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Most of us will have come across the Gideons one way or another, whether it was being presented with a little red New Testament at school, by finding a Bible in your hotel bedroom, or the hospital locker.
This year sees the 60th Anniversary of their work in the British Isles.
The Gideons became established in the British Isles in 1949 and by 1950 had just 70 members; today the Association has some 5000
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After just nine years of operation the Millionth copy of the Scriptures was placed. It took just another four years to reach the two million mark.
The present total of scriptures distributed stands at over Thirty Million.
Internationally, the Gideons work in some 188 countries and a number of these are supported by Gideon Members and followers in British Isles.
In many ways this is a ’silent’ ministry but the testimonies received show it to be an effective one. Sometimes the results are long coming. It may be that Testament given out at Secondary School many years before which brings a person to Christ in later life. “Casting our bread upon the waters”, is how one Gideon described it to me.
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My wife, Gill, still has her copy given to her in the late 1950’s whilst I still have my Personal Worker copy given to me in 1967, and we are not unique, I know of many more.
So here’s to you Gideons UK, thanking God for the blessings of the past 60 years and praying there are many more fruitful years to come.
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