I had a burden to share my faith and knew that our church encouraged us to reach the lost and offered a lot of training to do so. It is something that I have always struggled with. However, I took up the challenge to take a handful of papers to distribute. I took my daughters to get ice-cream and left some Challenge News papers on the tables. We then sat there eating our ice-creams and watched people pick them up and read. It was such a great first step not only for me, but a great example for my daughters.

I was keen to share my faith but struggled with where to start. I had read many books and materials on how to share my faith, but just could not seem to get out of the starting blocks. The paper gave me an easy conversation starter. And from there, my confidence has grown to be able to share on a regular basis.

I knew biblically that I should be sharing my faith, but I never felt prepared or equipped. When I discovered the Challenge Good News paper, it was such an easy on ramp to get me started. On a mission trip to another state, I went to a shopping mall with a team of people. We started to hand the papers out to shoppers entering and exiting the mall. This gave me an opportunity to engage in conversation with some of these people. When I returned home, I have continued to use the paper to share the gospel in my local area and am growing in confidence to fulfill what God has called us to … “go into all the world” with the message of hope.

The thing that I love most about the Challenge Paper is that it requires no formal training or course to complete prior to starting. Anyone at any age is able to offer the Hope of the Gospel to anyone they meet.

With all of the other good news articles and activities in the paper, it is a great opening to be sharing the paper with people. Then the Gospel is also shared through the testimonies. I have helped share the Gospel through the paper at many of our church outreach activities including neighborhood distribution, sporting events, baskets of hope, block parties etc.

 I never realized what an impact the Challenge Paper would have not only in my life, but in the life of our church. I was so impressed by the ease of use and willing acceptance of the paper. Upon returning home from a mission trip, I encouraged our church to start using this as a means of reaching our local community. Praise the Lord, we have seen much fruit from our local distribution.

We used the Challenge Paper as a primary evangelistic tool at our Summer Sports Camps. We were able to distribute 10,000 papers to people who never come to church and who may not engage in conversation with us. We had 58 responses to the gospel.

A friend gave me the challenge newspaper to do the crossword and suduko. When I had finished, I thought the articles in the newspaper looked interesting so decided to read them. This is the first time that I had ever heard who Jesus Christ was and why He came. Thank you for the great work you are doing in sharing hope with people like me.

Sometimes we, as chaplains and administrators, are either consumed by our work, take for granted and/or make assumptions concerning those donations that institutions, like yours, make to us. Why our consideration to you? Because you do not have to do it for us by giving us free reading materials. Your work and ministry do not go by us unnoticed, and have made a profound and provocative impact on our inmates. For instance, while conducting our duty rounds, those who are incarcerated have expressed continuously to our staff how inspirational, informative, and influential are your insights and observations in your articles.

Thank you for the Challenge Newspaper...Would it be permissible to copy segments of the newspaper so that more of the men can avail themselves of the positive messages? We have many who share the newspapers and sometimes the papers do not hold up with all the handling. Plus the puzzles can be distributed to a wider group. My staff believe in the power of prayer and we would count it an honor to include your ministry in our prayers. Thank you. Your ministry is truly a blessing.