Matthew Coley Ministry

Matthew Coley Ministry

Grace goes before.

“We love him, because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19

God is already at work in people before anyone hands them a Bible. This ministry just carries the boxes, putting His Word in the hands He's been preparing.

29Bibles in hands
70On the shelf
1Old Bibles rescued
$0Given
$197.45Spent on Bibles
Put a Bible in someone's hands

Not one dollar goes in my pocket.

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Every gift buys Bibles. Bibles, devotionals, and the tax and shipping to get them here. Nothing else.
2
Every receipt is posted. The actual receipt from the actual store, the day it's logged.
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Every penny is accounted for. Money in, money out, and what's left. Check the math yourself.
Given$0.00
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Spent from gifts$0.00
=
Waiting to buy Bibles$0.00

I earn my living fixing houses. This ministry doesn't pay me. The first $197.45 of Bibles came out of my own pocket, so it's shown separately and not counted against your gifts.

Proof

The receipts

Every order, as it came. Addresses and card numbers are blacked out; everything else is untouched. Cost per book includes tax and shipping.

Receipt for order CS888726
ChurchSource #CS888726Oct 17, 2026
  • 3 × NIV The Story (hardcover)$4.60 ea
  • 80 × NIV Economy Bible (paperback)$2.30 ea
Total paid$197.45

Paid by Matthew

Seed order. Matthew bought the first books with his own money before the page opened.

Next order

The next case

NIV Economy Bible (paperback) come 40 to a case, about $2.30 each with tax and shipping.

0 of 40 funded

Ready to hand out

On the shelf

  • NIV Economy Bible (paperback)68
  • NIV The Story (hardcover)1
  • Rescued Bibles (restored, ready to go)1

Give

Put a Bible in someone's hands.

$3 buys one Bible, tax and shipping included.

Where your gift goes: into Bibles, and nowhere else. It shows up in the ledger below, and so does the receipt for what it buys. Gifts aren't tax-deductible; this is a personal ministry, not a 501(c)(3).

Old for New

Trade in a worn-out Bible.

Give up a worn-out Bible for good, and take home a new one as the shelf allows.

1Old Bibles rescued
0Trade-ins so far

$25 replaces a worn-out Bible with a new large-print one.

A letter from Matthew

Before I knew

Friend,

For two years I kept buying Bibles. A few at a time, a box here and there. People asked why, and I couldn’t tell them. I didn’t know.

Then one day I handed one to a stranger, and I understood. God had been getting me ready the whole time.

That’s grace. Not just the grace that meets us when we finally turn to Him, but the grace that goes before us. Theologians call it prevenient grace: God working in us before we ask, before we understand, before we even know we need Him. He was in it long before I was.

It still amazes me. He doesn’t wait for us to have it figured out.

So this is His ministry, not mine. I just carry the boxes. Every Bible handed out here is grace going ahead of someone else, landing in hands He’s already been preparing.

Welcome. Take a look around, and if you feel led, help me put one more in someone’s hands.

— Matthew

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Everything

The ledger

Newest first. Gifts in, orders out, Bibles given.

  1. Oct 17, 2026 ChurchSource #CS888726: 3 × NIV The Story (hardcover), 80 × NIV Economy Bible (paperback) (paid by Matthew) · receipt −$197.45
  2. Oct 17, 2026 Gave 12 × NIV Economy Bible (paperback) · Handed out before the page opened 12 Bibles
  3. Oct 17, 2026 Gave 2 × NIV The Story (hardcover) · Handed out before the page opened 2 Bibles
  4. Oct 17, 2026 Gave 15 × Bibles from Matthew's own collection · Handed out before the page opened Bibles Matthew bought over two years before he knew why. Now in new hands. 15 Bibles
  5. Oct 17, 2026 Rescued 1 old Bible (1 ready for a second life) · Headed for the trash. Being restored to be handed out again. +1 Bible

Welcome

Before I knew

Friend,

For two years I kept buying Bibles. A few at a time, a box here and there. People asked why, and I couldn’t tell them. I didn’t know.

Then one day I handed one to a stranger, and I understood. God had been getting me ready the whole time.

That’s grace. Not just the grace that meets us when we finally turn to Him, but the grace that goes before us. Theologians call it prevenient grace: God working in us before we ask, before we understand, before we even know we need Him. He was in it long before I was.

It still amazes me. He doesn’t wait for us to have it figured out.

So this is His ministry, not mine. I just carry the boxes. Every Bible handed out here is grace going ahead of someone else, landing in hands He’s already been preparing.

Welcome. Take a look around, and if you feel led, help me put one more in someone’s hands.

— Matthew