Crossway
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| Founded | 1938[a] 1978 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Clyde and Muriel Dennis[b] Lane and Ebeth Dennis |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Wheaton, Illinois |
| Key people | Josh Dennis (PresidentandCEO) |
| Publication types | Christian books,ESV Bibles,tracts |
| Official website | www |
Crossway(previously known by its parent ministryGood News Publishers) is anot-for-profitevangelicalChristianpublishing ministry headquartered inWheaton, Illinois.[2]Clyde and Muriel Dennis founded Good News Publishers in 1938, working out of their home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]
Crossway is best known for publishing theEnglish Standard Version(ESV) Bible, along with evangelical Christian books. It claims to have distributed more than 290 million ESV Bibles and 1 billion tracts since its founding.[3]
Crossway
[edit]In late 1978, Good News Publishers began expanding its reach by establishing Crossway, a publishing division.[4]Beginning under the leadership of Lane T. Dennis (Clyde and Muriel's son), Crossway claims that it has published more than 1,500 titles, including books "byFrancis A. Schaeffer,Martyn Lloyd-Jones,John Piper,John MacArthur,Paul David Tripp, Jen Wilkin,J. I. Packer,Chuck Colson,Frank Peretti,Max Lucado,Joni Eareckson Tada,andD. A. Carson."[1]
In 2012, Good News Publishers and theAmerican Tract Societyentered into a joint publishing agreement regarding publication and distribution of gospel tracts throughout North America.[5]
ESV Bible translation
[edit]In 2001, Crossway published the ESV translation of the Bible.[6]The ESV translation committee describes the ESV as a translation that is "essentially literal", following a "word-for-word" philosophy.[7]
According to Crossway, the publishing team behind the ESV "has included more than a hundred people."[7]
In 2008, Crossway published theESV Study Bible.[8]
In 2016, Crossway made headlines after announcing that the ESV text would be "unchanged forever, in perpetuity" as a "permanent text" edition.[9]After public discourse about the policy, Crossway announced that it would reverse the decision.[10]
Notes
[edit]- ^Good News Publishers, Crossway's parent ministry, began this year.
- ^Good News Publishers started as a tract-based ministry in the late 1930s during theGreat Depression.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abc"History".Crossway.Archivedfrom the original on June 7, 2021.RetrievedJune 7,2021.
- ^"Publishing".Crossway.Archivedfrom the original on August 9, 2021.RetrievedAugust 9,2021.
Crossway, originally known as Good News Publishers...
- ^"Crossway Global Ministry: 2023 Annual Report"(PDF).Crossway.Archived(PDF)from the original on March 1, 2024.RetrievedMarch 1,2024.
- ^"An Important Update on the Leadership of Crossway".Crossway.June 21, 2021.Archivedfrom the original on June 6, 2022.RetrievedJune 6,2022.
Crossway was established by Lane and Ebeth Dennis in the fall of 1978.
- ^Crossway website,Good News Publishers and American Tract Society Finalize Joint Publishing Agreement,article dated September 07, 2012
- ^Carter, Joe (September 30, 2016)."9 Things You Should Know About the ESV Bible".The Gospel Coalition.Archivedfrom the original on March 25, 2021.RetrievedJune 7,2021.
- ^ab"Preface to the English Standard Version".Crossway.Archivedfrom the original on June 7, 2021.RetrievedJune 7,2021.
- ^Hodges, Sam (March 20, 2009)."'ESV Study Bible' wins Christian Book of the Year award ".The Dallas Morning News.Archivedfrom the original on June 7, 2021.RetrievedJanuary 20,2021.
- ^Eekhoff Zylstra, Sarah (September 9, 2016)."After Tweaking 29 Verses, Bible Translation Becomes Unchanging Word of God".Christianity Today.Archivedfrom the original on February 26, 2021.RetrievedJune 7,2021.
- ^Weber, Jeremy (September 28, 2016)."Crossway Reverses Decision to Make ESV Bible Text Permanent".Christianity Today.Archivedfrom the original on March 10, 2021.RetrievedJune 7,2021.
