She credits a Gideon Bible she read in prison for inspiring her to found the Angel Tree organization serving the children and families of inmates in all 50 states and in 45 countries.

Since 1989, for example, the Gideons have handed out 56 million copies of the Bible or New Testament in countries of Eastern Europe, now open to outsiders. “Mongolia opened up just two weeks ago.

Howard Jacobs, chief operating officer for Provenance Hotels, shows the variety of spiritual texts the hotel offers their guests upon request in their room.BILL WAUGH/ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE ...

The Gideons Bible is a pop culture icon, even earning a line in the Beatles’ White Album, when Paul McCartney sang, “Rocky Raccoon checked into his room / only to find Gideon’s Bible.” But ...

The Gideons, whose Bible has become a landmark for spiritually hungry Americans, are just as zealous about schoolrooms as hotel rooms. Despite court dictums limiting religion in public schools, ...

Gideon's Bible is a conversation between Rick Salutin, and his son, Gideon. It begins with Gideon as a child, asking why he was given his name. Rick says it's from the Bible and Gideon asks, "What ...

The first Gideon’s Bible was placed in a nightstand at the Superior Hotel in Superior, Mont. in 1908. More than 100 years later, the group has ballooned to more than 300,000 members and along ...

The Gideons optimistically reckon each Bible has the potential to reach 2,300 people in its estimated six-year lifespan (even if it is used to scribble down notes and phone numbers).

“You wouldn’t believe what that Bible has been through,” Maple said. He carried it through his tour in Vietnam. He was drafted into the Army at 19, a kid from West Lafayette, Ohio.

Why is there a Gideon Bible in almost every hotel or motel room? That’s easy: Because the Gideons put them there. The books are given to hotels and motels by Gideon International, a Christian ...

I've seen reports that the Gideon Bible society sent a planeload of Bibles to Nepal... you might want to check it out. Origins: On 28 April 2015, the web site The Lapine published a (since-deleted ...