Christian Peterson
ECB Publishing, Inc.
In 1965, George and Laura Eager founded the Mailbox Club (TMC), a faith-based program with a mission to reach kids with the word of God. Eager had spent much of his life doing assembly programs in rural schools throughout the Southeast. To follow up his teaching, he founded TMC, which, by the end of his life, had reached 1.3 million children. However, the program didn't end there, and the club began to spread across the country as it was picked up by people all across the world. Then, in 1990, John Mark Eager joined TMC to help develop a discipleship program for children in Eastern Europe. Once again, the program took off and, by 2022, the ministry reached 86 countries and had garnered enrollment from 4.4 million students.
“TMC lessons are true to the Word of God, and written at a level children can understand,” the TMC website states. “We believe every child should hear the Gospel in their own language.”
TMC has multiple ways in which they help teach children across the world. First, they write and publish their own Bible lessons, which are translated into more than 100 languages. They then distribute their literature through their partners in global ministries, such as Mission Africa or My Hope. They also train volunteer teachers in tens of thousands of local churches, allowing them to have hundreds of thousands of volunteers. Finally, the volunteers teach children for six to 10 months at a time.
The TMC website, mailboxclub.net, includes free resources for students and adults alike, such as sample lessons, free online lessons and testimonies. There are three sign-up options: children ages four to 12; teens and adults; and prisoners, so the Word of God can still be spread to those incarcerated. By signing up, Bible lessons will be sent through the mail to all U.S. zip codes. To learn even more about TMC, visit mailboxclub.org.
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