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http://wwwGideons International is an evangelical Christian organization dedicated to distributing copies of the Bible in over 80 languages and more than 180 countries of the world to those who might not otherwise encounter it, most famously in hotel and motel rooms.gideons.org/
The Gideons International serves as an extended missionary arm of the church: Our sole purpose is to win men, women, boys and girls to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ through association for service, personal testimony, and distributing the Bible in the human traffic lanes and streams of everyday life{{opinions}}
[[Image:Publicpics.gif]]==Main article==
[[ImageOn it's website it tells its mission:bible.jpg]]: ''The Gideons International serves as an extended missionary arm of the church: Our sole purpose is to win men, women, boys and girls to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ through association for service, personal testimony, and distributing the Bible in the human traffic lanes and streams of everyday life''
== Headline text ==The name comes from the Biblical judge, [[Gideon]]. His story is told in [[Judges (WEB)#Chapter 6|Judges 6-7]]. The organization describes its link to the story of Gideon: ''Gideon was a man who was willing to do exactly what God wanted him to do, regardless of his own judgment as to the plans or results. Humility, faith, and obedience were his great elements of character. This is the standard that The Gideons International is trying to establish in all its members, each man to be ready to do God's will at any time, at any place, and in any way that the Holy Spirit leads.''
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The organization was founded in 1899 in Boscobel, Wisconsin as an early American parachurch organization dedicated to Christian evangelism. It began distributing free Bibles, the work it is chiefly known for, in 1908, when the first Bibles were placed in the rooms of the Superior Hotel in Superior, Montana. [[Image:MO_Gideon_bg1] The local railway station at the time was named Iron Mountain, causing confusion as to the name of the town.jpg]]
[http://www.aboutusgideons.org/Gideons.org]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideons_International Wikipedia - Gideon's Internatonal]
