Evangelical Press
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Evangelical Press is a small Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 not-for-profit publisher of books, newspapers and tracts. It is based in Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...

 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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 and Carlisle, PA, USA, with employees also in Africa, France and Belarus. It serves a reformed conservative evangelical
Conservative Evangelicalism
Conservative Evangelicalism is a term used in Britain to describe a theological movement found within Evangelical Protestant Christianity, and is sometimes simply synonymous with Evangelical within the United Kingdom...

 constituency. Sales of books fund the other activities.

Their best known title is the booklet Ultimate Questions by John Blanchard. This has now printed in excess of fifteen million copies and is translated into over fifty languages, and is also online.

Activities

EP has published and distributed several thousand titles from hundreds of authors. Subjects include Bible commentaries, devotionals, biographies, classics, music, and family books.

It also acts as a distributor for other presses: Bryntirion Press, Calvary Press, Carey Publications, Christian Hymns, Earthern Vessel, ET Persepectives, Free Presbyterian, Gospel Standard, Grace Publications, Head Heart Hand Media, Hendrickson, Joshua Press, New Growth Press, Northampton Press, Open Air Mission, P&R Publishing, Praise Hymns, Reformation Heritage, Reformation Trust, Shepherd Press, Solid Ground, and Wakeman Trust.

EP has hosted pastors' conferences in Belarus, Russia, Romania and across Africa. It also produces correspondence courses and radio programmes (in French).

Most books are in English
English language
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, but some are available also in French
French language
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, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, Russian
Russian language
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, and other languages.

Evangelical Times

Evangelical Press publishes Evangelical Times. This is a monthly newspaper
Newspaper
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which was established in 1967.

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