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Gideons International

American  
[gid-ee-uhnz] / ˈgɪd i ənz /

noun

  1. an interdenominational lay society organized in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.


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She and her husband traveled to gatherings of the Gideons International, an evangelical Christian organization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Prohibited from leaving the state without permission, he asked to travel to the District on Jan. 6, 2021, so that he could hand out Bibles on behalf of the Christian group The Gideons International.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

Marriott gets the Bibles for free from Gideons International, a group that donates Bibles to prisons, hospitals, hotels and other public places.

From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2018

Over the last 100 years the Gideons International has placed close to two billion Bibles in hotel rooms across the United States and in more than 100 other countries.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2015

Gideons International, the traveling men's organization famed for distributing Bibles in hotels, has long hoped to extend its activities to the nation's public schools.

From Time Magazine Archive

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