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The '''Pocket Testament League''' is an [[Evangelical Christian]] [[nonprofit organization]] with members from various denominational backgrounds which distributes printed copies of the [[Gospels]]. A small team runs the ministry, and it is managed by a 15-person Board of Trustees. Members of The Pocket Testament League have shared{{when|date=September 2013}} over 110 million{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} |
The '''Pocket Testament League''' is an [[Evangelical Christian]] [[nonprofit organization]] with members from various denominational backgrounds which distributes printed copies of the [[Gospels]]. A small team runs the ministry, and it is managed by a 15-person Board of Trustees. Members of The Pocket Testament League have shared{{when|date=September 2013}} over 110 million{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} gospels. |
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== History == |
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The ministry has a rich history. Many grew up hearing the story of a pocket sized Bible in a soldier’s pocket that saved his life. It was [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=157116%20 Private Jennison of the 5th Yorkshire Regiment] who, during WWI, was carrying his New Testament supplied by The Pocket Testament League which stopped the bullet that would have pierced his chest. |
The ministry has a rich history. Many grew up hearing the story of a pocket sized Bible in a soldier’s pocket that saved his life. It was [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=157116%20 Private Jennison of the 5th Yorkshire Regiment] who, during WWI, was carrying his New Testament supplied by The Pocket Testament League which stopped the bullet that would have pierced his chest. |
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After WWII General MacArthur asked The League for Pocket Testaments. Members of The Pocket Testament League contributed a stunning 11 million Gospels for the nation of Japan through gracious giving and prayer. As a result of these Gospels being shared in Japan, Captain [[Mitsuo_Fuchida|Fuchida Mitsuo]], who had led the attack on Pearl Harbor, accepted Christ as his Savior. He later worked for The League.--> |
After WWII, General MacArthur asked The League for Pocket Testaments. Members of The Pocket Testament League contributed a stunning 11 million Gospels for the nation of Japan through gracious giving and prayer. As a result of these Gospels being shared in Japan, Captain [[Mitsuo_Fuchida|Fuchida Mitsuo]], who had led the attack on Pearl Harbor, accepted Christ as his Savior. He later worked for The League.--> |
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After the Second World War, the league started its missionary work in foreign countries. With the support of Generals [[George Marshall]] and [[Chiang Kai-shek]], Bibles were distributed among Chinese soldiers fighting in the [[Chinese Civil War]].<ref>Archie R. Crouch (ed.), Christianity in China : a scholars' guide to resources in the libraries and archives of the United States, New York 1989, p. 226.</ref> |
After the Second World War, the league started its missionary work in foreign countries. With the support of Generals [[George Marshall]] and [[Chiang Kai-shek]], Bibles were distributed among Chinese soldiers fighting in the [[Chinese Civil War]].<ref>Archie R. Crouch (ed.), Christianity in China : a scholars' guide to resources in the libraries and archives of the United States, New York 1989, p. 226.</ref> |
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The Pocket Testament League is an Evangelical Christian nonprofit organization with members from various denominational backgrounds which distributes printed copies of the Gospels. A small team runs the ministry, and it is managed by a 15-person Board of Trustees. Members of The Pocket Testament League have shared[when?] over 110 million[citation needed] gospels.
History
The Pocket Testament League was founded in 1893 by a teenage girl named Helen Cadbury, as a means of winning her classmates to Christ. In 1904, Helen married American evangelist Charles McCallon Alexander, who officially organized the League with Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman in Philadelphia in March 1908.[1] Alexander had been associated with the prominent evangelist Dwight L. Moody, and his experience in worldwide evangelism gave huge impetus to the League. In 1914, The Pocket Testament League opened an office in London, England, and began sharing Gospels as part of its First World War outreach. In October, a campaign gave out 400,000 New Testaments to soldiers on Salisbury Plain.
During the Great Depression, members of the League shared Gospels through the Civilian Conservation Corps in the South and throughout New England. The Corps was a government-organized effort to put jobless men to work on public projects. Billy Graham encouraged the League, commenting that "I am completely sold on the work of The Pocket Testament League, and continue to pray for those associated with it."[citation needed]
After the Second World War, the league started its missionary work in foreign countries. With the support of Generals George Marshall and Chiang Kai-shek, Bibles were distributed among Chinese soldiers fighting in the Chinese Civil War.[2]
Present
The League has over 450,000 members, and a staff of 5 full-time people that work from virtual offices. The League has members from all 50 U.S. states and from 140 countries.
Today The League still prints small, pocket-sized Gospels of John in languages such as English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Russian, German, Spanish and Portuguese, with a wide range of cover designs. It partners with local Bible Societies for accurate Bible translations and ships from several locations around the world.
See also
- Charles M. Alexander A Romance of Song and Soul Winning by Helen Cadbury Alexander Printed in Great Britain by Butler and Tanner, Frome and London
- Helen Cadbury And Charles M. Alexander Copyright 1989 Simon Fox A Love That Embraced the World by Simon Fox
- Gideons International
References
- ^ Archie R. Crouch (ed.), Christianity in China : a scholars' guide to resources in the libraries and archives of the United States, New York 1989, p. 226.
- ^ Archie R. Crouch (ed.), Christianity in China : a scholars' guide to resources in the libraries and archives of the United States, New York 1989, p. 226.
External links
- Official website
- The Pocket Testament league around the world by George T.B. Davis
- The Remarkable Story of Helen Cadbury at Therebelution.com