The printed page is one of the most powerful ways to bring the Gospel to boys and girls. It reaches homes, schools and countries a volunteer may never enter in person. It never tires, never compromises the message, and once placed in a child’s hands it can be read again and again, privately or shared with a friend or family member, long after the person who gave it has gone.

Seven Million Booklets in 38 Languages

Over the past two years, CEF Europe has published more than 7 million Gospel booklets in 38 languages, including “Do You Wonder Why?”, “Meet the King” and the Gospel of John — simple, attractive materials that any volunteer can hand to a child with a smile. Charles Spurgeon put it plainly: “When preaching and private talk are not available, you need to have a tract ready… the distribution of tracts is the first thing.”

Stories from Europe and Central Asia

The stories from across Europe and Central Asia show why this matters.

A 14-year-old boy in Russia tucked away a Gospel of John he was given at college — until the night his mother received a frightening diagnosis. He read it all night, gave it to her before her operation, and their family began attending church.

A six-year-old girl in Estonia gave her booklet “Meet the King” to a Ukrainian refugee boy in her kindergarten. She insisted, “I have to tell about Jesus to others… the war will end, he will travel back to Ukraine — I have not told all the stories to him.”

Another boy, in Kazakhstan, received a booklet at a Christmas outreach and came back — not for himself but asking for more to give his friends.

One mother in Greece watched her daughter’s devotional booklet spread through an entire classroom, one copy at a time.

Christmas tracts in Armenia reached 1,284 children at 48 clubs in a single season, part of a literature ministry that has shaped the country’s church for 35 years.

A Privilege for the Volunteer

As CEF volunteers themselves testify, distributing this literature is both a privilege and a means of grace:

“I vividly remember a moment when I gave a Gospel to a young boy. At first, he seemed sceptical… but as he flipped through the pages, his expression began to change. That was a moment when I truly understood the power of God’s Word.”

Your Labour Is Not in Vain

Even where results are unseen, or a volunteer faces resistance at the door, the Word of God does not return void. Every booklet placed in a child’s hands is a seed — one that may take root that same night, or years later, in a hospital room, a classroom, or a quiet moment of fear. We will never reach every child through a club or classroom, but through paper missionaries we can bring the Good News to every child.

Will you pray for more paper missionaries to reach boys and girls? Will you join us in placing Gospel leaflets and booklets into children’s hands — in your neighbourhood, and around the world?

“Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labour is not in vain.”
1 Corinthians 15:58

-Bogdan Bassara, Director of Multimedia