Good News Publishers

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Good News Publishers
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Founded1938
1978 (Crossway)
FounderClyde and Muriel Dennis
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Wheaton, Illinois
Publication typesChristian books, ESV Bibles , tracts
Imprints Crossway
Official website www.crossway.org

Good News Publishers, now known by its publishing ministry Crossway, is an evangelical Christian not-for-profit organization headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois. [1] Clyde and Muriel Dennis founded Good News Publishers in 1938, working out of their home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [2]

Contents

Crossway is best known for publishing evangelical Christian books, along with the English Standard Version (ESV) translation of the Bible. Mark Ward, editor of Bible Study Magazine, has praised Crossway for its continuous commitment to technological innovation in publishing the ESV online. [3]

Crossway

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 "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."

ESV Bible translation

In 2001, Crossway published the ESV translation of the Bible. [5] The ESV translation committee describes the ESV as a translation that is "essentially literal", following a "word-for-word" philosophy. [6] Derived from the 1971 text edition of the Revised Standard Version (RSV), the ESV places emphasis "on 'word-for-word' correspondence, at the same time taking account of differences in grammar, syntax, and idiom between current literary English and the original languages."

According to Crossway, the publishing team behind the ESV "has included more than a hundred people." [6] Crossway claims that "this hundred-plus-member team shares a common commitment to the truth of God’s Word and to historic Christian orthodoxy and is international in scope, including leaders in many denominations."

In 2008, Crossway published the ESV Study Bible (ESVSB). [7] The ESVSB was the first study Bible to win the Evangelical Christian Publisher's Association Book of the Year award.

In 2016, Crossway made headlines after announcing that the ESV text would be "unchanged forever, in perpetuity" as a "permanent text" edition. [8] After public discourse about the policy, Crossway announced that it would reverse the decision. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Publishing". Crossway. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021. Crossway, originally known as Good News Publishers ...
  2. ↑ "History". Crossway. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ Ward, Mark (June 14, 2010). "Why I Chose the ESV over the NASB". By Faith We Understand. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 "Preface to the English Standard Version". Crossway. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
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