Bridge-Logos restructures as a nonprofit

Written by Eric Tiansay

Thursday, 30 April 2009 02:45 PM America/New_York

A pioneering charismatic publisher has gone full circle, restructuring as a nonprofit ministry to help secure its long-term future. Bridge-Logos Publishers in Alachua, Fla., has become Bridge-Logos Foundation.

"It gives a whole different perspective to what we are doing, in the sense that we truly now are a ministry, as opposed to just being a publishing company," said publisher Lloyd Hildebrand of the change. "It ensures the ongoing viability of the company for years to come."

Under the new structure, the foundation would be looking to distribute Christian literature to needy parts of the world, and provide prisoners with free books and Bibles, Hildebrand added. The change takes Bridge-Logos back to its roots, founded in 1967 as the nonprofit Logos International Fellowship.

Best known for publishing Nicky Cruz's best-selling autobiography, Run Baby Run, the house became Bridge Publishers when it was bought in the 1980s. The change to Bridge-Logos Publishing came in 1995.

In addition to its "Pure Gold Classics" series featuring books by Andrew Murray and Charles Spurgeon, Bridge-Logos has also become known for publishing books by evangelist Ray Comfort.