Crossway (previously known by its parent ministry Good News Publishers) is an American not-for-profit[2]evangelicalChristian publishing ministry headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois.[3] 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 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.[4]
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.[6]
ESV Bible translation
In 2001, Crossway published the ESV translation of the Bible.[7] The ESV translation committee describes the ESV as a translation that is "essentially literal", following a "word-for-word" philosophy.[8]
According to Crossway, the publishing team behind the ESV "has included more than a hundred people."[8]
In 2016, Crossway made headlines after announcing that the ESV text would be "unchanged forever, in perpetuity" as a "permanent text" edition.[10] After public discourse about the policy, Crossway announced that it would reverse the decision.[11]
Notes
↑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
123"History". Crossway. Archived from the original on June 7, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
