The Mailbox Club
Vision of Mailbox Club
Our Vision is exciting as well as a wonderful challenge. We want to reproduce thousands of “mailbox clubs” around the world—primarily by distributing our Bible lessons through key ministry partners who share our calling to evangelize and disciple the children of the world for Christ.
Our Mission statement keeps us focused and determined. We see it as our mission to win the children and young people of the world to Christ and help nurture them into spiritual maturity through Bible correspondence courses and into local churches.
Our Philosophy keeps us aligned. Since the ministry dates back to 1958, these many years have provided a number of keen insights on the best ways to manage and lead our team and ministry efforts. Our Philosophy of Ministry follows.
We believe that:
- Children and young people are the most fruitful harvest fields
- Follow-up is essential to producing fruit that remains
- Excellence in our calling takes priority over big numbers
- The Body of Christ must lay aside denominational differences and work together toward the common goal of reaching every child with the Gospel
- The lay community can be mobilized to set up and operate “mailbox clubs.”
- Nationals are essential to implementing in-country ministries
- Training of workers is key to a successful follow-up program with children
History of Mailbox Club
In 1958, George and Laura Eager became burdened to reach children for Christ. They began a ministry of presenting the Good News of Jesus Christ in the rural schools of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. This outreach continued for 38 years, during which time over 1,365,000 children and teenagers were reached through their assembly programs.
Asa result of their contact with many thousands of children and young people in the rural areas, the Eagers soon realized that many of those who had accepted Christ through their school ministry had little or no opportunity for continued spiritual growth. The Mailbox Club was born out of this need for “follow-up” materials. The Mailbox Club is a Bible correspondence club. Bible lessons are sent to the student through the mail. The student reads the lesson, fills out the question page and mails it back. The question page is graded and returned with the next lesson.
Eventually George and his staff wrote not only children’s courses, but also correspondence courses for teens and adults. One of the strengths of The Mailbox Club lessons is that they are always “field tested” by our own office as we actively use them with thousands of students around the country. Today we have 21 courses for people of all ages, beginning at age four through senior citizens!
We view our God-given role of producing Christ-centered Bible correspondence lessons as unique in world evangelism. Our aim is to be pleasing to the Lord, pursuing excellence in developing a complete curriculum of lessons.
Today, The Mailbox Club ministry literally spans the world. Over eighteen million Mailbox Club lessons were printed and distributed in 2004. These lessons are going into over 100 countries worldwide. We thank God for the privilege of serving Him!You can email mailorder2@mailboxclub.org or visit www.mailboxclub.org.
The contact person is Luana or Brenda at 800-488-5226.
