Scripture Union Annual Report 2013-14

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Frank Taylor

SU USA Board Chairman

Whitney T. Kuniholm

SU USA President

Executive Committee:

Frank Taylor, Chairman

Steven Ross, Vice Chairman

E.J. Rittersbach, Secretary

D. Christopher Miller, Treasurer

Frank Barker

James J. Bowman

Bradley DeForest

Patricia Dunbar

William T. Ensslen

Paula George

Gil Peirce

Betty Purchase

Eduardo Ramirez

Sara Robertson

Allen Swann

David Young

SU USA Board of Directors

Dear Friend of Scripture Union,

We are grateful for Gods wondrous works through the ministry of Scripture Union in our annual report

for the scal year July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. In this report, youll nd a summary and highlights of

Scripture Unions activities during that period.

Bible engagement, helping people of all ages to read and live Gods Word, the Bible, is the focal point of all

we do. For adults, the main vehicles for promoting this engagement are The Essential Programs

(The Essential 100, The Essential Jesus, and The Essential Questionprograms) and the daily Bible reading

guides,Discovery andEncounter with God.As youll read in this report, these programs continue, by Gods

grace, to be used to bring people into Gods Word and closer to him. In particular, we experienced 27%

growth in the nation-wide impact of Scripture Unions ministry, largely through the customization of

The Essential JesusBible reading planners for the Son of God feature-length movie.

For children, SUs Bible engagement programs are SuperKids, SUs summer outreach ministry, and

PrimeTime, our after school outreach. Both reach primarily urban, at-risk children with Gods Good News

in Jesus. They continue to grow and touch many young lives for Gods glory.

Indeed, God blessed us in many ways, not the least of which was nancially. An audited nancial statement

is available on request.

So we present this report with grateful hearts to God for the successes of the past year and for the continuing

privilege of declaring his glory in the year ahead.

Frank Taylor Whitney T. Kuniholm

SU USA Board Chairman SU USA President

Scripture Union USA P.O. Box 215 Valley Forge, PA 19481-0215 www.ScriptureUnion.org


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BIBLEMINISTRY

Customized Essenal Jesus Resources

In December 2013, Scripture Union was

commissioned to provide

customized The Essenal JesusBible

Engagement resources for the Son ofGod movie. The resources became part

of a Curriculum Package that was made

available to churches. So, SU customized

200,000 copies of The Essenal Jesus

Bible Reading Planners and Bookmarks

and stock ran out before the movie was

released.

Bible Reading Help Provided for US Military

Scripture Union connues to supply Bible

reading resources to members of the US

military. In partnership with the American Bible

Society, the E100 Bible reading plan has been

provided to over 250,000 soldiers and their

families. In addion, SU sends 3,000-4,000

free copies of Discovery and Encounter with God

to soldiers.

Bible Guides: Backbone of Bible Engagement Ministry

I just wanted to say that I have been using your magazine for 5 years

this coming summer. I love it! A friend got me hooked when I was 32

and I got a few others to join with me.

Encounter With God is the best daily devoonal I have ever had.

I am so glad I discovered it. I appreciate the history background to the

passage as well as the spiritual applicaon.

Since 1959, Scripture Union Bible Guides, originally known as

Notes, have helped individuals meet God every day through the

Bible and prayer. Learning the ways that we have helped

never gets old.

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BIBLEMINISTRY

Digital Bible Engagement

I am among the daily readers from Kenya, Trans Zoia County. Thank [you], SU USA

Pastor Paulo k.Cheboiywo via Facebook

As the world relies more and

more on the internet and onlineservices, Scripture Union has

developed ways to encourage

people to meet God daily via

email, an app, social media and

the Essenal Bible Blog.Encounter

with Godand Discoveryboth

go out each day via email to

8,637 subscribers. In this format,

each days Bible passage and

commentary are also broadcasted

via Twier and Facebook pages,

which increases the daily reach to

more than 10,560.

SU President Whitney T. Kuniholm contributes quarterly posts to EssenalBibleBlog.com

that are distributed via our email distribuon lists. Fresh content, delivered in an easy

going style pack a punch in nurturing a Bible Reading habit. Topics this year covered Top

10 Bible Myths and a video introducon to The Essenal Queson, among others.

Bible Guide App: Essenal Daily

The Essenal Dailyis the perfect follow-up to

connue the Bible reading habit aer

parcipang in an Essenal Program.

Essenal Daily is a daily Bible reading guide for

individuals who want to know God beer. It

provides clear Bible explanaon and praccal

applicaon for the average person. Each days

reading covers 10-15 verses. Essenal Dailycovers representave porons of every Bible book in a four-year cycle.

Both the tablet and smartphone versions of the Essenal Daily web app are available

for free. They work on both the iOS (Apple) and Android mobile devices.

Digital

33%

Print

66%

Social Media

1%

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Digital 244,538

Print 527,762

Social Media 7,232

People Reached: July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014


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BIBLEMINISTRY

SU Resources, Your Bible Engagement Partner!

Scripture Union is pleased to announce the launch of ScriptureUnionResources.com,

our newest website, completely redesigned with user-friendly navigaon. Updated

product pages contain informaon about exisng and new products. Complete

program informaon gives an overview of each program and how it works, while

individual product graphics, highlights and links to the store ease the user experience.

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CHILDRENSMINISTR

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Bible Engagement for Children

SuperKidsprovides an opportunity for children to be safe and not in the streets.

It also gives them tools how to handle situaons in the streets.

Rebecca, SK Volunteer

Engaging children with the Bible has been the inspiraon for Scripture Union since

its incepon the summer of 1867. That was when a young Brish oce worker,

Josiah Spiers, took children from his Sunday School to a special meeng of hundreds

of children. The children were lively and enjoying themselves and seemed to under-

stand the Bible teachings. Spiers was greatly impressed with this informal and eec-

ve approach to ministry to children. He soon began holding regular services of his

own for children with aendance in the hundreds as The Childrens Special Service

Mission (CSSM), which later became Scripture Union.

SuperKids Programs

I had a lot of fun, it was something dierent every day. Kira

I like the games and the Bible worksheets.Ian

I really like singing songs!--Diego

SuperKids Missions meet for 5 to 10 days to reach kids with the Good News

of Jesus using our SuperKids curriculums. In the summer of 2014, SuperKids

programs reached 6,683 kids at 125 program sites and volunteers were trained to

teach Good News to You through the SuperKids Gospel of Luke.

A SuperKids survey was commissioned summer 2014 as a follow-up to the 2010-2011

Barna Survey. The 2014 ndings revealed that 92% of children surveyed felt that what

they liked the most about SuperKids

was that they felt more loved by

God and that they had learned new

things about Jesus (77%).

Even more encouraging, 85% de-

scribed that because of SuperKids

they want to read the Bible and

that they believe the Bible is true

(62%). None of the children thought

the Bible was boring.

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PrimeTime Program

PrimeTime is a faith-

based aer school program

jointly developed with The

Salvaon Army. Aimed at

children 6-12 years old,

the uniqueness of this

childrens Bible engage-

ment program is that it was

carefully wrien for reach-

ing children who are not

familiar with the Bible.

During 2013-2014, Prime-

Time aer-school outreach

programs expanded its

reach to at-risk children.

Programs were added in

Pennsylvania, Massachuses, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Texas and Colorado and

resulted in 84 programs ministering to 3,482 children between 1st and 6th grades.

SuperKids is a good foundaon for children to learn about the Bible. It is great to see

children from the neighborhood that dont normally come to our church.

Bernice, SK Volunteer

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Reaching Children through Regional Ministry

Scripture Unions Regional Ministry carries out the vision and mission of Scripture

Union through organizing programs and training volunteers in three major ministry

areas: school year outreach to children through PrimeTime, the faith-based aerschool program, SuperKids, the summer outreach to children outside the orbit of

the church, and through The Essenal 100 Program.

Northeast Region

In The Northeast Region,

PrimeTime programs had

a strong representaon

through New York City

and the surrounding area,

extended as far as Avril,

Massachuses on the

border of New Hampshire.

A Partnership with

Salvaon Army connues

to expand horizons and

launch new ventures, bothnaonally and regionally.

In the Northeast Region

PrimeTime programs that

meet at Salvaon Army

facilies through New York

and New Jersey averaged

70 to 100 children in

aendance.

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Mid Atlanc Region

In the Mid-Atlanc Region, the number

of SuperKids programs nearly doubled

in 2014. The Mid-Atlanc Region also

expanded its PrimeTime programming

this year in partnership with Whiz-Kids

Tutoring when 1st-3rd graders are tutored

in math and reading for an hour. At the

conclusion of Tutor Time, the children

parcipate in Club Time, in which they

learn all about following Jesus.


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M

INISTRYOVERVIEW

Ministry Overview4 Quarters Ending June 30, 2014

Essenal Programs

80%

Childrens Programs

1 %

Other Programs

8%

Bible Guides

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Bible Guides 66,095

Essenal Programs 648,790

Childrens Programs 10,030

Other Programs 64,648

Digital 244,538

Print 527,762

Social Media 7,232

Total # of People Reached last 12 months = 789,5639

Digital

33%

Print

66%

Social Media1%


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FINANCIALOVERVIEW

Financial Overview

Scripture Union is supported by the prayers and nancial support of its many

members and partners. As such, we voluntarily submit to the highest standards of

nancial management, integrity and ethical conduct in all areas of our ministry and

have been a member in the ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability)

since its incepon over 30 years ago and an annual independent nancial audit.

SUs audited nancial statements are available on request by emailing

[email protected] or calling 1-800-621-LAMP (5267)

The following charts and gures present the income and expenses

show that Scripture Union ended the scal year in the black by

$61,266. We have much to thank God for as we move into the

ministry year ahead.

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FINANCIALOVERVIEW

Grants and Special

Projects

23%

Internaonal Support25%

Constuent and

Member Gifs

23%

Field Support

16%

Bible and Program

Sales

13%

Income for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2014

$2,575,499

Expenses for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2014

$2,514,233

Fundraising

9%

General and Admin

7%

Bible Engagement

37%

Children and Field

19%

Internaonal

28%

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INTERNATIONALMINIST

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Global Fellowship: Scripture Union Internaonal

Since its incepon in 1867, Scripture Union has grown to more than 130

Movements worldwide. In 2017, SU will celebrate its 150th Anniversary. In

2014, the framework from which SU Movements have operated since 1959

were reassessed, reiterated, and repurposed to Maximize mission, strengthen

Movements, and reect the Kingdom. This framework included new principles for

governance, stang and fundraising in order to enable SU do more and greater

ministry on into the 21st Century.

We look forward to 2015 and all that God has for us.

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E100 is great because its the

one Bible reading program

people love to complete.

Doug Fields

Scripture Union made merealize the importance of the

Word of God.

Luis Palau

I highly recommendEncounter with God from

Scripture Union.

Tony Dungy

I am totally, completely andforever a Scripture Union man.

Bil ly Graham

Scripture Union P.O. Box 215 Valley Forge, PA 19481-0215

1-800-621-5267 www.ScriptureUnion.org

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