The Gideons themselves are as discreet as their Bibles are ubiquitous. "When we make a distribution, it's not broadcast all over the news," Dan Siek told the Casper Rotary Club on Monday. "We don't ...

Mar. 5—Superior is certainly a central character in the drama that led to the first among literally billions of Gideon Bibles found in hotels and other establishments throughout the world. But my ...

If you're staying at the Hotel Preston, you can get a copy of the ancient Hindu text for your room from a "spiritual menu" that includes the Quran, the Bible and other religious texts. Provenance ...

A Kansas school district received a warning from the American Civil Liberties Union after allowing a representative of Gideons International to distribute Bibles to elementary school students. Wichita ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Anchor: Give us a quick primer, what is Gideons International? Guest: A Bible distributing ministry that started in 1899 by businessmen who were led to place Bibles in hotels.

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 ...

Israel loves a debate, and none is louder than who protects the nation: soldiers in uniform or scholars in holy texts? Judges ...

The Union County Retired Education Personnel met on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Union County Heritage Museum. President Susan Feather presided and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance and shared ...

A Gideon, Bailey must have been aware of the doings at the recent Gideon convention in Louisville, Ky. The Gideons had been founded nine years earlier in Wisconsin by a couple of traveling salesmen - ...

May 21—Maureen Miller, a White Oak author, describes her first novel as a time-slip with a male protagonist who finds a Gideon Bible that sends him on a journey to save a life. "He doesn't feel ...

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, ...

Will more hotel guests want "50 Shades of Grey" than the Bible? July 25, 2012— -- Are hotel guests more interested in reading "50 Shades of Grey" than the Bible? One British hotelier thinks so.