Christian literature dissemination

The Christian Literature Distribution (CLV) is a publishing house for Christian literature . It was founded on May 15, 1983 in Bielefeld .

A focus of the publications are Bible editions , namely the butcher and the crowd Bibles , as well as writings for studying the Bible and evangelistic topics as well as the CLeVer Bible program .

history

In order to be able to offer missionary books inexpensively, the evangelist Wolfgang Bühne founded the “Christian Buchhandlung Bühne” in Meinerzhagen in 1972 , from which the “Christian Literature Distribution” publishing house emerged in Bielefeld in 1983.

Publishing program

The number of German and foreign language publications includes around 700 titles, all of which are in the evangelical / free church area.

Authors

CLV relocates and a. Books by the following authors:

Hugh E. Alexander Gleason Leonard Archer Tom Bisset Wolfgang stage John Bunyan Wilhelm Busch Hans-Werner Deppe Wolfgang Dyck Charles H. Dyer Rudolf Ebertshäuser

Stanley A. Ellisen Arno C. Gaebelein Duane T. Gish Werner Gitt Anthony Norris Groves Ole Hallesby Dave Hunt Jakob Kroeker Roger Liebi Karin Lorenz

Erwin W. Lutzer John F. MacArthur William MacDonald James G. McCarthy Josh McDowell Watchman Nope Wolfgang Nestvogel Benedict Peters Jim Petersen John Piper

Hans-Jörg Ronsdorf Ralph Shallis Mike Shamy Charles Haddon Spurgeon Malcolm Steer Patricia St. John Alexander Bush Charles R. Swindoll Aiden Wilson Tozer

periodical

Since it was founded, the publisher has published a quarterly issue, which was created in 1968 by the youth evangelist Wolfgang Bühne as a contact sheet for evangelistic leisure work among boys aged 10-16 years. The first three editions appeared under the title “Bible Course” and up to issue 3/2006 had the title “Contact sheet of active Christians”, then as “Firm & loyal”. Journal for Active Christians ”. The magazine often brings apologetic articles, mostly on topical issues.

The magazine was edited by Andreas Fett until mid-2009 .

Publishing principles

The CLV is organized as a non-profit association (Bielefeld Register of Associations, VR 2173).

Since the publishing house sees itself as a missionary work , it has committed itself to the following four principles:

• No profit: All surpluses are used to finance further book and other missionary projects.
• Low prices: Customers are primarily evangelistic congregations that run book tables for the purpose of evangelism .
• Large print runs to keep printing costs low.
• No debts: Books are only published if the money for the print run (printing costs and layout) is available beforehand. Funds should not be raised through donations, but rather through individual project-related measures.

A special feature is that almost all of the publisher's books, including out-of-print books, can be downloaded from its website for personal use.

Employee

With a few exceptions, all employees work on a voluntary basis . They see their work as "service to God".

See also

• Mission (christianity)

Web links

• Official website
• Internet presence for the magazine firmly and faithfully

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Evangelical publisher Wolfgang Bühne 70 years old , IdeaSpektrum No. 20 of May 19, 2016, p. 33.
2. ^ Magazines of the Brethren Movement

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