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The '''Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge''' ('''SPCK''') is a [[United Kingdom|UK]]-based [[Christians|Christian]] charity. Founded in 1698 by [[Thomas Bray]], it has worked for over 300 years to increase awareness of the [[Christians|Christian]] faith in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and worldwide.
The SPCK is the oldest [[Anglican]] [[Christian mission|mission]] organisation in the world, though it is now more ecumenical in outlook and publishes books for a wide range of Christian denominations. It is currently the third-oldest independent publisher{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} and the leading publisher of [[Christians|Christian]] books in the [[United Kingdom]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipg.uk.com/independent-publishing-awards|title=IPG Independent Publishing Awards|access-date=24 August 2017}}</ref>
==History==
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Throughout the 18th century, SPCK was by far the largest producer of Christian literature in Britain.{{cn|date=October 2023}} The range of its output was considerable - from pamphlets aimed at specific groups such as farmers, prisoners, soldiers, seamen, servants and slave-owners, to more general works on subjects such as baptism, confirmation, Holy Communion, the Prayer Book, and private devotion. Increasingly, more substantial books were also published, both on Christian subjects and, from the 1830s, on general educational topics as well.
Depositories were established at [[Great Queen Street]], [[Lincoln Inn's Fields]], [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]] and [[Piccadilly]].<ref name="BTAO">{{Cite book| title=The children of Seeligsberg| date=1875| author= BTAO}}</ref>
SPCK's early publications were distributed through a network of supporters who received books and tracts to sell or give away in their own localities. Large quantities of Christian literature were provided for the Navy, and the Society actively encouraged the formation of parish libraries, to help both clergy and laity. By the 19th century, members had organized local district committees, many of which established small book depots - which at one time numbered over four hundred. These were overseen by central committees such as the Committee of General Literature and Education. In 1875 the addresses of their "depositories" in London were given as [[Great Queen Street]], [[Lincoln Inn's Fields]], [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]] and [[Piccadilly]]
In the 1930s, a centrally coordinated network of SPCK Bookshops was established, offering a wide range of books from many different publishers. At its peak, the SPCK Bookshop chain consisted of 40 shops in the UK and 20 overseas. The latter were gradually passed into local ownership during the 1960s and 1970s.
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* Early Church Classics<ref name="wallace" />
* Early Chroniclers of Europe<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=se%3AEarly%20chroniclers%20of%20Europe se:Early chroniclers of Europe], worldcat.org. Retrieved 19 April 2023.</ref>
* Ecclesiastical Biographies<ref>E. K. Sanders (Ella Katharine Sanders), ''[https://archive.org/details/SainteChantal/page/n7/mode/2up Sainte Chantal, 1572-1641: A Study in Vocation]'', London: SPCK, 1918 (Ecclesiastical Biographies), title page. Retrieved 21 April 2023.</ref>
* English Theologians
* Exploring the Old Testament
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* The Indian Church Commentaries
* Legends Revived
* Lessons on the Way for the Use of Inquirers and Teachers<ref>Percy Dearmner, ''[https://archive.org/details/lessonsonwayvol20002perc/page/n3/mode/2up Belief in God and in Jesus Christ]''. Londen: SPCK and Cambridge: W. Hefner and Sons, 1936 (Lessons on the Way for the Use of Inquirers and Teachers), list in preliminary pages. Retrieved 19 April 2023.</ref>
* Library of Pastoral Care
* Little Books on Religion
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* Manuals of Health<ref name="proctor" /><ref name="clare" /><ref name="bower" />
* Missionary Stories Series
* Natural History Rambles<ref>[[Peter Martin Duncan|P. Martin Duncan]], ''[https://archive.org/details/seashore00dunc/page/n3/mode/2up The Sea-shore]'', London: SPCK, 1879 (Natural History Rambles). Retrieved 19 April 2023.</ref><ref>Rev. J. G. Wood, [https://archive.org/details/lanefield00woodiala/page/246/mode/2up Lane and Field], London: SPCK, 1897, publisher's list, p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2023.</ref><ref name="clare" /><ref name="bower" />
* The Nature Lover's Series
* New Library of Pastoral Care<ref>Michael Butler and Ann Orbach, ''[https://archive.org/details/beingyouragepast0000butl/page/n3/mode/2up Being Your Age : Pastoral Care for Older People]'', London: SPCK, 1993, frontispiece. Retrieved 19 April 2023.</ref>
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==External links==
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