Gideons International

[ gid-ee-uhnz ]

noun

1. an interdenominational lay society organized in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.

Example Sentences

Prohibited from leaving the state without permission, he asked to travel to the District on Jan. 6, 2021, so that he could hand out Bibles on behalf of the Christian group The Gideons International.

From Washington Post

The men founded Gideons International in 1899 and have distributed more than 2 billion Bibles and New Testaments.

From Washington Post

Marriott gets the Bibles for free from Gideons International, a group that donates Bibles to prisons, hospitals, hotels and other public places.

From Washington Times

He recently celebrated 75 years with this “body of believers dedicated to making the Word of God available to everyone,” according to the Gideons International website at www2.gideons.org.

From Washington Times

Jeff Pack, Gideons International’s director of communications, said he isn’t sure why the STR survey shows a decline in religious material in hotel rooms, considering that the distribution of Bibles by his group hasn’t dropped.

From Los Angeles Times