Status | Active |
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Founded | 1957 |
Founder | Iain Murray, Jack Cullum, Sidney Norton |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location |
Edinburgh,
Scotland Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Distribution | Worldwide |
Publication types | Books, magazine |
Nonfiction topics | Theology |
Official website |
www |
The Banner of Truth Trust is an Evangelical and Reformed non-profit [1] publishing house, structured as a charitable trust [2] and founded in London in 1957 [3] by Iain Murray, Sidney Norton and Jack Cullum. [1] Its offices are now in Edinburgh, Scotland with a key branch office and distribution point in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. [1] It positions itself within the conservative evangelical wing of the church, and has been described as "an extremely powerful organization within British nonconformist evangelicalism." [4]
The trust publishes a monthly magazine called The Banner of Truth ( ISSN 0408-4748) which normally appears eleven times per year, with there being a single issue for August and September. [5] The magazine first appeared in September 1955 [6] and as of December 2010 had reached issue number 566. [7]
The Banner of Truth Trust also holds conferences in three countries: UK (annual youth conference and annual ministers' conference [8]), United States (annual conference [9]), and Australia (every two years [10]).
The trust has been connected with the revival of interest in evangelical Calvinism in 20th century England. [11] It has promoted Puritan theology [4] and helped resurrect the ideas of Jonathan Edwards. [3] [12] [13] Alister McGrath refers to the "revival in Puritan spirituality that had been borne aloft on the wings of Banner of Truth's inexpensive paperbacks." [14]
The Banner of Truth Trust's logo depicts George Whitefield preaching. [15]