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A Word From Our Publisher
The year was 1969. I was a
Social Studies teacher in Scotch
Plains, New Jersey, and I began
attending a church in nearby
Plainfield. It was First
Christian Assembly. Soon
thereafter I met an elder of the
church, Mr. Dan Malachuk, who
was a local jeweler.
I was fascinated by the fact
that Dan had started a small
publishing company in the back
room of his shop. He called it
Logos International Fellowship.
I believe the first book
published by Logos was The
Challenging Counterfeit by
Raphael Gasson.
The third book or so that was
published by the fledgling
company was Run Baby Run by
Nicky Cruz with Jamie
Buckingham. This autobiography
of a former gang member became a
true blockbuster that has sold
more than two million copies and
still sells strongly for us
today.
I started my career in
publishing then by packing books
in the back room of the jewelry
store and I worked with the
Malachuks in the jewelry store,
the church, and the publishing
company for several years. It
was a very exciting time to be
so involved, for the Jesus
Movement and the Charismatic
Renewal were going strong and I
felt so privileged to be a part
of it all.
I remember meeting many of our
authors, including Nicky Cruz,
Dennis Bennett, Judson Cornwall,
Harold Hill, Father Joseph
Orsini, Jamie Buckingham, and
Willard Cantelon. I loved each
one and learned so much from
them, their books, and from the
Malachuks, as well.
Logos International Fellowship
did extremely well for a long
time. They took over the
facilities of the Plainfield
newspaper and began publishing a
daily Christian newspaper—The
National Courier. More than 100
employees worked for the company
during that very prosperous era.
Unfortunately, however, the
newspaper was never able to get
the subscriptions and
advertising it needed, even
though the book division and a
monthly magazine, Logos Journal,
were doing well.
Eventually the company was
bought by a man from Great
Britain, Raymond Stanbury, who
owned Valley Books Trust in
Chepstow, Wales, UK. For a few
years I served as his general
manager. He named the company
Bridge Publishing, Inc. Under
Raymond's direction, we began a
series of classics that are now
known as our Pure Gold Classics.
As time went on, the company was
sold to another Englishman—Mr.
Guy Morrell. For a couple of
years I served as a consultant
and editor for Guy. He changed
the name of the company to
Bridge-Logos Publishers, because
he wanted to bring back the
Logos style books that had been
fairly well dropped by the UK
owners. Guy's work with several
of our authors, including Ray
Comfort and Liberty Savard,
enabled the company to grow and
prosper once more.
Guy died in 2007, and his widow,
Kitty, asked me to become
Publisher and CEO of
Bridge-Logos Publishing, which
is now Bridge-Logos Foundation.
I'm so glad I agreed to do so,
because in my heart I have
always been a part of this great
company. I thank God that He
called me to continue to serve
here, and I ask for your prayers
for all who work with us,
including our staff, editors,
graphic designers, and authors.
God has been faithful to us for
more than forty years, and I
know He will continue to bless
this company that was founded by
Dan Malachuk in 1969.
Lloyd B. Hildebrand
CEO/President
Bridge-Logos Foundation
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