Who We Are

Precept Ministries International is a worldwide Bible study ministry that was founded by Jack & Kay Arthur 40 years ago. Today thousands of people around the world are carrying out the vision of Precept Ministries:

People Living as exemplary followers of Jesus Christ,
Studying the Bible inductively,
Viewing the world biblically,
Making disciples intentionally,
Serving the church faithfully,

 In the power of the Holy Spirit

History of Precept Ministries

After years serving with the Pocket Testament League, Jack Arthur met a young widow who had two small boys, Mark and Tom, at Tennessee Temple in Chattanooga. After marrying, they went on the mission field together to Mexico, where they had another son, David. Illness forced them to pack up and head home, but their disappointment was really God’s appointment for them in ministry. Back in Chattanooga, Jack became the Station Manager for a Christian radio station that brought Bible teaching to the airwaves in the Southeast. Kay started a Bible study for teenagers in their living room. As young people started to hear the Word of God and study it, the Bible study grew. By 1970, the Arthurs had stepped out in faith to purchase what was a chicken farm to create a home for their fledgling ministry founded as Reach Out Ranch. Soon the teens were meeting in a barn they had cleaned out and patched up themselves.

Jack left his broadcasting career to devote his energy full-time to the growing Ministry as its president, overseeing it along with the building of the facility to accommodate booming distribution and training demands. Now the small team of staff and Bible study trainees packed and shipped studies to churches and small groups across America.

The Ministry’s leadership developed training so that in-depth Bible study could multiply beyond their reach and Reach Out became Precept Ministries. Then the studies spread internationally, to Korea, Mexico, and Romania. By the time the studies had reached over 100 countries and 60 languages, the word “International” was added to the name.

Today, Precept Ministries International trains millions of people to discover Truth for themselves. Through inductive study method training workshops and thousands of Bible studies in local churches and small group studies; through Precepts for Life television, radio and online media; through Bible study tours to biblical sites and Bible-centered conferences; and an international effort with studies in nearly 150 countries and nearly 70 languages, PMI is focused on establishing people in God’s Word.

The Canadian arm of the ministry is incorporated (Precept Ministries Inc.) and is a registered charity with Revenue Canada. It has its own Canadian board of directors which includes Jack Arthur and Pete De Lacy from Precept Ministries International (USA), Dr. Bruce Mason, Adam Petersen and Diana Tai.

The ministry operates from the Canadian Training Centre and Bookstore located in Brantford, Ontario.

Precept Ministries' missionaries to Canada are Dr. Tom & Jane Hart and Mark & Jessica Sheldrake. Please pray for them as they contact church and ministry leaders to partner in creating strong disciples of Jesus Christ in Canada.

You are invited to join fellow sojourners on the adventure of an eternal lifetime as we meet God through the daily, personal, in-depth study of His Word.

You can discover Truth for yourself!