The Pocket Testament League
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Since 1893, The Pocket Testament League has motivated Christians to "Read, Carry and Share" the Word of God. Originally founded 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, PA in March 1908. 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 bleak period of the 1930's known as 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.
Throughout its history, over 100 million pocket-sized Gospels have been shared by its members in every part of the globe.
Billy Graham
was a great encouragement to 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."
The Pocket Testament League is a relatively small non-profit organization serving hundreds of thousands of members from many different denominational backgrounds. A tiny team runs the ministry. It is managed by a 15-person Board of Trustees.
The League is web based and operates in a high-tech, low-cost way so more of funds go directly to the production and shipping of Gospels of John. In addition to the United States and Canada, The League has launched websites in Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Italian, Japanese and German are under development.
Members of The Pocket Testament League have shared over 110 million Gospels.
The ministry provides free resources and tools to help Christians develop a lifestyle of biblical discipline and personal evangelism.
The ministry does not sell anything. It motivates and equips Christians to Read, Carry and Share the Word of God.
More of Helen Cadbury's story can be found here>
The organization is based in the United States.
Since 1893, The Pocket Testament League has motivated Christians to "Read, Carry and Share" the Word of God. Originally founded by a teenage girl named Helen Cadbury
Helen Cadbury
Helen Cadbury was an evangelist.In 1904, Cadbury married popular gospel singer Charles McCallon Alexander. She toured with him on the evangelistic circuit as a women's worker, and they worked together to found the Pocket Testament League, which distributes free pocket-sized New Testaments via...
as a means of winning her classmates to Christ. In 1904, Helen married American evangelist Charles McCallon Alexander
Charles McCallon Alexander
Charles McCallon Alexander , a native of East Tennessee, was a popular 19th Century gospel singer who worked the evangelistic circuit for many years. Over the course of his ministry, he toured with R. A. Torrey and John Wilbur Chapman, most notably. In 1904, Alexander married Helen Cadbury,...
, who officially organized the League with Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman in Philadelphia, PA in March 1908. 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
Salisbury Plain
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in central southern England covering . It is part of the Southern England Chalk Formation and largely lies within the county of Wiltshire, with a little in Hampshire. The plain is famous for its rich archaeology, including Stonehenge, one of England's best known...
.
During the bleak period of the 1930's known as the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
, members of the League shared Gospels through the Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D...
in the South and throughout New England. The Corps was a government-organized effort to put jobless men to work on public projects.
Throughout its history, over 100 million pocket-sized Gospels have been shared by its members in every part of the globe.
Billy Graham
Billy Graham
William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist. As of April 25, 2010, when he met with Barack Obama, Graham has spent personal time with twelve United States Presidents dating back to Harry S. Truman, and is number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for...
was a great encouragement to 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."
The Pocket Testament League is a relatively small non-profit organization serving hundreds of thousands of members from many different denominational backgrounds. A tiny team runs the ministry. It is managed by a 15-person Board of Trustees.
The League is web based and operates in a high-tech, low-cost way so more of funds go directly to the production and shipping of Gospels of John. In addition to the United States and Canada, The League has launched websites in Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Italian, Japanese and German are under development.
Members of The Pocket Testament League have shared over 110 million Gospels.
The ministry provides free resources and tools to help Christians develop a lifestyle of biblical discipline and personal evangelism.
The ministry does not sell anything. It motivates and equips Christians to Read, Carry and Share the Word of God.
More of Helen Cadbury's story can be found here>
The organization is based in the United States.