Tracts are creative, short-form gospel presentations, convenient to use and economical to produce and distribute. They’ve been used by Christians since the 13th century and continue to aid in outreach efforts around the globe to this day.
Crossway, originally known as Good News Publishers, was founded in 1938 through the evangelistic ministry of Clyde and Muriel Dennis, two people who cared deeply about the advance of the gospel. The Dennis family found that tracts could have a unique and strategic role to play in the work of evangelism, printing over 50 million during World War II alone.
Crossway continues to distribute 16 million tracts annually to ministries and individuals actively sharing the gospel. The simple truth is that God still uses tracts today!
If you haven’t used tracts before and aren’t sure how to use them, here are some tips to get started:
- Tracts are tools best used as an outgrowth of relationship, not in place of relationship.
- Know your audience; choose a design and an approach that fits with the person you’re talking to.
- When leaving a tract at a restaurant, be generous and thoughtful with the tip amount. Remember that for many servers, you’re representing Christianity as a whole. Use the opportunity to reflect God’s grace and generosity.
- Tracts are strategic tools, but they aren’t comprehensive. Be ready with other resources such as Christian books to help answer the additional questions that come up.
- Have your Bible or Bible app close by; ready to read the Word of God with the people you’re caring for.
- Pray for the people you share with consistently and, on occasion, let them know that you’re praying for them
- Follow up with the person you’re sharing with and help them find a church.
What an opportunity we have share the good news with the world around us. Please join us in prayerfully considering how God might use you in someone’s life today.
“And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’”— Matthew 28:18-20
For more information on tract resources visit Crossway.org/Tracts or contact: tracts@crossway.org.
Hi, I was looking around your website and glanced at a couple of your tracts. I think the one called “10 reasons Jesus came to die” should be reconsidered. I started reading the full text (from your site)and the first one listed (#10) is stretching the scriptures. Ephesians 2:14-… is talking about Jews and Gentiles, not the different races. The separation of Jew and Gentile is not based on race, it is based on their general “standing” with God. Though Jews are typically one race and Gentiles are all the other races. Saying this, I also can see how us sinful humans (Jew or Gentile) could turn this into something like what the tract is presenting, but that is not what the scriptures are saying. I would also like to hear your thoughts on this so please leave a followup comment or email me.
Comment by freeslave92 — October 12, 2012 @ 10:50 pm
Dear all;
my name is Abraham mulatu i am living in Ethiopia Addis ababa i want ask tract
Comment by abraham — November 13, 2012 @ 12:41 pm
Found your tract Jesus & Qur’an one of the best tracts I have ever seen for Islamic people. Well done. I would like a supply of these to use in the UK and Ireland. Can U let me know where I can get them thanks? God bless your staff and Labours for Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Son of God who gave himself for us.
Comment by John Foster — November 30, 2012 @ 6:40 am
i am in need of tracts to share the Gospel of Christ with Bengali workers around our area. I am living in Kerala state, india.
Can u help me by sending few valuable Bengali/Hindi tracts?
Thanks you
Comment by thomas mathew — January 30, 2013 @ 8:33 am
need tracts for homeless pple and abused woman
Comment by ola — February 6, 2013 @ 12:27 pm
God bless your organization for the work of God. I will like to have tracks for evangelism in my locality in Nigeria, thanks. I shall expect your response
Comment by John Adeyemo — March 31, 2013 @ 4:40 pm
I need as many as you can provide – Bible tracts for distribution.
Comment by Nicholas Onsomu Oyaro — April 25, 2013 @ 2:01 am
Send some hindi christian tracts
Comment by Dhiraj kumar jal — April 27, 2013 @ 11:24 pm
l am nay lin aung. I live in Myanmar
Comment by Nay Lin Aung — May 5, 2013 @ 11:37 pm