Crossway (previously known by its parent ministry Good News Publishers) is a not-for-profit evangelical Christian publishing ministry headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois.[2] Clyde and Muriel Dennis founded Good News Publishers in 1938, working out of their home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]
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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 (President and CEO) |
| Publication types | Christian books, ESV Bibles, tracts |
| Official website | www |
Crossway is best known for publishing the English 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
editIn 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 "by Francis 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, and D. A. Carson."[1]
In 2012, Good News Publishers and the American Tract Society entered into a joint publishing agreement regarding publication and distribution of gospel tracts throughout North America.[5]
ESV Bible translation
editIn 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 the ESV 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 the Great Depression.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "History". Crossway. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ "Publishing". Crossway. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 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. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- ^ "An Important Update on the Leadership of Crossway". Crossway. June 21, 2021. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 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. Archived from the original on March 25, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ a b "Preface to the English Standard Version". Crossway. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Hodges, Sam (March 20, 2009). "'ESV Study Bible' wins Christian Book of the Year award". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ^ Eekhoff Zylstra, Sarah (September 9, 2016). "After Tweaking 29 Verses, Bible Translation Becomes Unchanging Word of God". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Weber, Jeremy (September 28, 2016). "Crossway Reverses Decision to Make ESV Bible Text Permanent". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
