The papers of Ed Decker, which document the organization Saints Alive in Jesus, cover the years 1978-2003 and are divided into three parts: subject files, correspondence, and office files.

The subject files consist of the files created by Decker on various subjects relating to evangelical Christianity, Mormonism and Freemasonry. The original filing order, alphabetical by subject, has been maintained.

The correspondence files have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Letters from Mormon missionaries to Ed Decker have been filed separately.

The office files, which contain records on chapters and film contracts, itineraries, and membership lists have been maintained in the original filing order. Papers relating to The God Makers are filed here. This includes "Journey to Kolob" the first draft of what eventually became the God Makers. The financial and other records of the Christian Embassy 1985-1987 as well as Mormon temple clothing and masonic regalia are also included.

Three boxes of tracts and booklets from Saints Alive in Jesus and other affiliated ministries, including one of Decker's most famous tracts, "To Moroni with Love," are located in this collection.

The collection includes a large number of video and audiotapes relating to the Saints Alive ministry. Audio cassette tapes of speakers at the Capstone and various other seminars and conferences. The Ex-Mormons for Jesus national conventions 1979 and 1981. Cassettes of SAIJ radio broadcasts. Reel-to-reel tapes of Let's Dialogue radio program. Audio tapes of the LDS temple ritual were recorded in the Provo Temple in 1982.

Of interest to researchers may be other Ed Decker print material that is housed in Special Collections and Archives, but not within this collection. There are a number of published books. There is also a corresponding Ed Decker photograph collection (P0344), which contains photos of Ed Decker and protests at the Mormon Church Administration Building in Salt Lake, in addition to slides that correspond to the audio presentations in Box 157 as well as the scripts in Boxes 32 and 38 of this collection.