[Faith-talk] Resources of Christian Materials for the Blind

[Debbie]

Since I received several requests for this info, I'm posting it to the list.

I've tried to double-check phone numbers, but can't guarantee all are correct, but this is a list of places I found earlier today.  I deleted duplicate listings from the website.

Below are organizations that have materials for the blind and for those who use braille. Most are Christian organizations, but some are secular. 

Please send any updates to 
ken at missionresources.com


American Bible Society.
Braille Bibles and video cassette recordings of signed Bibles. 
American Bible Society 
1865 Broadway, 
New York, NY 10023. 
Phone: 800-248-6571 (orders) 
Phone: (888) 596-6296

URL: 
http://www.americanbible.org
Markets the Bible on cassette tape, large print and in Braille.


Bartemeus Library for the Blind
3607 Woodbine Lane
Brooklyn Center, MN 55429
Phone: (612) 561-6955
Lending library of Christian books

Audio Scriptures International
16980 Vea Tazon, Ste. 280
PO Box 28417
San Diego, CA 92198
(619) 673-0867
Has Scripture on cassette in over 250 languages. 
http://www.goshen.net/AudioScriptures
Bible on tape in many languages and other special interest tapes in a few languages

Audio Scripture Ministries
Scripture Distribution 
Resource Center 
PO Box 460634
Escondido, CA 92046-0634 USA
Voice: (1) 760 745 8105

http://millennianet.com/asm/index.htm
asm-ca at xc.org
We offer the New Testament in Russian, 1876 Synod version, the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of John. We also offer an audio cassette recording in Russian entitled "The Greatest Person Who Ever Lived." This is selected passages from the four gospels and is an account of Jesus' life on earth. Also, a recording entitled "God's Powerful Savior" taken from the Gospel of Luke.

Audio Scripture Ministries
International Headquarters
760 Waverly Road
Holland, MI 49423 USA
USA Toll Free: 1-800-333-1616

http://millennianet.com/asm/index.htm
email: 
ASM-MI at xc.org

Aurora Ministries/Bible Alliance, Inc.
P.O. Box 621
Bradenton, FL 34206
Phone: (941) 748-3031
Email: 
aurora at auroraministries.org
Distributes free Bibles and Bible study materials on cassette tape to blind persons. Materials are available in several languages.

Bible Tapes
5564 Rising Sun Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19120
Cassette tape version of the King James Version of the Bible available at reasonable cost.

Bibles for the Blind and Visually Handicapped International 
3408 Rosehill RD.
Terre Haute, IN 47805
(812) 466-4899
The Bible in braille is available in 15 different languages.
While we do not have the Bible in Russian braille, we do have available a small booklet in Russian braille entitled: "A Would-Be Suicide" that tells of the salvation experience of a famous musician. If you would be interested in one or more copies of this, please let us know.
Mrs. Suzie Reedy
Bibles for the Blind and 
Visually Handicapped International 
http://braille.indiana.net/braille/
braille at indiana.net (Bibles for the Blind)

Braille Bible Foundation
P. O. Box 948307
Maitland, FL 32794-8307
Phone: (800)766-9080
Provides the King James Version of the Bible in grade 2 Braille. 
Produces a Braille concordance in three volumes which is available on request. Also has other testimonial materials, and This Foundation also publishes a book on healing by Charismatic evangelist T.L. Osborn,
Braille Circulating Library
2700 Stuart Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: (804) 359-3743
Email: braillecl at aol.com
A circulating library of religious materials including missionary 
biographies, devotionals, Bible studies, doctrinal materials and music 
available in Braille, large print and on cassette for 6 week loan to 
those who are print disabled. Includes special resources for children 
and youth and some materials in Spanish.

Braille Institute Library
741 North Vermont
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Phone: (800) 272-4553
URL: 
http://www.socialservices.com/vi/braille.html
Comprehensive rehabilitation facility which includes a media center and 
a library with some Christian materials including books on tape by Joni 
Ericson Tada.

Broadman Cassette Club
127 Ninth Avenue
Nashville, TN 37234
Cassette tapes available at reduced cost through membership in this 
club. Cassette include music, written publications and presentations.

CARE Ministries, Inc.
P. O. Box 1830
Starkville, MS 39760
1-800-336-2232
B. J. LeJeune, Director
Matthew 6:33
Email: 
care at careministries.org
URL: 
www.careministries.org

Provides national services to assist those who are blind to know Christ and to find their place in the body of Christ. Specific services include information and referral, technical assistance, Bible studies in a variety of media, prayer support and advocacy. Produces Our Daily Bread and the Evangelical Sunday School Lesson on cassette tape along with a variety of Bible study materials and books.

Also, we are working on a new project - The DAVID Project which will be a national database of Christian books and materials that are available in alternate format for those who are blind or physically disabled

Christian Duplications International
1710 Lee Rd. 
Orlando, FL 32810 
800-327-9332 (orders)
407-299-7363 (voice)
www.christianduplications.com
Bible. Russian Synodal N.T. on audio cassette.


Christian Education for the Blind, Inc.
P.O. Box 331388
Ft. Worth, TX 76163
Phone: (817) 263-0004
Provides adult Baptist Sunday school materials on cassette tape.

Christian Services for the Blind International, Inc.
P. O. Box 26
South Pasadena, CA 91031-0026
Phone: (626) 799-3935
Email: 
csb at socal.com
URL: 
http://www.socal.com/csb
Provides Christian materials in Braille and on cassette tape including periodicals such as Decision, Focus on the Family, Our Daily Bread and Job Power for Living magazines. Suggested support for magazine subscriptions is $15.00 annually. Also maintains a free lending library.

Christian Listening
Box 87
Van Wyck, SC 29744
Christian materials and books available.

Christian Mission for the Blind & Visually Impaired
5354 Boy Scout Road
Indianapolis, IN 46226-1908
Phone: (317) 549-2386

Maintains a lending library of Christian materials in Braille and on tape. Bi-monthly magazines are available on tape and in large print.

Christian Newsreel
49 South Sunset Blvd.
Coldwater, MI 49036
Provides a regular taped magazine with a variety of articles from different authors available at a subscription fee.

Christian Record Services, Inc.
4444 South 52nd Street
Lincoln, NE 68516
Phone: (402) 488-0981
Produces Braille and taped materials and maintains a lending library.

Circle of Love Cassette Ministry
1002 South Johnson
Pasadena, TX 77506
Phone: (713) 477-4307
Email: 
georg.gray at psl-online.com
Produces and distributes by subscription, a Christian magazine entitled Circle of Love, specifically for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Clearer Vision Ministries 
P.O. Box 570268
Orlando, FL 32857
Phone: (407) 381-1373

Email: 
cvminc at gdi.net
Provides recorded Christian materials and magazine for use by blind and print impaired persons, especially Bible College students. Also provides technical assistance to local churches seeking to minister to/with print impaired persons.

Clovernook Center/Opportunities for the Blind
7000 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45231
Phone: (513) 522-3860
Phone: (888) 234-7156
URL: 
http://www.clovernook.org
As a comprehensive rehabilitation and employment center for the blind, Clovernook also runs a large scale Braille production program for books and lengthy materials.

Earful of Books
9607 Research, Suite 710 
Austin, TX 78759
Phone: 1-800-532-7385
Service which provides rental books on cassette tape, many read by the original authors. Books include both popular Christian and secular books. Special lists of Christian titles are available.

Gospel Association for the Blind, Inc.
1450 South West 10th Avenue. Bldg. B-2
Delray Beach, FL 33444
Phone: (561) 274-9700
Has a large free circulating library of Braille and taped materials and sponsors a summer camp in New Hampshire for people who are blind. 

Gospel Communications
URL: 
http://www.gospelcom.net
This Web site maintains a variety of resources including various translations of the Bible, Concordance and search capabilities, daily devotionals including My Utmost for His Highest, Our Daily Bread, Guideposts, The Upper Room, Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotions and many others. Also maintains a number of Bible study references and links.

Gospel Recordings USA
122 Glendale Rd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
ph: 213-250-0207
http://users.aol.com/Glorenet
www.members.aol.com/glorenet 
email: 
glorenet at aol.com
4800 languages with the gospel recorded on cassette tape, etc..
Write for info pack

Hadley School for the Blind, Inc.
700 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
Phone: (800)323-4238
Email: 
hadley at theramp.net
Provides academic and vocational education through free correspondence courses for blind and visually impaired persons including Survey classes on both the New and Old Testaments. Also offers free courses for parents of blind children.

Helping Hands Ministries, Inc.
P.O.Box 8298 
Kentwood, MI 49518
Phone 616-827-8270
e-mail: hhms1 at juno.com
Director: John Hemphill
Howard Bolthouse
hibolt at juno.com

We are a "not for profit" 501(c)(3) tax-exempt volunteer group of Braille transcribers and proofreaders interested in providing Christian literature and educational materials for the visually impaired. We do both transcribing and embossing. A list is available, upon request of materials already transcribed. We also braille special Christian projects as requested.

Hermeneutika
P. O. Box 2200
Big Fork, MT 59911-2200
Phone: (406) 837-2244
URL: 
http://www.bibleworks.com
Email: 
sales at bibleworks.com
Sells Computer-Aided Bible Research materials, some which may be used with large print and speech access software for people who are blind and visually impaired.

Hosannah!/Faith comes by Hearing
2421 Aztec Road N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87107-4200
Phone: 1-800-545-6552
Produces a number of Scriptural resources of interest to those who are blind including taped versions of the Bible and a dramatized tapes of children's Bible stories called Kid Pack and a series of children's books with accompanying cassette tapes called Psalms and Proverbs in song. also digital download of materials-some via smartphone

International Bible Society
1820 Jetstream Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80921
Phone: (719) 488-9200
URL: 
http://www.gspelcom.net/ibs
As translation sponsors of the New International Version of the Bible, provides the NIV in numerous languages on cassette and video tape and in large and giant print.

International Christian Braille Mission
5210 MacCorkle Avenue, S.W.
South Charleston, WV 25309-1010
Phone: (304) 768-8876
Prints and distributes Christian literature in Braille and on tape.
Bibles & Christian Resources For The Blind & Visually Impaired

John Milton Society for the Blind, Inc.
475 Riverside Drive, Room 455
New York, NY 10115
Phone: (212) 870-3335
URL: 
http://www.jmsblind.org
Provides free Christian publications in Braille and on tape. Lists available upon request. 

Joni and Friends
P. O. Box 3333
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
Phone: (818) 707-5664
Email: 
jasmin at jasministries.com
Provides advocacy and public education as to the needs and abilities of disabled persons. Sponsors international conferences for workers in ministry to the disabled.

Library of Congress National Library for theLibrary of Congress National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
1291 Taylor Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20542
Phone: (202) 707-5100
URL: 
http://gnn.com/wic/govt.30.html
Email: 
nls at loc.govt
Maintains a free cassette tape lending library and produces Braille publications. Known in many states as the Talking Book Library, there are state libraries with local toll free numbers. Holdings of the Library include a number of Christian materials and an electronic Bible Resources on the WEB reference circular. Also trains Braille transcribers.

Lifeway Christian Resources
127 Ninth Avenue
Nashville, TN 37234
Phone: (615) 251-2000
URL: 
http://lifeway.com
Email: 
www at lifeway.com
All three Adult Sunday School lessons are available on cassette tape: 
The Adult Convention Uniform Series, Adult Life and Work Series and Adult Bible Book Series. The Open Window which is a daily devotion is available on four track cassette.

Logos Research Systems, Inc.
715 S.E. Fidalgo Avenue
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Phone: (800) 8756467
Email: 
info at logos.com
URL: 
http://www.logos.com
Produces and distributes an interactive computerized Bible library including 16 major works, for CD-ROM readers

Lutheran Braille Evangelism Association
1740 Eugene Street
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
Phone: (651) 426-0469
Email: 
lbeassoc at aol.com
Publishes and produces Christian literature for blind people.

Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc.
Box 5000
Yucaipa, CA 92399
Phone: (909) 795-8977
Email: 
lbwbraille at aol.com
URL: 
http://user.aol.com/lbwbraille/lbw.htn
http://www.catalog.com/blindnes/textonly/luthbrai.html
Provides religious and educational materials in Braille and large print including the Bible and devotional materials free to blind and visually impaired persons. by Bringing Christ To Those In Darkness Since 1943 Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc. is a non-profit organization (California tax-exempt number LA-EO-65-983) devoted to providing braille and large-print Bibles and Christian reading materials to the blind and visually impaired of the world. These materials are sent FREE OF CHARGE to over 125 countries, and published in forty languages. This is made possible through generous free-will offerings and the aid of over 7,000 volunteers. Please use our menu to learn more about the history and ministry of LBW. 

Lutheran Library for the Blind
1333 South Kirkwood Road
St. Louis, MO 63122
Phone: (800) 433-3954
Maintains a large collection of cassette and Braille reading materials available on loan to anyone who is legally blind.

Lutheran Tape Ministry
208 East Broad Street
P. O. Box 217
Blue Springs, NE 68318
Phone: (800) 937-2591
Email: 
ltmtape at juno.com
Tapes materials including the American Translation of the Bible (BEX).

Mark 2 Ministries
P. O. Box 30286
Indianapolis, IN 46230
Phone: (317) 466-8244
Provides ministry to a variety of disability groups and is currently providing Bible study materials in Braille from NAVPress and from Precept Ministries. Sunday School and other Bible study may be produced upon request.

Multi-Language Media
P.O. Box 301
Ephrata, PA 17522 USA
(717) 738-0582
www.multilanguage.com
e-mail: 
mlminfo at multilanguage.com
has an excellent resource catalog for
books, pamphlets, audio cassettes
(teaching and music), Bibles, the Bible
on CD, Bible studies and language
learning in many languages 

National Braille Association, Inc.
3 Townline Circle
Rochester, NY 14623
Phone: (716) 427-8260
Email: 
nbaoffice at compuserve.com
URL: 
http://members.aol.com/nbaoffice/index.htm
A volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to providing transcriptionist training, production and distribution of Braille materials including religious and secular music. Materials are available for a small fee to individuals. They also maintain a Braille book bank.

National Braille Press
88 St. Stephens Street
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (617) 266-6160
Email: 
orders at nbp.org
URL: 
http://www.nbp.org
Produces a number of Braille publications and will produce materials for 
a fee. Implements a children's Braille book club.

National Church Conference of the Blind
P. O. Box 163
Denver, CO 80201
Phone: (303) 455-3430
Group of concerned blind Christians who meet annually to address accessibility issues and to encourage one another in the faith.


Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc.
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: 800-803-7201,
Email: 
custserv at rfbd.org
URL: 
http://www.rfbd.org
A large lending library of textbooks and technical materials on cassette tape or computer disk. Includes a number of theological books and Bible commentaries. Cassette recordings may be kept up to a year and are available upon request. There is a one time registration fee. This organization has an online searchable catalog of books available in Braille, sound recordings, and large print. The catalog is not restricted to Christian books, but it does contain the titles to many Christian books, both sound and unsound. Examples include "All of Grace" by C.H. Spurgeon, "Romans" and "Hebrews" by William Newell, "Sense and Nonsense about Prayer" by Lehman Strauss, "Romans" by Alva J. McClain, "Revelation" by John Walvoord, "Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret," "Behind the Ranges: Biography of J.O. Fraser," "Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan, "Principles and Practices for Baptist Churches" by Edward Hiscox, "Chronological Charts of the Old Testament" by John Walton, "The Home" by John R. Rice, and "Manners and Customs of Bible Lands" by Fred Wight. 
800-803-7201,
www.rfbd.org/catalog/ (web site)]

Reigner Recording Library, Union Theological Library
3401 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23227
Phone: (804) 355-0671
Email: 
rbanbury at utsva.edu
URL: 
http://www.utsva.edu
Cassette and reel-to-reel recordings available for loan of sermons, radio programs, religious subjects and films.

Ruth Berry Versaw Library for the Blind
11104 North Brauer
Oklahoma City, OK 73114
Phone: (405) 751-5121
Email: 
joyver at aol.com
Sermons and Christian books on cassette tape for those who are blind. Includes J. Vernon McGee's Through the Bible.

Seedlings Braille Books for Children
P. O. Box 51924
Livona, MI 48151-5924
Phone: (800) 777-8552
Email: 
seedlink at aol.com
URL: 
http://www.seedlings.org
Produces low-cost Braille books for children. Some print and Braille books are also available. Catalog available upon request.

Sound of Sight
840 S. Sheridan Blvd.
Denver, CO 80226
Phone: (888) 936-0001
Email: 
phil at redwhiteandblue.org
URL: 
http://www.redwhiteandblue.org

E-mail discussion group: The Electronic Church (Echurch) forum for blind Christians.
Echurch address: 
echurch-l at netcom.com
National Christian computer support network. The echurch provides loving fellowship, encouragement and discussion of Biblical and spiritual issues of interest to people who are blind and visually impaired. Free homepages are available for blind Christians who want to share their testimony.

Spoken Word Ministries, Inc.
2400 East Ash Street
Goldsboro, NC 27534
Phone: (800) 668-8070
Personal ministry to blind persons and small groups of those who are visually impaired. Literature outreach in the form of a cassette magazine, the Spoken Word, which is a selection of interdenominational articles from different publications. 

Taped Ministries of the Northwest
122 SW 150th Street
Burien, WA 98166
Phone: (206) 243-7377
Email: 
tapeministries at juno.com
Provides a variety of Christian materials and magazines including Our Daily Bread on cassette tape. Catalog available upon request.

The Upper Room Board Of Discipleship
The Upper Room
P. O. Box 189
Nashville, TN 37202-0189
Phone: (800) 972-0433
URL: 
http://www.upperroom.org
Regular bi-monthly devotional publication is available in Braille (free) or in large print (at the regular subscription rate) and on cassette for a substantial fee.

Vision Volunteer Missions
34 Ramsey Road
Phenix City, AL 36869
Phone: (334) 297-6432
Provides workshops and training materials in how to effectively minister to blind persons. Also provides a bi-monthly taped magazine for blind users sponsored by the Southern Baptist Convention.

Wilson Tape Lending Library
(G. L. Wilson, Jr.)
P. O. Box 1836
Mapleton, GA 30126
Phone: (770) 745-1756
Email: 
sonny-wilson at juno.com
Provides a regular Christian magazine on cassette tape and a variety of Christian Materials especially designed to encourage spiritual growth. Also provides large print Bibles to those with financial need.