For release at 12:00 noon Central time (US) on July 27, 2018
The Ronald L. Dart Evangelistic Association (RLDEA) is pleased to announce that this ministry is now fully operational. The purpose of the RLDEA is to promote the Gospel of Jesus Christ by using the works of the late Ronald L. Dart. The RLDEA is solely funded by an endowment from the estate of Ron’s wife, Allie Driver Dart. The RLDEA does not accept any donations from the public.
The board of directors and executive committee of the RLDEA are Wes White, Gary Gibbons, and Cathy Gibbons.
RLDEA’s new website has just opened. It is RLDEA.com. At this time, the website has limited materials. More and more materials will be added over the coming months and years.
The three main pillars of the website will be the tabs: “Turn the Page,” “Printables,” and “Ron’s Books.”
Turn the Page (TTP). The “Turn the Page” tab presently has two of Ron’s sermons posted. Each message has a brief introduction by Gary and Wes. The RLDEA is committed to not editing Ron’s works for content in any way, although Gary Gibbons (owner of GG Media) is a professional audio engineer who will be “cleaning up” Ron’s older messages to make them more audible. More of Ron’s messages will be added to TTP in the coming weeks. Some of the messages that will be posted go all the way back to 1977. The RLDEA management team believes that Ron’s messages are timeless and will have value 50 and even 100 years from now.
Printables. The “Printables” tab contains transcribed sermons by Ron. Again, these messages are unedited and printed exactly as Ron gave them. Each Printable is a PDF file that is formatted to be printed, hole-punched, and placed in a three-ring notebook. And the RLDEA is in the process of creating Bible study questions to supplement these messages. The purpose of the “Printables” tab is to provide materials for personal Bible study or for small group, interactive Bible studies. Currently, there are eleven “Printables” on the RLDEA website.
Ron’s Books. The “Ron’s Books” tab shows the full-length books that has Ron has written. The tab tells readers they may purchase Ron’s books at Amazon.com. The RLDEA gets no royalties for these Amazon purchases.
The RLDEA will also be producing 30 second audio commercials that promote Ron’s works. These commercials will be played on the live, weekly internet show, “Start Our Sabbath.”
The RLDEA will also be producing four-to-six minute videos called “Answers For the 21st Century Thinker (21CT).” The format of these videos will be to examine some historical event or some current event that can provide the viewer with a lesson. That lesson will be used to promote a TTP message, or a Printable message, or a book written by Ron. Presently, there is one 21CT message on the RLDEA website. These 21CT messages will be played on “Start Our Sabbath.”
The RLDEA management team feels it has assembled a quality staff to promote Ron’s materials. Our staff consists of contract labor employees around the world.
There will be further efforts to promote Ron’s works internationally.
For more information, please contact Wes White [email protected].
