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Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119: 105

Into Thy Word Ministries vision is to provide Christians with the most effective tools and the most effectual means possible to better understand and apply God's Word to their lives. Our call is a dedication to teaching people all over the world how to study the Bible in a simple, clear, and concise way! Our passion is to glorify Christ (Colossians 1). Currently, we are training thousands of pastors and church leaders all around the world. We do this through seminars, missionary efforts overseas, church leadership consulting, curriculum development, and our interactive website resources!

Into Thy Word (ITW) was founded in 1978, Under Francis A. Schaeffer's guidance and vision, then as a mission organization in 1988 at Richard's home church in Pasadena California under Pastor Paul Cedar who is the founder and Director of "Mission America." ITW was an outgrowth from Richard's seminar on "How to do Inductive Bible Study." There are currently over 2,500+ ITW associates who personally distribute our Discipleship Tools and Curriculums in over 80 countries through CDs, booklets, and electronically. In 2000, Richard was further challenged by Pastor Paul and Billy Graham to take this ministry fulltime; thus, started ITW's passionate efforts of training pastors and missionaries fulltime overseas, targeting Russia, China, and India. We incorporated (pending 501-3c) as a ministry with the launch from our interactive website, again, at the personal request of Billy Graham.

One of the great tragedies of the church today is that fewer and fewer people are reading the Bible. Fewer and fewer people are living the life of a disciple of Jesus Christ than ever before. As Christians living in America today, we tend to be more concerned with who is coming to our church-and how many are coming-and less concerned with making disciples, which we are called first and foremost to do.

We believe that the lack of Bible study and Bible knowledge is one of the root causes of the problems that most Christians face, because without this knowledge, they are unable to make healthy and wise decisions. It is also one of the root problems that our churches face. Our churches are riddled with conflict and strife thereby pushing people away when we are called to be a light in darkness, salt to a flavorless world, and a haven of rest. Yet, we choose to ignore our call and rather place our focus upon our selfish needs and quests, when it needs to be upon the foot of the cross, who Christ is, and what He did for us as revealed in His Word.

Because of the aforementioned reasons, we have remained committed to Christ and His call to Into Thy Word Ministries. We at ITW are committed to teaching people how to find the time for Him, how to be His disciples and how to understand His Word. In so doing, we believe that the church will flourish in power and commitment for our Lord's glory! Then, we can be the light in darkness, the flavor, and the rest in the midst of life's harshness. We can be the people of God so we can do the work of God!

You can Support us by:

·   PRAYER - Personal and professional-so the word gets out about why learning how to study the Bible is important. In Matthew 9:37, 38 Jesus said, the harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few. We need dedicated missionaries to teach Biblical exegetical methods to pastors overseas, and we need people to help with administration and fundraising. We have many other places of opportunity, too.

·   GIVE - We are missionaries, and ITW is a mission endeavor. We receive no salary while carrying out Christ's Great Commandment and Great Commission, and this requires money. With few exceptions, most of us could give more for the Lord's work.

·   HELP - We are always looking for people to help us with administration, fundraising, and translating our "Pastor Training Packs" into different languages. We are always looking for people to distribute them, too!