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Books Are Never Neutral
Earlier this month, Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of children’s books, released their annual “Read with Pride Guide”. Adorned with bright, crayon-colored and kid-friendly graphics, much of the 12 page document is deeply concerning. However, there is one statement with which I wholeheartedly (albeit ironically) agree. “Books and literature are never neutral,” reads the guide.The Westminster Bookstore exists because we believe books are among the greatest tools at our disposal for rooting the Church in truth, shaping affections for Christ, strengthening character and relationships, and ultimately growing our usefulness in Kingdom ministry. Indeed the converse is also true. “How great a forest can be set ablaze” (James 3:5) by a book which contains the serpent's subtle twisting of the truth.

Our Best Year Ever
As our Fiscal Year comes to a close in June, I wanted to share some highlights from the past year and invite you to prayerfully consider supporting our “printistry”. Over the last 12 months we've distributed books and bibles to more churches and families than ever before in our 21 year history. 350,000 resources were shipped to 11,471 zip codes across North America. 68,500 individual orders were delivered. We welcomed more than 1.5M+ visits to our website, hosted 10 pop-up conference bookstores, and served 30 schools with curated book fairs in partnership with Storyglory Kids. As a team we prayed for 857 customers by name during our morning prayer huddle. We launched 84 new titles through our weekly email newsletter, and our subscriber list grew by nearly 15,000 names. 4 new titles were published by Westminster Seminary Press. And overall, revenue increased by more than 18%. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

A Growing Need to Fuel Growth
“Till now the Lord has helped us,” (1 Samuel 7:12). He has given us exponential growth and new opportunities from which we can draw much encouragement. And yet the Lord has also seen fit to put enough challenges in our way to remain daily dependent on His provision. Our margins have never been slimmer, squeezed by significant increases in expenses. Amazon has begun lowering book prices across the board to deep discounts we’ve not seen from them in over a decade. If you have been blessed by our ministry, and share our conviction that books are a powerful tool in the life of the church, would you prayerfully consider giving to fuel our continued growth?