Early Project History:
 

Project Founder:
Jim Barclay, a Seventh-day Adventist layman from the Illinois Conference, was looking for a soul-winning method that could employ hundreds of thousands of lay-people across the United States. As he prayed, God inspired him with the idea of taking the gospel to the masses through the bulk-mailing of gospel literature. Thus PROJECT: Steps to Christ was born. Jim and his wife, Connie, directed the project from 1976 until 1992, when Jim fell asleep in Jesus.

To Every Man's Door By Jim Barclay

I want you to know that it is a genuine pleasure for me to talk with you as a lay person about our responsibilities to God as they relate to our mission to the world. In Matthew 24:14 is one example in the Bible of the basic instruction God has given us about our mission. You will observe that the instruction is general—not specific. This church, however, has been greatly blessed by the work Ellen White did for us under God's direction. The specific instruction she has given us greatly clarifies our mission responsibilities.  Read more...

The Launching of a Miracle By Jim Barclay

To proclaim the gospel to 1,000,000 homes in the city of Chicago requires significant resources. We have partially recognized this in our three-year effort to raise $170,000 to cover the direct costs. There are other resources also required, but the most significant one is our time. God has given to each of us an equal share of time each day. He also gives us a challenge to use a part of that day to carry the gospel to someone who has not had the privilege of hearing it. Read more...