Gospel Folio Press Ministries
Distributor of Quality Christian Books
John 3:16 was the verse that William J. Pell began with when he started printing on a hand press in his mother’s parlor in 1922.
This was the humble beginning of Gospel Folio Press Ministries.
Will Pell began to print the monthly gospel paper, Words of Peace and assumed he would never print literature with more than one fold (a “folio” is a piece of paper folded once), so he named his company “Gospel Folio Press”.
In 1939, Will was compelled to create a daily devotional calendar. The calendar (initially named The Remembrancer) launched in 1940; “Choice Gleanings” and was an immediate success. Within a few years, Gospel Folio Press found itself producing 40,000 calendars annually. Material for the calendars was gleaned from books,originally, but over time the calendar included more original writing than ‘gleanings.’ Today almost sixty writers from around the world contribute meditations to the Choice Gleanings calendar.
Gospel Folio Press has, with the establishment of this new Choice Gleanings website, advanced the legacy of this ‘calendar with a difference.’
The 2012 calendar will be mailed worldwide so that, as for the last seventy-one years, those who read it daily will gain encouragement and comfort in the situations and circumstances of life.
Around 1925, Gospel Folio Press began printing Sunday School papers. In 1995-98, with the input of Sunday School Teachers and Superintendents, the modular curriculum was revised and updated in order to teach all ages in a clear, concise and consecutive manner. The curriculum is now known as “Line Upon Line Modular Bible Lessons“. This is a great resource material for Sunday School Teachers, Bible Study Groups & everyone who wants to gain knowledge of God’s Word.
Gospel Folio Press started printing Gospel literature in 1923 and continues to print and distribute Gospel tracts. In 1997 we designed a small folded size 1.75″ x 2.75″ “Just a Minute” tract that is attractive and only takes a minute to read.
Gospel Folio Press continues to distribute Gospel Tracts along with Christian books, Bibles, commentaries, Sunday School material, hymn books, and daily devotionals. All of these are available for purchase at our webstore.
We believe that the Bible, the Word of God, is heaven’s treasure house, including “all spiritual blessings in the heavenlies in Him.” When we open the Scriptures, heaven opens to us. We look right into the heart and mind of God. The teachings of God’s Word are neither ancient nor modern—they are both timeless and timely, and sufficient for men and women of God to be “thoroughly furnished to every good work.”
We desire to provide carefully selected, trustworthy products for the help and encouragement of fellow believers.
Have a blessed day!
Sam Cairns
Gospel Folio Press
Myrtlefield Encounters are complementary studies of biblical literature, Christian teaching and apologetics. Key Bible Concepts explores and clarifies the central terms of the Christian gospel and provides succinct explanations of the basic vocabulary of Christian thought. The Definition of Christianity throws fresh light on the Book of Acts and observes how the first generation of Christians identified and defended the unique features of the gospel. Christianity: Opium or Truth? offers new perspectives on perennial–and crucial–questions such as the problem of pain and the exclusive claims of Jesus Christ. The Bible and Ethics presents a concise survey of leading events and people, ideas, poetry, moral values and ethics across both the Old and New Testaments. The books in this series engage the minds of believers and sceptics. They show how God has spoken in the Bible to address the realities of life and its questions, problems, beauty and potential. 
