Once again we give thanks to God for financially providing for Reformed Believers Publishing (RBP) for another year. It has been a fruitful year, mailing thirteen more issues of Sword and Shield free of charge to the reader. Depending on the number of pages per issue, the average cost of typesetting, printing, and mailing each issue is about $5,000.

The primary source of income to support the publishing and mailing of Sword and Shield comes from gifts. The other sources of income are from a few people who pay for subscriptions to the magazine and from the sales of bound volumes of Sword and Shield. The total income for the last fiscal year was $85,637.08. Of that amount $79,568.76 came from donations. The printing and typesetting costs for the last fiscal year amounted to $65,039.33. As noted in the secretary’s report, this past year the board approved spending over $12,000 to update the RBP website to make it more searchable. Website design, postage, and administrative expenses totaled $21,148.28, leaving RBP with a fiscal-year deficit of $4,007.66. The current balance on hand is $28,017.85, which is enough to publish and mail about four or five more issues.

As the retiring treasurer, this is the last time that it is my duty to ask you to consider giving to this worthy cause. I pass that responsibility over to Doug Mingerink, who is the new treasurer. So please consider RBP in your year-end giving. Donations can be made online at the website of Reformed Believers Publishing, and donations can be mailed to the RBP office at 325 84th St SW, Suite 102, Byron Center, MI 49315.

Thank you.