JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 54-year-old Orange Park man credits two Gideon Bibles in his shirt pocket for saving his life when they stopped a bullet.

Bill Henry told police that two men he didn't recognize ambushed him with a rifle Monday morning as he carried bags to a trash bin behind the Christian outreach organization he runs.

"As I did so, two gentlemen stepped around the dumpster and fired two shots at me," Henry said.

He said he had received death threats and the business had been burglarized several times.

One bullet hit the Henry's hat, barely missing his head, and the other bullet was stopped short of entering the his chest by the two bibles.

The two gunmen fled in opposite directions and have not been arrested.

"It's a shield and it protected me yesterday," Henry said.

He said he thinks the gunmen might have been looking for medical supplies that his organization ships globally for humanitarian aid. About $850,000 worth of supplies have been stolen in recent months, Henry told Channel 4.

Other than a red mark and a pain in his chest, he wasn't injured.

Henry said he was carrying the two New Testament Bibles in his shirt pocket to give to friends. Police took the Bibles as evidence.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Crimestoppers at 866-845-TIPS.