Books For Blessings was established on November 30, 2014 after hearing a sermon on the parable of the talents. We were moved by the preacher and felt that we were not using our skills to help spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We were convicted that belief and faith are different.  Anyone can believe in something, but only those that have faith are motivated to act on that belief. Having more than 30 years in software engineering and almost as many years selling books for clients, our family started a small outreach ministry specializing in selling books. By the end of the day, we had started the work on how to use our talents to start to help people.

We’ve done ok over the years and have helped a number of beneficiaries by gathering books, selling them, and giving the money away.  However, this was not a formal ministry.  While it was very fulfilling to be able to help people and organizations with fundraising, it was personally difficult because this was just something we were doing and ended up having to pay taxes on the the money we were giving away.

After much thought over the 2023 Christmas season, we decided to “go big” and formed Outreach25.org, a non-profit Christian outreach ministry.  We decided to bring Books For Blessings under the non-profit umbrella so we can focus on growth at a national level and make this service available to individuals outside of our local area.

2024 is a reorganization year under the non-profit.  We are redoing the website and laying the groundwork for a distribution center so our inventory is currently pretty low but we are still helping people through this ministry.  If you need help – reach out to us and we will be happy to talk to you.

Our goal by the end of 2024 is to have a national system in place to gather books from across the country that is convenient for the donors so we can bless more people than ever before.