Author About Email Introduction President James K. Polk wrote to the U.S. Congress in 1845, We need to supply the population of the United States with books of approved character and acknowledged worth, containing the great principles of civil and religious liberty, published by the American Tract Society and to be distributed to every destitute family, thus elevating the standard of Christian morals. ATS is a non-profit ministry that distributed over 30 million pieces of literature last year to families all around the world. ATS s mission statement, To make Jesus Christ known in His redeeming grace. . . The only difference is that now the methods of making Him known are changing. A tract is simply a short pamphlet that presents a logical discussion about a specific subject.
People read tracts because of their brevity.
Their compact format and message have proven that tracts can travel farther, last longer, say it better and cost less than just about any other means of communication. ATS tracts talk exclusively about Jesus Christ as Savior. These little pamphlets are witnessing tools that help Christians present the gospel of Jesus Christ to non-believers. For 172 years ATS made famous the tract in paper format, but the world is changing its methods of gathering information. To keep up with people s interest in technology, ATS created their first web site in 1995.