2026-07-18T13:33:28-07:00 2025-12-31 Kathrine E Brugger 1900 Jay Ell Dr Richardson TX 75081 990 2025-01-01 311681969 Discover the Book Ministries Inc DISC 9184951414 8500 N 128th East Ave Owasso OK 74055 John Barnett President 9184951414 2026-07-15 true Kathrine E Brugger P01965437 5402472726 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z John Barnett 8500 N 128th East Ave Owasso OK 74055 1596524 false X www.dtbm.org X 1998 OK Discover the Book Ministries exists to evangelize and disciple youth and adults worldwide. Grounded in the Holy Scriptures, we build and strengthen the church by providing online courses, training conferences, and biblical curriculum designed to cultivate lifelong disciple-makers. 7 4 4 10 0 0 1571659 1342145 0 289227 190851 18786 16957 1879672 1549953 48440 59302 0 351066 305046 0 62574 476472 551101 875978 915449 1003694 634504 5359323 6007482 50102 63757 5309221 5943725 Discover the Book Ministries exists to evangelize and disciple youth and adults worldwide. Grounded in the Holy Scriptures, we build and strengthen the church by providing online courses, training conferences, and biblical curriculum designed to cultivate lifelong disciple-makers. false false 753111 59302 16216 In 2025, Discover the Book Ministries (DTBM) significantly expanded its global reach by producing, editing, and distributing comprehensive evangelism and discipleship courses through our online platforms. These resources are strategically designed to biblically train and equip both NextGeneration students (youth) and Frontline students (adults) Our top three investments in fulfilling our program services in 2025 were: 1. VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT To support massive audience growth, we continued to upgrade our primary studio cameras, audio equipment, and video processing capabilities. In 2025, we produced major new curriculum, including an exhaustive study through the book of Romans-the drivetrain of the Gospel-and a foundational historical course titled The Way We Got Our English Bibles. These resources are actively being used worldwide, including by urban missionaries in Brazil utilizing our Eschatology and History classes to train adolescents. 2. TRAINING CONFERENCES & GLOBAL OUTREACH We continued our commitment to face-to-face ministry through extensive international and domestic teaching tours. A major highlight of 2025 included traveling 18,000 miles across Asia to teach courses on Proverbs and 1 Thessalonians. Through these global deployments, we ministered directly to our remote students in locations ranging from Northern England and Korea to Florida, witnessing firsthand the transformative impact of our curriculum on young believers and frontline missionaries. 3. ONLINE EDUCATION (DTBM ACADEMY) The DTBM Academy experienced unprecedented, exponential growth in 2025, far surpassing previous enrollment milestones. We are now serving an active student body of over 10,000 registered students in the United States alone. Internationally, our daily educational outreach expanded dramatically to include over 900 students across Asia and Africa, 635 in Europe, 607 in Canada, and 472 in Australia. 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X true false X X false false false false false false false false false John Barnett 93876 0 41012 0 0 0 21600 0 116048 0 272536 0 0 0 John Barnett President Auto Allowance X 14400 14673 false true false 14673 BFM Books Business owned by President 62224 Purchase of books and other resources false Jeremiah Barnett Son of President and Secretary 19975 Contractor payments false Pt VI, Line 2 John and Bonnie Barnett are husband and wife. Estelle Barnett is their daughter. Pt VI, Line 11b Discover the Book Ministries (DTBM) provides a copy of the complete Form 990 to the Board of Directors for review and comment prior to filing. Pt VI, Line 12c Members of the DTBM Board of Directors sign the conflict of interest policy annually at a board meeting. As a result, questions arise as to whether certain circumstances or events are conflicts of interest. These are discussed openly at board meetings and if there were circumstances that warranted, notice would be appropriately noted and documented and approved/disapproved at the same board meeting. Pt VI, Line 19 DTBM makes its governing documents and financial statements available to the public upon request. Pt VI, Line 15a DTBM has a compensation committee that considers industry salary data and makes a written recommendation to the DTBM Board, excluding John, Bonnie, and Estelle Barnett, who approve the Presidents annual compensation. The process is throughly documented.