Antioch Baptist Press History

In 1980, 2 years after being at Antioch, the Lord impressed upon Dr. Young’s heart about printing tracts for the church visitation program.  He began with an A B Dick tabletop press and hand paper cutter.  He and the soul-winners would fold the tracts as they passed them out.  As the years went on, the Lord continued to keep the small ministry‑burning in the heart of Dr. Young; never dreaming that it would be what it is today.  In the year of 1995, the Lord blessed the church with an A B Dick 360 shoot delivery press and two tabletop folders.  It took these two folders to keep up with the one press.   In 1997, one night in a college class the students took up enough money to purchase an A B Dick chain delivery.  This press can print up to 10,000 tracts in an hour.  At the end of 2000, the Lord again blessed the printing ministry with two Multi-lift presses, these can also print up to 10,000 tracts per hour. 

 Today, the printing ministry has been blessed with two folders.  One of the folders can fold and cut at the same time, between 30 and 50 thousand tracts an hour.   The Lord has enabled us to buy a plate maker, paper cutter and other equipment that is very valuable to the ministry. 

 The success of the ministry is by God using faithful church people that devote their time to help keep the ministry going.  We have part-time workers that print during the week and men and ladies that print and help on Saturdays.   These workers are faithful, and really want to see the Word of God, “Reach the WORLD with the PRINTED WORD”.   Pray for our workers, that they will keep pressing on to the finish line.

  At the present time Antioch Baptist Press is working out of the basement of the church.  We were able to complete a 40X80 steel building in January of 2004.  This building was built  to house  paper, equipment and all that the Lord has given them to work sufficiently in the ministry.