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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 or [[English Standard Version]] Bibles in hotel rooms and institutions (including hospitals, schools, military bases, homeless shelters, and correctional facilities). The Gideons 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]]