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 SPONSORING A CHRISTIAN BOOK DRIVE


Sponsoring A Christian Book Drive
 

Many people in your church or workplace already have Christian books, but don't know where to donate them

Christian Library International is supported by Christian radio and television, magazines, churches, scout troops, YMCAs, Christian schools, Sunday schools and other organizations collecting Christian books. Christian books are needed year round. We actively seek organizations to partner with us. If your organization would like to partner, please email us here. Christian books are touching lives for Jesus Christ every day in our prisons and jails.

The items we need (new or used) are:

  • Bibles

  • Christian books - Fiction and non-fiction

  • Christian Music and CDs

  • CDs, DVDs and Video Tapes

  • Bible Study Materials

  • Tracts

  • Youth and Juvenile Christian Materials

  • Spanish books and materials

Here's how a Christian Book Drive works:

Publicity:

Begin by announcing your Christian Book Drive. You may use the poster below or generate your own materials. The posters must have the deadline and the drop-off location. Look for other places to insert publicity such as your church bulletin, radio station announcements, posters and flyers. The Christian book drive should last three weeks.

The best way is to announce the Christian book drive in your Sunday bulletin. Here's an example:

Christian Book Drive - For the next 3 weeks, we will be collecting used Christian books for Christian Library International, a Raleigh, NC based ministry that sends them on to US prisons and international missions, free of charge. A collection box will be in the lobby until June 4th. For information about this ministry see www.cli-nc.org.

Collection:

The drop-off area should be inside a church or office building. It must be inside in case of rain. Wider collection boxes are better than taller boxes so they don't tip over. Your collection team should check the box periodically to make sure it looks OK. If it is full and overflowing, remove some of the books to a storage area. Ask your book donors to include their name and address and we can send them a tax deductible receipt.

Shipping:

At the end of the 3 week book drive, send the books to CLI in Raleigh NC or a CLI Regional Distribution Center near you. You should go through them to eliminate any non-Christian books or severely damaged books. CLI pays for the outbound shipping to our prison outreaches but not for inbound shipping.

When your books arrive here, our volunteers sort, stamp and repack them and send them off to the prisons we support. See the list Through Christian book drives, thousands of books have been collected and hundreds of thousands of inmates have been blessed. Thank you for caring!

Download the CLI Christian Book Drive Poster in PDF

Download the CLI Bulletin Insert in PDF

Download the CLI Trifold Brochure in PDF

 

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