Christian Ministry Sourcebook

10 Years And Counting

It is hard to believe that ten years have passed since I made that momentous decision, took the leap of faith, and launched what would become the Christian Ministry Sourcebook. In all that time my focus, and the focus of those who have joined me, has not wavered. Genesis Publications is mandated to publish materials that foster and facilitate cooperation and communication between the various elements of the Body of Christ. This mandate arises from God's Word as stated in Romans 12:12:

"So we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another." KJV

In these ten years it has been a joy to witness an increased spirit of unity and cooperation among Christian ministries. I have also been amazed by the rate of growth in what is commonly called the para-church. Every year hundreds of new ministries are launched as Christian people seek to follow Christ's calling to heal the sick, comfort the grieving, clothe the naked, house the homeless, and bring the Good News to a lost world.

In these ten years technology has changed dramatically. The internet essentially did not exist in 1992, but now is a part of virtually every ministry. To keep pace Genesis Publications worked last year with the American Bible Society to incorporate our data into their forministry.com site. To the best of our knowledge this has become the world's busiest site for Christian Ministry information. Our participation in this site has allowed the whole world access to the information that previously could only be seen by users of the print version of the Sourcebook. Beginning January, 2003, this data is available on our own website: www.christiansourcebook.com.

In these ten years I have been blessed to work with some tremendous people. Some have retired: Don Foster, some have gone on to other ministries: Linda Rawn and David DiSabatino, others have joined me in the past few years: Lynda Patchett, my father Allan and Cheryl Wang, and some have supported this ministry from the beginning: Byron Cunningham and my wife Carol. All of these people have incredible talents which have contributed significantly to this ministry. Whenever I feel the obstacles confronting this ministry are too great I simply need to recall the skill of these individuals to restore my resolve.

This ministry, and this 10th Anniversary Christian Ministry Sourcebook is dedicated to God's glory.

    Stephen Froom,
    Editor