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"July 1, 1899: Three traveling businessmen meet in a YMCA building and decide to form an organization to distribute Bibles. The Christian Commercial Men's Association of America, later renamed the Gideons, placed their first Bibles in a hotel nine years later."

- to date, the Gideons have placed 1.7 BILLION Bibles in hotels, motels and schools rooms in 94 countries since 1908! Sadly, the Gideons are facing increased resistance and strong opposition to giving Bibles to 5th grade school children in North America, even though they now give Gideon Bibles only to those children who request one.

Interestingly, every time that the issue of distributing Gideon Bibles is brought up in the media, the request for Bibles takes a big jump. The Bible speaks to those who seek the truth!

A vivid example from Christian History of how the obedience of a few men had a great, unforeseen impact on the Kingdom. Just like the Biblical figure, Gideon!

http://www.gideons.ca/Home.aspx

http://www.christianweek.org/spotlight.php?id=46

"July 2, 1752: The first English Bible published in America rolls off presses in Boston."

<blockquote data-quote="burnt" data-source="post: 525909" data-attributes="member: 2584">http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/thisweekinchristianhistory/&quot;July 1, 1899: Three traveling businessmen meet in a YMCA building and decide to form an organization to distribute Bibles. The Christian Commercial Men&#039;s Association of America, later renamed the Gideons, placed their first Bibles in a hotel nine years later.&quot; - to date, the Gideons have placed 1.7 BILLION Bibles in hotels, motels and schools rooms in 94 countries since 1908! Sadly, the Gideons are facing increased resistance and strong opposition to giving Bibles to 5th grade school children in North America, even though they now give Gideon Bibles only to those children who request one.Interestingly, every time that the issue of distributing Gideon Bibles is brought up in the media, the request for Bibles takes a big jump. The Bible speaks to those who seek the truth!A vivid example from Christian History of how the obedience of a few men had a great, unforeseen impact on the Kingdom. Just like the Biblical figure, Gideon! http://www.gideons.ca/Home.aspxhttp://www.christianweek.org/spotlight.php?id=46&quot;July 2, 1752: The first English Bible published in America rolls off presses in Boston.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="burnt, post: 525909, member: 2584"] http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/thisweekinchristianhistory/ "July 1, 1899: Three traveling businessmen meet in a YMCA building and decide to form an organization to distribute Bibles. The Christian Commercial Men's Association of America, later renamed the Gideons, placed their first Bibles in a hotel nine years later." - to date, the Gideons have placed 1.7 BILLION Bibles in hotels, motels and schools rooms in 94 countries since 1908! Sadly, the Gideons are facing increased resistance and strong opposition to giving Bibles to 5th grade school children in North America, even though they now give Gideon Bibles only to those children who request one. Interestingly, every time that the issue of distributing Gideon Bibles is brought up in the media, the request for Bibles takes a big jump. The Bible speaks to those who seek the truth! A vivid example from Christian History of how the obedience of a few men had a great, unforeseen impact on the Kingdom. Just like the Biblical figure, Gideon! http://www.gideons.ca/Home.aspx http://www.christianweek.org/spotlight.php?id=46 "July 2, 1752: The first English Bible published in America rolls off presses in Boston." [/QUOTE]

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