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'''Gideons International''' is an international, non-profit interdenominational [[Christian]] organization which spreads the Word of [[God]], usually by placing [[King James Bible]]s in hotel rooms and hospitals. The Gideon's first started putting Bibles in hotel rooms in 1908, and since that time have placed 1,400,000,000 (1.4 billion) of them.<ref>Christianity Today, June 2008, Pg. 16</ref>  

'''Gideons International''' is a non-profit [[protestant]] [[Christian]] organization comprised of business and professional men and their wives.<ref>Found in the front portion of Gideon full bibles and New Testaments, on the page titled "Who Are The Gideons?"</ref><ref>https://www.gideons.org/faq</ref> Gideons spread the Word of [[God]] by placing or distributing copies of the [[King James Bible]] or [[English Standard Version]] in hotel rooms and institutions (including hospitals, schools, military bases, homeless shelters, and correctional facilities). The organization was started by two traveling salesmen in [[Wisconsin]] who were Christian and shared a hotel room, and the organization is currently headquartered in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. The Gideons first started putting Bibles in hotel rooms in 1908, and by its 100th anniversary it had placed 1.4 billion of them.<ref>Christianity Today, June 2008, Pg. 16</ref>  

 

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*[http://www.gideons.org/ Gideons International Official Site]

*[https://www.gideons.org/ Gideons International Official Site]

[[Category: Christian Organizations]]

[[Category:Christian Organizations]]