ebooks Calvin's Company of Pastors: Pastoral Care and the Emerging Reformed Church; 1536-1609 (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology) by Scott M. Manetsch in History

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Endorsed in its time by Francis Scott Key; John Jay; and Theodore Roosevelt; the American Bible Society (ABS) is a seminal institution for American Protestants. The group was founded in 1816 with the goal of distributing free copies of the Bible in local languages throughout the world. Today; the ABS is a Christian ministry based in Philadelphia with a $300 million endowment and a mission to engage 100 million Americans with the Bible by 2025. In The Bible Cause; noted historian of American religion John Fea demonstrates how the ABS's primary mission - to place the Bible in the hands of as many people as possible - has caused the history of the organization to intersect at nearly every point with the history of the United States. For the last two hundred years; the ABS has steadily increased its influence both at home and abroad; working with all Christian denominations in the US and internationally; aligning itself whenever possible with the gatekeepers of American religious culture. Over the years ABS Bibles could be found in hotel rooms; bookstores; and airports; on steam boats; college and university campuses; the Internet; and even behind the Iron Curtain. Its agents; Bibles in hand; could be found on the front lines of every American military conflict from the Mexican-American War to the Iraq War. However and wherever the United States developed; the ABS was there.Throughout the last two centuries ABS has never wavered in its mission; and its commitment to be the guardian of a Christian civilization has been proven many times over.