About Keep Believing Ministries
Our Two Major Activities
1) Book Depot
We have established a Book Depot in Chicago for the free distribution of the book An Anchor for the Soul. The books are being donated for:
Prison Ministry
Military Ministry
Disaster Relief
General Missionary Outreach
2) Internet Resource Center
The Keep Believing website includes a daily weblog, links to a wide variety of Christian resources, 800 full-text sermons available for free downloads, several hundred shorter articles, and a free weekly sermon that goes by email to over 6800 people in America and around the world. The weblog provides a Comment section where readers can interact on topics ranging from biblical topics to current events to issues of personal concern. The website also has a feedback form that allows readers to submit questions, comments and feedback. Our goal is to deliver relevant, practical, helpful biblical content in an easily accessible format.
“Equipping and encouraging people to keep believing in Jesus”
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13).
We are called to spread hope in a world that lives without it. The phrase “keep believing” suggests at least three important parts of our calling:
1) What we believe determines who we are and what we do.
2) In Jesus Christ there is something worth believing eternally.
3) We are called to keep believing in Jesus and to encourage others to do the same.
In keeping with those points, all of our ministries and projects focus around evangelism and encouragement. The 21st century offers unique opportunities and unparalleled challenges for the church of Jesus Christ. We are not attempting to build a large organization that will compete with other ministries. We would rather focus on meeting needs in a few key areas at a time. We serve local churches and the body of Christ worldwide by offering practical tools and relevant resources for effective ministry. We minister to church leaders, Christians in the marketplace, students, the hurting, new believers and those seeking to know God. We believe God blesses our efforts as we maintain a spirit of unity, humility, generosity and integrity.
Our core values
- Living intentionally
- Ministering as a team
- Encouraging believers everywhere we go
- Moving forward by prayer
- Doing all things with financial integrity
- Cooperation, not competition
- Helping, not always leading
- Empowering others to serve the Lord
Keep Believing Ministries
P.O. Box 257
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Statement of Faith
* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
* We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his miracles, in his vicarious and atoning death through his shed blood, in his bodily resurrection, in his ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in his personal return in power and glory.
* We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Board of Directors
Brian Bill, Senior Pastor, Pontiac (IL) Bible Church
Bert Duncan, Physician, Tupelo, MS
Peter Faulkner, North American Regional Director, The Mailbox Club, Valdosta, GA
David Hoy, Attorney, Oak Brook, IL
Doreen Mahlstedt, Web Design and Print Services, Toledo, IN
Warren “Skip” Olson, Sales Consultant, Lombard, IL
Ray Pritchard, President, Keep Believing Ministries, Tupelo, MS
Cliff Raad, Forest Park, IL
MaryAnn Spiegel, Attorney, Elmhurst, IL
Board of Reference
Pastor, Faith Bible Church, Vineland, NJ
Rev. H.B. Charles, Jr.
Senior Pastor, Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL
Rev. Timothy Fung
Pastor Emeritus, Chinese Bible Church, Oak Park, IL
Butch Henderson
Congregational Consultant, Birmingham (AL) Baptist Association
Dr. Greg Kuehn
Senior Pastor, Sierra Bible Church, Reno, NV
Wayne Lewis
Vice President of Donor Development and Director of Word of Life Family Campground
Kevin McCullough
Talk-Show Host, Baldwin-McCullough Radio Experience, New York City; Author, The Musclehead Revolution
Dr. Andy McQuitty
Senior Pastor, Irving Bible Church, Irving, TX
Minneapolis, MN
Dr. David Olford
Stephen Olford Professor of Expository Preaching, Union University
Dr. Jerry Rose
President and Chairman of the Board, Total Living Network, Chicago, IL
Janet Parshall
Host, Janet Parshall’s America, Washington, DC
Dr. Ramesh Richard
President, Ramesh Richard Evangelism and Church Health (RREACH);
Professor, Dallas Theological Seminary
Tim Wildmon
President, American Family Association, Tupelo, MS
Dr. Everett Van Reken
Retired Physician, Former Missionary to China, Lombard, IL
Dr. Ray Pritchard serves as president of Keep Believing Ministries. He has ministered extensively overseas in China, Bolivia, Columbia, Paraguay, Belize, Haiti, Nigeria, Switzerland, Russia, India and Nepal. He is a frequent conference speaker and guest on Christian radio and television talk shows. He has written 27 books, including Stealth Attack, Fire and Rain, The Healing Power of Forgiveness, An Anchor for the Soul, The Incredible Journey of Faith, The ABCs of Wisdom, Leadership Lessons of Jesus (with Bob Briner), Why Did This Happen to Me?, and Credo: Believing in Something to Die For.
For 26 years he pastored churches in Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago. Most recently he pastored Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL for sixteen years. He is a graduate of Tennessee Temple University (B.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.) and Talbot School of Theology (D.Min.). He has been married to Marlene for 37 years. Their three sons (Josh, Mark and Nick) have spent time in recent years teaching English in China. Josh and Leah were married in July 2006. They have one son, Knox, who was born in August 2010. Mark and Vanessa were married in July 2007. They have one son, Eli, who was born in July 2011. His hobbies include biking, surfing the Internet, anything related to the Civil War, and playing with Dudley and Gary, their very excellent basset hounds.
Visitor Comments:
July 15, 2010, 11:58 PM Shirley Putman says: | |
 | Thank you for having a nice Christain Website.I am on oxygen 24/7 and Have a chronic lung disease in both lungs.Pray for me always cause some days it is very hard for me to get out.Especially in this heat.I go to church.I am a true believer in jesus christ and baptised in the name of jesus christ for my sins.I try to tell a lot of people of jesus and about getting saved.This is the main thing in life.I have a lot of friends lost and family to that need to get saved.So always pray for them too.Thanks for your blessing here in my reading.In Christ**Shirley Putman-in NC |
August 15, 2010, 8:07 PM Gideon says: | |
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| hello, im a young pastor here in the Philippine valleys, your ministries here in the net is helping me very much, wanna thank you! And may God bless you more! I keep on Believing Too! |
January 6, 2011, 7:00 AM Values says: | |
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| Hi, I am a pastor from Port Elizabeth South Africa. I came across your semons on the faithfulness of God. They look amazing and I just LOVE your core values. Obviously I had to check them and your statement of faith :) So encouraging, love it!!!! |
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