Mr. & Mrs. Allen were invited to the First Presbyterian Church in Lebanon, IN.  The children of the Sunday school classes gave

them a check for $68.38 to send Bibles around the world.  The kids are still giving their offerings to this day.  On that day the children

wrote what was on their hearts in 50 Bibles that were sent to a church in Africa.  A week or so prior to the trip to First Presbyterian

Mr. Allen had a dream in which children were handing him and Cindy jars of pennies, their savings, for Bibles.  In the dream Mr. Allen

and his wife were crying when the kids did that - as they did when the kids actually did give them their change.  (6/25/07)     

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     Builder of the Spirit Ministries sent out 4,380 books and Bibles in 2006.  (1/1/07)

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     Builder of the Spirit Ministries begins to publish a quarterly Newsletter called Forge.  (8/1/06)

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     Builder of the Spirit Ministries sent out 2,067 books and Bibles in 2005 - the first year of doing so. (1/1/06)

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     A friend of Mr. Allen's stated he attended a funeral that week.  The deceased was a man well known for his mission work with the

"Homeless."  Mr. Allen's friend said the deceased man's pastor passed out quite a few Builder of the Spirit books at the funeral.  He

gave them to the deceased man's loved ones, to his friends, and visitors.  (1/2/04)

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     Lebanon, IN. - Since their kids were grown and gone, Mr. Allen and his wife decided to box up all those surplus toys and give

them to the local Toy Drive for Christmas.  Mrs. Bailey, a dear Christian woman and head of the drive for the last 20 years, took two

loads off their hands.  Mr. Allen felt led to donate several Builder of the Spirit books to that drive as well.  The plan was to give each

needy family their allotment of toys plus a book.  Mrs. Bailey would later say, "I passed out all four boxes of books."  With a tear in

her eye, she added, "I enjoyed passing out those books more than I did toys this year!"  (12/25/03)

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     Lebanon, IN. - An 18 year old girl, who is a friend of Mr. Allen's daughter, told him she read Builder of the Spirit.  She said,

"Greg, I have only read three books in my entire life, that includes yours.  I never finished the first two, but I finished yours.  I couldn't

put Builder of the Spirit down, it was that good!  I cried a lot while reading it.  Believe it or not, I didn't even finish "Chicken Soup"

because I though it was boring!"  Katie told her dad that she can see change in her friend.  (4/7/03)

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     Lafayette, IN. - A man by the name Buchanan, told Mr. Allen he gave away two Builder of the Spirit books.  One to a couple

that were about to get a divorce and another to a suicidal person.  After reading the book, both decided otherwise.  Mr. Buchanan's

quote was, "The book is saving lives and marriages!"  (3/2/03)

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     Plainfield, IN. - Mr. Allen was doing a book signing in a Christian Coffee House when a man walked in.  He started reading

Builder of the Spirit.  After he finished reading Chapter One he laid it down, while staring at Mr. Allen to say nothing.  Mr. Allen

said, "Well?"  His response was, "Words cannot describe!"  He went on to tell Mr. Allen that he put the barrel of a .38 pistol in his

mouth a month earlier.  The man walked out with two books.  Mr. Allen was told later, by the Coffee House owner, that the man was

having an affair with a married woman.  The man bought the woman a book and she ended the affair with him.  (1/18/03)

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     Sullivan, IN. - Something in his mind told a man who was walking down the street to enter a bookstore where Mr. Allen was

doing a book signing. When he entered the store, he said, "I need something to read, I don't have anything to read, but I don't have

any money."  Another man standing in line in front of him handed Mr. Allen a Builder of the Spirit book and said, "Here sign this, I'm

buying it for him."  Mr. Allen asked if he knew the man, the answer was no.  Mr. Allen signed the book and the man broke down in

tears.  He said he lost a well paying job.  He also said he knew the Lord, but he almost killed himself the night before.  Mr. Allen has

written him and his life is turning around.  The murderous thoughts have left.  (1/11/03)

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     Builder of the Spirit Ministries is born!  (1/1/03)

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     The book Builder of the Spirit is released.  (9/2/02)