Donation Projects

Thanks to a generous donor, every gift to this project through the end of August 2025 (up to $11,000) will be matched 2:1!

Did you know BVI currently outsources most of our printing needs? While this works well for our standard large print orders, it does come with some limitations. In recent years, BVI has seen an increase in missions-related projects both overseas and in our backyard here in Pennsylvania. In many cases, our friends and ministry partners have custom needs for translations or other specially curated materials that are difficult to satisfy with the large-run, printed material from our warehouse. With these diverse needs in mind, we have been exploring possible solutions that would help us expand our ability to serve our partners effectively.

BVI has identified up to five pieces of equipment that would allow us to customize printed material that Helps Children See Jesus here in our office. We believe that the following equipment will help in three key ways:

1. We will be able to steward resources better by reducing printing costs for many of our material
2. We will be able to customize printed material to more effectively meet needs for specialized projects
3. We will have the ability to do quick, short-run printing and binding of purchased or donated materials in-house

These are the pieces of equipment we are hoping to invest in:

• Laminator – Lamination services help preserve illustrations, especially in humid / outdoor climates
• Puncher and/or Coiler – Spiral binding services ease use by teachers all over the world or in your own back yard; most teachers prefer this to a staple binding
• Trimmer – A Paper cutter provides a “finished” work that helps elevate the quality of our materials; application opportunities abound for custom materials
• Folder – This standard piece of office equipment will allow for fast production of Intercessor newsletters, donor receipts, and classic BVI material

Our partners at Dar Manhal a Hayat in the country of Lebanon have been working to translate and distribute BVI materials in Arabic not only in their own country but all across the Middle East! They are especially interested in making the Family Worship series available. While the concept of family devotions and Bible study might be familiar to most Christians here in the United States, in places like the Middle East, many believers are first-generation Christians who have never seen this modeled for them. Last year, Dar Manhal completed their work on Mark’s Gospel: Being Jesus’ Disciple. Looking ahead, they would like to begin translating Philippians: Have This Mind and James: Living Faith. Additionally, they hope to film a series of videos of a family working through some of the studies as an example to help families use these resources confidently.

To help make these projects happen, BVI is looking to raise $20,000 to help cover the costs of translation, printing, and distribution, as well as the film project. Your donations will help families in places like Egypt, Jordan, and other Muslim-majority countries learn to study the Bible and worship God together.

500 years ago in 1524 William Tyndale sailed away from England. He would never again see his native land, but his voluntary exile would allow him to pursue the great task for which he would give his life—an English Bible. Tyndale knew the importance of God’s Word and access to it, not simply for the elite and the academic, but all—rich and poor, young and old, prince and ploughboy. BVI’s new story, The Ploughboy’s Friend, will share Tyndale’s story with children. Through it, they will see how God’s Word continues to advance among people of every tribe and tongue.

BVI works with a variety of outreach ministries like Child Evangelism Fellowship and Bible2School. These partners are doing good work reaching children with the Gospel through Bible clubs, Release Time Bible electives, etc. However, there is a mutual desire to reach into the homes of these children and encourage families through follow-up tools like the BVI Family Worship Series. Your gifts will help to supply free copies of the FWS books to outreach partners who can, in turn, gift them to families at Christmas time or end-of-year programs. What kind of impact can these resources have? Watch the brief video above.

In 2022, BVI and our partners, the Cofers,  completed a major project to translate and print BVI’s entire Visualized Bible curriculum in the Mongolian language. These 312 lesson sets are now being distributed to churches throughout the country! Alongside this provision for the church is a new project to supply Mongolian homes with resources for family worship. In churches full of mostly first-generation Christians, family devotions can seem like a foreign concept. To help equip parents to confidently lead their families in faith, two of our Family Worship Books have been translated and are being prepared to be printed in 2025/2026 and distributed alongside a Family Conference at the Cofer’s ministry center in Khatgal.