In 1972, Bill Horstmeyer was a "bashful, backward" bread truck driver when he found a discarded copy of the Chick tract, This Was Your Life at a revival meeting.

Having eliminated all biblical training in our government schools —and at most family dinner tables— recent generations are strikingly illiterate of even common biblical concepts.

Here's a few easy tips on passing out tracts without even saying a word.

Michael Roehm likes to hand out Chick tracts. He also likes to tell stories. So, he combined the two.

Many youth feel the world is such a mess, that there is nothing left but despair. But there is hope.

"You can't just spit in the gang neighborhood, you have to storm it," says ex-gang banger David Rojas of Victory Outreach in San Diego, California.

When you share a gospel tract, sometimes God does something amazing by bringing just the right person.

If you could turn back the proverbial clock, would you? What if you could stop the clock altogether? That’s what some companies are trying to do in an emerging industry known as “death tech.”

Missionary Bill Eubanks has just returned from Nairobi, Kenya where he showed an English version of the Chick Gospel video, The Light of the World and led 1200 people to Christ.

Although shocking to American Christians, recent reports tell us that today, world wide, it is more likely that you as a Christian would be beaten, tortured or raped for your faith than be free to attend service in a secure, air conditioned church.

"We don`t have to 'go unto all the world.` The world comes to us," says 42nd Street Soul Saving Station Pastor Brian Kelly.

School kids often face hostility from school officials when they pass out tracts. This fourth grader refused to back down and won a major victory.

In a trial that has dragged on for over a year, Dorothy Leng and Ong Cheong were finally sentenced to jail for their "offences [that] affected the very foundation of Singapore society," according to Judge Roy Neighbour.

Every day, thousands of Chick tracts go out to every corner of the world.

Tips from Daniel Rodriguez on how to win the Witnesses.

One cool morning in California, the Lord prompted me to walk a 'long route' to the office. I listened to that nudging and afterwards, I understood why!

I have had my first interviews from what could be hostile reporters. Both were from people who showed no signs of being Christian. What an opportunity!

The pressure to drop the part of "Light of the World" that insisted there was only one way to God came from the most unexpected places.

November/December

A message from Jack Chick.

Is a vacation also a break from soul winning? Serious Bible believers know that there is nothing about that in the great commission.

Often it is important for a soul winner to know what a person really believes before presenting the gospel.

Tim Berends shows how using creative ideas to pass tracts leads to real Christian adventure.

A Chick distributor in Brazil shares the story of a tract that keeps on ticking.

Tim Berends gives great ideas on how to pass out tracts (and get them accepted).

We were able to hand out (with God's help) 40-50 tracts and no one turned us down. We were even able to lead a Muslim to Christ!

In the early 1970s, ex-Jesuit Alberto Rivera began to tell how Rome was working behind the scenes to bring protestants back under the pope's control.

Evangelical Christians may be losing their focus on evangelism, according to James Merritt, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of a large Atlanta-area Church.

A 2001 study by the Barna Research Group reveals that only 41 percent of the adults in the nation's 12 largest denominations could be classified as "born again."

Those who believe in punishment in an afterlife tend to have the highest standard of living.

Read an account of Jack Chick's life from his days drawing airplanes as a youth up until the present day publishing new gospel tracts.

Abused and scarred for life, she discovered the treasure of the gospel she hadn't found in her Roman Catholic church.

Gail Blair, a blind woman, was issued a trespass warning and forbidden to evangelize at a local park after a complaint was filed with the local police. A Christian law association helped her fight back to uphold her religious freedom.

How one man made a difference for Christ in his town. An easy example we can all follow.

Billy Graham is "still preaching that 'old-time religion'," says the headline in the Roman Catholic weekly newspaper, Our Sunday Visitor.

"I'm not tired and I'm not weary, just praising the Lord for the tract and prison ministry He gave me over 26 years ago," writes Dann Slator, better known as Chaplain Dann.

Mom said "no" but the kids wanted tracts -- Muslims saved through tracts

Working in Middle East, workers are asking me for my tracts.

Indian reads "The Traitor" (for Hindus) and comes to Christ.

"Next thing I knew, half the platoon was standing around my bed begging to read one."

I was brought up as a Lutheran and was never told about hell. Thank you!

Letters from Chick tracts users.

Teacher leaves Chick tracts on desk for students to "borrow." When one died, his Mom thanked me because her son found Christ.

These people kept the tracts and re-read them until the pages were worn and torn.

I love how you used the 10 commandments to show people what sin is.

The Ukrainian version is being used by a missionary organization, Euro Team Outreach (ETO), focusing on isolated villages in the Carpathian mountains.

Late one evening Pastor and Veteran Missionary David Seeley and four other men climbed aboard a motor home in Medford, Oregon and began driving to a Christian conference near Los Angeles, California.

Missionary Tommy Tillman using Chick tracts in Mongolia.

Are we doing all we can to reach the lost with the "good news"? Who's responsibility is it, anyway?

The Christian Law Association reports that they are getting increasingly frequent calls from students in government schools who are being disciplined for sharing their faith with fellow students.

Soul winners who have been restricted in passing out tracts on private property such as shopping malls are turning to "T-Shirt Evangelism."

A Southern Baptist study finds that Christians are often abandoning witnessing. What`s even more interesting is the reasons why.

Church members in Fairbanks, Alaska, "adopt" local streets to spread literature and invite every family to church.

Like most local churches, Calvary Baptist Church of St. Paul, Virginia puts most of its efforts into reaching its own community.

Government officials attempt to circumvent a very basic U.S. Constitutional right.

Frustrated by the loss of members, particularly in Latin America, the Vatican has launched a subtle attack on soul winners.

Muslims in America now number in the millions.

Don't think you have time to witness? Think again. Chick tracts can help you reach even those who think they are "too busy."

Many people see the present situation in the Middle East as a local squabble.

Thirteen members of the U.S. Congress have sent a formal letter to the UN Secretary General requesting that the UN supervise the upcoming presidential elections.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 8-1 that local governments cannot require a permit to do door-to-door witnessing or political campaigning.

Nicholas Wright, a senior at Niceville High School, was suspended for 5 days for distributing religious tracts at school.

Why is America the third most depressed country in the world? The answer, and solution, are simple.

Education Secretary Rod Paige has recently issued new guidance documents detailing religious freedom in the public schools.

Mark Cahill is always looking for a way to turn a conversation into a discussion about eternity. In his new book, The Watchmen, he lets us sit in on some of his intriguing conversations. Here is one of dozens of examples.

Are pastors the only ones obligated to obey the Great Commission?

Did you get saved by reading a Chick Tract? Thousands of people have written to Chick Publications over the years saying that they did.

Giving out tracts on Halloween is easy! They come to you!

David Slone is a youth pastor who has a ministry to kids who live on the streets and in the city dumps of Brazil.

One day, while landscaping at a local car wash business, I overheard three men talking about their heart bypasses...

The London subway bombings and assassination of Van Gogh in Holland are beginning to awaken Europe to the huge Muslim problem there.

"One of the greatest tools in my spiritual arsenal is Chick tracts," writes Evangelist Richard Lee.

If we plant the seed, God will give the increase!

What do peppered moths, ancient horses and the Piltdown man have in common? They are all pillars of evidence of evolution that have crumbled.

The failed prophecies of the Watchtower Society are valuable witnessing points when dealing with Jehovah`s Witnesses.

Jim Neale has developed a new way to get a gospel message to local businesses.

Some missionaries go to mission fields in remote areas; others are called to the cities, like Montreal, Canada.

Fourteen Muslim pilgrims were trampled to death in this year's hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. An estimated 2 million Muslim pilgrims completed this year's annual hajj ritual.

Five years ago, Pastor Jerry Campbell of Abundant Life Baptist Church decided to see what he could do to seed more gospel into his community in rural Indiana.

The anti-religion drive is not so much against all religions, but specifically against biblical Christianity. Most others: Islam, Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc., are tolerated or welcomed into our 'multicultural' society. Tolerance applies to everyone but Jesus.

Some soul winners have been blessed with more than they need and want their surplus to continue winning souls, even after they are called home.

Biblical world watchers such as Dave Hunt and Beit Kjos are sounding the alarm on the recent global turmoil.

You never know where God will ask you to witness!

Here's a testimony from Missionaries Bob and Mari Pecoraro in Finland.

This retired Christian uses a "gunslinger" costume and Chick tract to share Jesus in an old western town.

More even than Christmas or Easter, Halloween is being turned into a major national witnessing opportunity by creative soul winners.

The Boulder Colorado City Council recently allocated $16,000 for a trial run of a "hate hotline" where citizens can report incidents of "hatred" not punishable as a crime.

Video producer Jim Tetlow believes that sometimes you have to get some people lost before you can get them saved.

True stories from our readers show Chick tracts WORK to help you reach people for Jesus.

How to cram homosexuality down "straight America's" throat. It's working.

This week, Spain's parliament voted to join the Netherlands, Belgium, and Canada in making "gay" marriage legal.

Members of a local gay rights organization promoted their message that all men should love one another by smashing a door, damaging a sign and mounting a picket line at the Chick Publications distributor's business in Scotland.

Their control of the schools gives them confidence that the next generation will approve homosexual marriage and just about anything else their 'alternate lifestyle' calls for.

One of the world's leading authorities on religious persecution sees a direct connection between Osama bin Laden's terrorist networks and persecution of Christians in many countries.

Two sinister forces have been working for years to crush the true church. These new DVDs show who they are, and how they are doing it.

Tips for Christians to share Christ with a Muslim.

God gives us opportunities. Who knows what victories the Lord may have in store for you?

Greg Watford has a very effective ministry on the streets of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His story was featured in the January/February 2023 issue of BATTLE CRY. He saw many lounging at the city bus stops killing time before their next ride. Looking for a way to get the gospel in front of more people, he approached them with a handful of tracts, and found them very receptive.

American Humanist Association sues teacher for praying, because of fear that some student might "hear." Imagine that!

"Do Chick tracts work?" At one time or another, every tract passer has asked this question, maybe only to himself.

How I got started really witnessing for Jesus. It all started with giving out tracts, and I found myself growing from there.

True short stories from Christians doing unusual things to share the Gospel.

Some claim that Gospel tracts are a waste of time. These people, who found a tract while near to suicide, beg to differ!

A recent poll finds Americans more 'favorable' to the Bible. Now is the time reach them with Gospel tracts."

In this interview with George Collins, Editor of BATTLE CRY, Jack Chick shares how his ministry began.

'Friendship evangelism' has been encouraged for a couple decades. As a result, higher percentages are not hearing the gospel. Why?

Attorney David Gibbs, Jr., writing in the newsletter for the Christian Law Association, offers some great insight into this issue.

There have always been stories of death-bed agony or ecstasy in the last moments of life. After reading one of our tracts, a soul-winner sent us this true story of what she witnessed.

One soul winner in Australia uses Chick foreign language tracts in a unique way.

Yes, the world has changed! Suddenly, America joins the host of countries where war is on their own soil.

At the age of 6, Chad Bernick got saved and wanted to share Jesus with his best friend, David. He tells the story about how he did it —at public school!

Jack Chick speaks about ecumenicism.

The neighbor girl asked, "Who's the kid?" She knew nothing about Jesus.

People are questioning the world around them. But we have to ask them the most important question of all, 'Is your name in the book of life?'

Navy chaplain faces possible discharge and fines for quoting the bible and praying in Jesus' name during a sermon at a funeral.

A 14-year-old boy, Dennis Lindberg, in Seattle, Washington recently petitioned a judge to allow him to die rather than accept a blood transfusion.

We must use some mass-outreach method of reaching people for Christ. There are too many to speak to speak to them all.

Snapshots from the Summer Olympics in Sidney, Australia show how Chick tracts grab the attention of both young and old.

A recent Portland Oregonian article criticized the Boy Scouts for expelling an atheist assistant scoutmaster and said: "Lambert, who is 19, and has been an atheist since studying evolution in the ninth grade..."

One pastor who works with prison chaplains wrote: "It is riveting and powerful in its no-punches-pulled approach to the full gospel story..."

One teen, whose email name was "SharkAttack," sent us this testimony...

Fifty Thousand tracts later, Dale Detro is still excited about his mission to Putnam County, Indiana.

It's not possible for most of us to go to the mission field but there is a way we can multiply the success of those who do go.

How do you reach a city of 2 million+ with the gospel? After several years of groundwork in Juarez, Mexico, Missionary Tim Urling is on a roll.

When Martin arrived in Mexico in 1961, he prayed for God to show him what tool would be most effective.

Reports from missionaries around the world. Your support of the Chick Mission Fund is reaping much harvest.

The new studies show that children in traditional families have fewer problems.

An extensive list of ways to witness with Chick tracts. Use your imagination!

'While I was lost as far as the Islamic religion is concerned,' he says, 'a born-again Christian put a Bible in my hands, and said —Read.`

How the Netherlands gave up free speech to placate its Muslims. Who is next?

Mark Harding, the founder of The Christian Standard, a Christian publication in Canada alerting believers to attacks on the Christian faith, has spent two days in jail for criticizing Islam.

The new 80-minute gospel video, The Light of the World, is now available on VHS and DVD format.

Christian workers have been telling us for some time that their work among blacks would be much more effective if they had Chick tracts where the characters in the story were black.

Chick customers are highly innovative when it comes to witnessing. Here is one example...

In every crowd there are likely a few who are open to the gospel. Only by sowing gospel seed (tracts) can we hope to find them.

Over and over, Heinze brings his Catholic reader face to face with Bible truth, and the salvation by faith that they have been taught is too simple to be true.

One of the major burdens of Bible believers has always been how to reach God's chosen people, the Jews.

As Christians, when we witness to people, they so often throw lots of questions at us, and they want answers. Now.

Mark Cahill sees only two kinds of people on earth: those who are saved and those who are lost.

Why are the fish always gone?

After reviewing the CLA materials, the city decided that Pastor Stevenson was free to share his faith.

It's all in how you do it. Chick tracts make witnessing easy, and people love to read them.

Even the U.S. government helps in persecuting Christians.

A movie rating of PG has been attached to an upcoming movie, apparently solely because it has a "pro-God theme."

The Pope advances a British cardinal closer to sainthood in a blatant move to bring Britain into the Catholic fold.

Widespread pressure from Southern Baptist members persuaded two SBC leaders to remove their names from the Evangelicals and Catholics Together document, but stated that their attitude toward the subject remained the same.

Prisoners are ripe for the gospel. Chaplain Woody responded to the call over 40 years ago and his ministry is still going strong.

More evidence is surfacing that the public school classrooms are increasingly hostile to traditional American values.

Famous author and Christian educator, R. A. Torrey, admits that he did not, at first, see the value of Gospel tracts.

Is there a terrorist training camp near you? Some of the leaders of America's prison ministries say that there could well be.

Evolutionists speak with great confidence when they toss around dates related to age of earth and fossils.

It's easier to keep our rights to witness on the streets if we use wisdom in how we do it.

Here are some steps you can take to assist your loved one to exit the Watchtower.

It's as easy as 1-7!

Church meets 8000 cruise passengers daily with the Gospel.

"I got to be a missionary for a day when 25,000 Sikhs held a parade in my town."

It doesn't take a big church to have a big vision. First Bible Church of Staten Island New York is proof.

The Chick tract angered him. He cursed and threw it away. But when he died that night eight of his co-workers were shocked into reality and turned to God.

Thousands of copies of "The Light Of The World" video have gone out since it was introduced in October.

Each year, cultures with dominant Roman Catholic influence celebrate a huge bash just before the fast of Lent.

The Christian Law Association is often asked, "How far can I go in witnessing at work?"

Last year several families sent exciting reports to Chick Publications about their experiences using Chick tracts at Halloween.

Pollster George Barna gives poll results showing why the coming generation of Christians is less likely to witness.

Some of those include Tamil, Ukrainian, Afrikaans, Russian, and Romanian.

The Cassini spacecraft that arrived in orbit around Saturn last year has made several discoveries that honest evolutionists will find disturbing.

Know your rights and boundaries before you go out to street preach. - From "Street Preachers' Manual" by Gerald Sutek.

Hate speech laws are gaining momentum but a test case is in court in Philadelphia.

Chaplain Dann finds a surprising way to witness. See how he does it.

Charles Spurgeon's warning about Roman Catholicism has been forgotten by many. It's time to read it again.

My failure as a Christian witness. Don't repeat my mistake!

Jose Cruz stands in the pulpit today proclaiming the power of the gospel, but his path to there was a crooked one.

Daniel Rodriguez, author of Winning the Witnesses, received the following email from a former Jehovah`s Witness.

If you ever wonder whether leaving those tracts around is doing any good, consider this story sent to Chick Publications by Bill H. from Washington state.

Jim lives in Toronto, Canada and has made a specialty of distributing foreign language tracts.

"The first time I saw one of your tracts was in my child's Halloween candy sack. This Was Your Life, I can honestly say, changed my life. It was a step that led to salvation. Praise God!"

Dale Detro is excited about a new tract ministry his church has started...

For everyone who doesn’t want to give out tracts to trick or treaters because you don’t want anything to do with Halloween, this testimony is for you.

Tract veteran shares creative ideas for giving out Chick tracts. It`s fun!

When Paul Karmin set out hitchhiking to see the world in the spring of 1977, he had no idea he would find heaven, instead.

Contributors from 40 states have enabled them to help missionaries in over 40 countries.

Many churches, if they have tracts at all, will only have a rack or table where people can help themselves.

One of the most innovative tract ministries that Chick Publications has heard about is The Fishermen's Club headed up by Jim Neale in Toronto, Canada.

Tim Berends is a Christian radio host and dedicated "tract passer." He is currently focusing his tract ministry on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada, "SinCity" as he calls it.

More ways to use gospel tracts.

November/December

Witnessing ideas from our customers

Witnessing ideas from our customers.

Witnessing ideas from our customers.

Vacation, mass transit,

Here's your chance to be a witness.

Witnessing in difficult or hostile places sometimes requires careful selection of the right tract, and a good idea for presenting it. Tim Berends offers several.

Soul winners write to Chick Publications with tract distribution ideas.

"I have never met a more superstitious, fear-dominated people," writes Bert Craft, missionary in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Read the adventures of a lady cab driver armed with Chick tracts.

Large-scale immigration, whether legal or illegal, offers soul-winners a huge opportunity. These people have come here... let's reach them for Christ!

"It is possible I never would have become a Mormon if only I had known Galatians 1:8-9."

Homosexual rights activists are literally dancing in the streets (of San Francisco) celebrating the Supreme Court's ruling striking down the Texas law against sodomy.

The US Postal Service has issued a clarification of regulations for mail and parcels sent to military personnel stationed in Muslim countries.

Chick Publications receives a continuous stream of reports from missionaries and soul winners using Chick foreign language tracts in other countries.

The ultimate test of any religion is its view of Jesus.

Christians share stories and one-liners that show what they say to people to encourage them to accept a gospel tract. They make it easy!

One of the most controversial films to come out of Hollywood is Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ."

A recent brochure by the Christian Educators Assn, Intl (CEAI). lays out guidelines for parents and students showing exactly where they stand in a possible dispute with school officials.

An excerpt from "One Heartbeat Away", a great witnessing tool to promote discussion with anyone not sure of their eternal destiny.

When Christians get sloppy about the Great Commission, big changes come to the nation. It`s not too late!

Is your church doing what it takes to grow?

Author Mark Cahill says that the "two biggest reasons that people do not share their faith is that they are scared to get rejected and they don't know how."

How can we tell if the doctrines of the Jehovah's Witnesses are true?

If you don't see the people you witness to getting saved right away, don't give up on them. Keep them in prayer.

Pollster George Barna finds "born again" young people are not likely to witness to their friends. Will this be the "last generation?"

The people in the U.S. are a nation of "drifters," according to a recent report by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

When you are witnessing at a mall and security is getting insistent, you might be successful in suggesting using the table approach.

We have all heard the horror stories of people being harassed and even arrested for witnessing in public places and this tends to make us wary about sharing our faith.

Inspiring parents and kids to keep winning souls even when school's back in session!

Ideas to share Christ with friends and family in your home.

Shopping presents so many easy witnessing opportunities. Here are some ideas.

You will meet many of these people only once! Don't let them down.

Big events, attended by thousands are great opportunities to get a gospel message to a lot of people in a hurry.

"Germany is forcing poor women to work in the sex business or lose their benefits..."

Amazing Grace Tract Fellowship is gearing up to fund tracts for witnessing teams at the World Cup Soccer matches in Europe this summer.

One of the impending dangers of the drive by homosexuals for acceptance and approval is showing up in the pressure on legislators to enact hate speech laws.

Why cartoon Chick tracts can make it easy and fun to witness for Christ.

"Just keep giving out the Word," says Richard Zawadzki. "You never know what God will do with it!"

Where do you stand with the law when you take the gospel to the streets?

Where do you stand with the law when you take the gospel to the streets?