Free Baptist Bible Correspondence: Courses By Mail

Over the next six months, a rhythm formed. Carlos would complete a lesson (usually at 2 AM after a long haul) and drop it in a highway mailbox. Ten days later, a new packet would arrive, marked with Thomas’s neat handwriting in the margin: “Good answer on page 4. Now read John 14.”

Under “How did you hear about this course?” she had written: free baptist bible correspondence courses by mail

A week later, a thick envelope arrived. Inside was a certificate of completion, a small New Testament, and a letter. Thomas had written: Over the next six months, a rhythm formed

The Postmark That Changed Everything

“Brother Wade, I gave my life to Christ last Tuesday. I pulled over outside of Junction, Texas, and prayed in the truck. I wanted you to be the first to know. What do I do now?” Now read John 14

One Tuesday, while fueling up at a truck stop, he saw a tattered flyer pinned under a payphone. It read: “Do you have questions about the Bible? No internet? No problem. Free Baptist Bible Courses by Mail. Lesson 1: ‘Where Do We Go When We Die?’ Write to: Elder Thomas Wade, Box 42, Liberty, KY.” Carlos ripped off the bottom tab. It felt old-fashioned, even silly. But that night, alone in his cab with the hum of the refrigerator, he wrote a short note: “I don’t know anything about the Bible. But I’m scared I’m going to the wrong place. Send the first lesson.” Two weeks later, in Liberty, Kentucky, 74-year-old Thomas Wade sorted through the day’s mail at his kitchen table. He had run this ministry for 22 years, ever since his eyesight got too poor to pastor a full church. He had 114 active students—inmates, nursing home residents, deployed soldiers, and people like Carlos.