Evangelical Press
Evangelical Press (also known as 'EP Books') is a small Christian not-for-profit publisher of books, including two commentary series and a range of non-fiction aimed at the ordinary reader. Until 2015 it was based in Darlington in the United Kingdom, but is now a virtual company, retaining its company address in Darlington. It has distribution facilities in Grand Rapids, USA, with employees also in Africa, France and Belarus. It serves a reformed conservative evangelical constituency. Sales of books are intended to fund mission activities where overflow permits; books are supplied almost at cost for mission purposes.
Their best-known title is the booklet Ultimate Questions by John Blanchard. This has now printed in excess of sixteen million copies and is translated into over fifty languages, and is also online.
History
EP was founded by a Memorandum and Articles of Association incorporated 12th October 1967.[1]
Activities
EP has published and distributed several thousand titles from hundreds of authors. Subjects include Bible commentaries, devotionals, biographies, classics, music, and family books.
It no longer acts as a distributor for other presses (it used to handle, among others, Bryntirion Press, Christian Hymns, ET Perspectives, Grace Publications, Praise Hymns). EP's books are now distributed by tenofthose.
EP has hosted pastors' conferences in Belarus, Russia, Romania and across Africa. .
Most books are in English, but some are available also in French, Spanish, Russian, and other languages.
Evangelical Times
Evangelical Press published Evangelical Times until 2015.[2] This is a monthly newspaper which was established in 1967.
Notes
- ↑ From UK Charity Commission website
- ↑ Evangelical Times, February 2015, http://www.evangelical-times.org/archive/item/7157/News/Changes-at-Evangelical-Press-and-Evangelical-Times/