In a rented room, somewhere in the black mountain hills of Dakota, Rocky Raccoon found solace on his nightstand. At least that’s how Paul McCartney sang the sad tale of a jilted guy who’d just lost a ...

Years ago, Pastor Elliott Osowitt checked into a motel to commit suicide. But he decided not to after seeing and reading a Gideon Bible. He is now the pastor a the Faith Fellowship in the very same ...

SUMMIT COUNTY – Questions about the separation of church and state surfaced this month in Summit County when members of Gideons International were allowed to set up tables offering free Bibles in the ...

Is the Bible what citizens are scared of, or is it the people handing out Bibles? The Bible hasn’t harmed anyone. Some people handing out Bibles do not adhere to the teachings of the Christ Jesus ...

BOONEVILLE • Open the top drawer of any hotel nightstand and you’re almost sure to find a Gideon Bible — its corner gold-stamped with the iconic two-handled lamp made famous in the Old Testament story ...

Bibles have been found in the nightstands of hotel rooms since 1908 when Gideons International began distributing them. That tradition was broken late last month by a local ASU-affiliated hotel, ...

The New Jersey Superior Court today issued a temporary injunction restraining the Board of Education of the town of Rutherford from implementing its recent resolution to permit the Gideon Society to ...

Gideons mark 100 years of spreading the word through bible Long before cable television and spa treatments became staples in hotel rooms, there was the Bible — the Gideon Bible. Gideons International ...

DANVERS — A former School Committee candidate says representatives of The Gideons International crossed the line by handing out small orange Bibles to middle-schoolers after school Monday, despite ...

Effingham County school officials have agreed to bar the Gideons from proselytizing or distributing Bibles in schools after three parents complained to the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Parents of ...

The Gideons have about 176,000 members, plus their wives, who distribute Scripture around the world, and their numbers have remained steady over the years. The group only allows for evangelical ...