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{{Infobox publisher | |||
| image =[[File:Banner of Truth.jpg]] | |||
| status = Active | |||
| date_founded = 1957 | |||
| founders = [[Iain Murray (author)|Iain Murray]], [[Jack Cullum]], [[Sidney Norton]] | |||
| headquarters = [[wikipedia:Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], [[wikipedia:Scotland|Scotland]] (UK)<br/>[[wikipedia:Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle, Pennsylvania]] (US) | |||
| distribution = Worldwide | |||
| publications = Books, magazine | |||
| url = [https://banneroftruth.org banneroftruth.org] | |||
}} | |||
The '''Banner of Truth Trust''' is an [[Evangelical]] and [[Calvinist|Reformed]] non-profit<ref name="AboutBTT">[http://banneroftruth.org/us/about/the-story-of-banner/ "The Story of The Banner of Truth"] by Iain H. Murray.</ref> publishing house, structured as a charitable trust<ref>[http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ Charity Commission for England and Wales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100402222408/http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ |date=2 April 2010 }} registered charity 235652.</ref> and founded in [[London]] in 1957<ref name="SJStein"/> by [[Iain Murray (author)|Iain Murray]], Sidney Norton and Jack Cullum.<ref name="AboutBTT" /> Its offices are now in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland with a key branch office and distribution point in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="AboutBTT"/> It positions itself within the [[Conservative evangelicalism in the United Kingdom|conservative evangelical]] wing of the church, and has been described as "an extremely powerful organization within British [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]] evangelicalism."<ref name="TGeorge"/> | |||
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.<ref>[http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/magazines/content.php The Banner of Truth Magazine Monthly Contents] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927052755/http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/magazines/content.php |date=27 September 2011 }}</ref> The magazine first appeared in September 1955<ref>The Banner of Truth Trust (1990), ''Index to Banner of Truth'', 1955-1989: "index to all issues of The Banner of Truth, the Trust's monthly magazine from the first issue in September 1955."</ref> and as of December 2010 had reached issue number 566.<ref>[http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/magazines/2010/12/issue566.php ''The Banner of Truth'', Contents, Issue 566, December 2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927052759/http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/magazines/2010/12/issue566.php |date=27 September 2011 }}</ref> | |||
The Banner of Truth Trust also holds conferences in three countries: UK (annual youth conference and annual ministers' conference<ref>[http://www.banneroftruth.co.uk/pages/events/ukconfexhib.php Banner of Truth United Kingdom Conference Schedule] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327215115/http://www.banneroftruth.co.uk/pages/events/ukconfexhib.php |date=27 March 2012 }}.</ref>), United States (annual conference<ref>{{cite journal |last=Luimes|first=M.|date=May–June 2006 |title=American Banner of Truth Conference |journal=The Trumpet |publisher=[[Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches in North America]]}}</ref>), and Australia (every two years<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kavanagh |first=Chris |year=2004 |title=Banner of Truth Conference: Sydney 2004 |journal=Faith in Focus: Magazine of the Reformed Churches of New Zealand |volume=31 |issue=5 |pages=4–5 |url=http://www.rcnzonline.com/fnf/backissues/Jun_2004.pdf |accessdate=17 August 2011}}</ref>). | |||
The trust has been connected with the revival of interest in [[evangelical]] [[Calvinism]] in 20th century England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moes|first=Garry J.|title=Streams of Civilization: Cultures in Conflict Since The Reformation Until The Third Millennium After Christ, Volume 2|year=2003|publisher=Christian Liberty Press|page=396}}</ref> It has promoted Puritan theology<ref name="TGeorge">{{cite book|last=George|first=Timothy|author-link=Timothy George|title=J. I. Packer and the Evangelical Future: The Impact of His Life and Thought|year=2009|publisher=Baker|pages=1900, 1905}}</ref> and helped resurrect the ideas of [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]].<ref name="SJStein">{{cite book |last=Stein |first=Stephen J. |title=The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards |year=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=230}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hart|first1=Darryl G. |author-link1=D. G. Hart|last2=Lucas|first2=Sean Michael |title=The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards: American Religion and the Evangelical Tradition |year=2007 |publisher=Baker |page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Lee|first=Sang Hyun |title=The Princeton Companion to Jonathan Edwards |year=2005 |publisher=Princeton University Press |page=305}}</ref> [[Alister McGrath]] refers to the "revival in [[Puritan]] spirituality that had been borne aloft on the wings of Banner of Truth's inexpensive paperbacks." | |||
The Banner of Truth Trust's logo depicts [[George Whitefield]] preaching.<ref>https://banneroftruth.org/us/about/our-mission/ |publisher=Banner of Truth Trust</ref> | |||
== External links == | |||
*[http://banneroftruth.org/us/about/the-story-of-banner/ "The Story of The Banner of Truth"] by Iain H. Murray | |||
*[http://www.reformation-today.org/finder/ The Finder of Reformed Christian Sources] – magazine & conferences index, compiled by Michael Keen | |||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Christian publishing companies]] | |||
[[Category:Non-profit publishers]] | |||
[[Category:Book publishing companies of Scotland]] | |||
[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1957]] | |||
[[Category:Non-profit organisations based in Scotland]] | |||
[[Category:Calvinist organizations established in the 20th century]] | |||
