do you have extra Bibles sitting around your house?

Susan Olasky in World with a useful idea in putting the Word to more profitable use...

Michigan-based Christian Resources International (CRI)'s...Operation Bare Your Bookshelf allows you to send used Bibles in good condition to people who need them overseas. For $11 you can mail a package weighing up to 4 pounds directly abroad, to someone who has requested a Bible, using an address label and customs form prepared by CRI.

...it's also possible for people with lots of Bibles and other Christian materials to mail them via cheaper "media mail" to CRI's warehouse. There, volunteers organize and process the materials, making them available to missionaries who come through or sending them by container to partner groups around the world....

In Oregon, Jerry Kingery works out of his home, directing the Bible Foundation, a networking organization that promotes Bible drives across the country...

If you have a Bible that you love that is falling apart, you probably want to fix it, not get rid of it. J. Mark Bertrand understands....