Wordless Book
The Wordless Book stands as a powerful and distinctive gospel tool, employing a five-color scheme to convey the message of salvation in a universally understandable manner.
What is a Wordless Book?
Crafted with precision, this booklet transcends language barriers, ensuring that its profound message reaches people across the globe. Wordless Book tracts are available in the following languages: English, Spanish, Russian, German, Romanian, French, Portuguese, Chinese and Creole. The tracts are just 10 cents each. They are sold in packs of no fewer than 10.
Spiral-bound teacher books are also available in Medium size (8.5" x 5.5") at $1.00 each and Large size (8.5" x 11") at $1.50 each.
With its unique design, each color represents a key aspect of the Christian narrative—gold symbolizes heaven, black represents sin, red represents the blood of Jesus, white symbolizes purity through forgiveness, and green embodies growth in faith.
Spiral-bound teacher books are also available in Medium size (8.5" x 5.5") at $1.00 each and Large size (8.5" x 11") at $1.50 each.
With its unique design, each color represents a key aspect of the Christian narrative—gold symbolizes heaven, black represents sin, red represents the blood of Jesus, white symbolizes purity through forgiveness, and green embodies growth in faith.
SRBC Wordless Book Ministry
Under the dedicated leadership of Terry Ribble, Dick Baker, Mike Lewis, and Barry Hart, our passionate team of over 40 volunteers convenes every other Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until noon in the Multipurpose Center. Aligned with our Missionary Workday, our volunteers actively engage in various tasks such as cutting, gluing, assembling, packaging, and mailing these impactful booklets.
For more than 30 years, this ministry has successfully dispatched over 10,000,000 Wordless Books to missionaries worldwide. The commitment of our team reflects a shared vision of spreading the message of salvation globally, one meticulously crafted booklet at a time. Learn how you can get involved with our Missionary Workday.
For more than 30 years, this ministry has successfully dispatched over 10,000,000 Wordless Books to missionaries worldwide. The commitment of our team reflects a shared vision of spreading the message of salvation globally, one meticulously crafted booklet at a time. Learn how you can get involved with our Missionary Workday.
How to Order Wordless Books
You can place your order online or by calling the church office at 727-397-1654. Orders are shipped out every Tuesday and should reach you in approximately 10 days, unless you need them sooner with expedited shipping. A packing slip will be included with your order, listing your order number and the total amount paid, including shipping and handling.
History of Wordless Book at Starkey Road
We have recently eclipsed 10,000,000 Wordless Books that have been mailed out through our ministry at Starkey Road.
Our current ministry was started in the summer of 1992 by Jim Hiatt. He had used the Wordless Book while a missionary with Child Evangelism Fellowship in the 1960s. Back in the 60’s all of the Wordless Books were large enough to use in a classroom setting as a teaching tool. Jim had the idea of making them small enough to fit inside a small explanatory tract, allowing them to be handed out. With the blessing of Starkey Road Baptist Church leadership, the ministry was created, and during the first 6 months, they produced 2,830 Wordless Books.
At that time making the booklets was very time-consuming. Paper was cut with a manual paper cutter; the pages were stacked in the proper order and glued together. Then the tract was printed and folded, and the little booklet was inserted inside. As you can imagine, the whole process was very time-consuming.
Over time a better gluing method was developed. In 1997, the electric paper shearer was purchased for our ministry. Both items increased production speed tremendously. By 1997, the ministry had shipped out 816,309 Wordless Books. By the turn of the century, weekly production reached 30,000 books. By the end of July 2000, the number shipped had reached 2,482,952.
As of the end of August 2023, the number of Wordless Books shipped out has reached 9,953,129 (a big thank you to those of the past generations of workers who kept the count so well).
Our current ministry was started in the summer of 1992 by Jim Hiatt. He had used the Wordless Book while a missionary with Child Evangelism Fellowship in the 1960s. Back in the 60’s all of the Wordless Books were large enough to use in a classroom setting as a teaching tool. Jim had the idea of making them small enough to fit inside a small explanatory tract, allowing them to be handed out. With the blessing of Starkey Road Baptist Church leadership, the ministry was created, and during the first 6 months, they produced 2,830 Wordless Books.
At that time making the booklets was very time-consuming. Paper was cut with a manual paper cutter; the pages were stacked in the proper order and glued together. Then the tract was printed and folded, and the little booklet was inserted inside. As you can imagine, the whole process was very time-consuming.
Over time a better gluing method was developed. In 1997, the electric paper shearer was purchased for our ministry. Both items increased production speed tremendously. By 1997, the ministry had shipped out 816,309 Wordless Books. By the turn of the century, weekly production reached 30,000 books. By the end of July 2000, the number shipped had reached 2,482,952.
As of the end of August 2023, the number of Wordless Books shipped out has reached 9,953,129 (a big thank you to those of the past generations of workers who kept the count so well).