Lutheran Braille Evangelism Association (LBEA) is a non-profit ministry, founded in 1952 by John G Erickson, who was denied ordination because he was blind. The purpose of LBEA began and continues to be to get the Word of God into the hands of people who are blind or visually impaired through specialized formats of audio, Braille, and large print therefore “Empowering Lives with Sight for the Savior”.