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Gideons International is an evangelical Christian association for men founded in 1899 in Janesville, Wisconsin, whose primary activity is distributing free copies of the Bible worldwide. It distributes complete Bibles or portions thereof in over 100 languages, most widely known in lodging rooms, in addition to medical facilities, schools ...
Gideons International is an American organization dedicated to Christian evangelism, founded in 1899, dedicated to the distribution of free Bibles. The organization's logo represents a two-handled pitcher and torch, symbolizing the implements used by Gideon to scare the Midianite army.
Gideons International; Grace Covenant; Great Commission church movement; International Fellowship of Evangelical Students association of Christian student movements worldwide (including InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the U.S.) International House of Prayer founded by Mike Bickle (minister) Langham Partnership International founded by John ...
Soldiers of the Cross of Christ Church' (also known as Soldiers of the Cross, or Soldiers of the Cross of Christ International Church or IEISCC is a Christian denomination evangelical. It was founded by an American merchant named Ernest William Sellers, who established religious services at his place of business in Havana, Cuba around 1922
The Gideons were described as "an association of Christian traveling men" whose object was "to minister to the religious life and raise the standard of character of the commercial traveler." [ 25 ] His evangelical activity and motivational speaking took him to a number of national gatherings over the Midwestern and eastern United States, and by ...
Turner worked as a private attorney until 1979, when he was appointed and subsequently elected to a circuit judge seat. He retired from the bench in 1991 at age 70. His wife Helen died in 1997. Turner died in 2003 at age 81 at his home in Panama City. He was survived by three children and three grandchildren.
Steve Ostrow, who founded the trailblazing New York City gay bathhouse the Continental Baths, where Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and other famous artists launched their careers, has died. The ...
Gordon Phillip Winrod was born in Wichita, Kansas, on December 30, 1926, to Gerald Burton Winrod. [4] He attended a Lutheran day school (grades 1 through 8), finished high school at Hesston High School in Hesston, Kansas, [citation needed] and attended St. John's College in Winfield, Kansas.