. (not sure the spelling is correct on their names).
Since the Iron Curtain fell we have had close to 3,000 Gideons join our
ministry in the former Soviet Union, plus their wives. We have distributed over 70
million scriptures in the former Soviet Union. Victor Goncharenko was one of
the first Gideons to join and now is employed by the Gideons as a Gideon Field
Representative in charge of the Gideon work in the entire former Soviet Union
and is responsible for opening the two countries mentioned above. He
accomplished this just before leaving for the US Victor is the premier speaker for
the Gideons and is very sought after. He has many stories of salvation that you
will hear and is a very animated and aggressive speaker...all in Russian. He
will be accompanied by a very able translator, Pablo Nichepor from
Montebello. Pablo told me he thinks he has spoke in your church before.
I think the Lord will truly bless your congregation with what they will
hear. We will be praying for your service. I will determin if Victor wants the
pulpit or not when he arrives and will forward that information on to you. In
the meantime, you can direct any questions to me.
Blessings in the Lord,
Robert L. Flesher
Gideons State Faith Fund Coordinator
