Bridge-Logos co-founder and president dies

Written by Eric Tiansay

Monday, 24 August 2009 03:02 PM America/New_York

Catherine "Kitty" Morrell, co-founder and president of Bridge-Logos Foundation, died Aug. 18 in Evesham, England, after an illness that lasted a few months, company officials said. She was 66.

Morrell and her then-husband, Guy, took over the charismatic publishing company in New Jersey in 1995. Bridge-Logos was founded in 1967 as the nonprofit Logos International Fellowship. The Morrells later moved the company to Alachua, Fla. After Guy--who served as president and CEO of Bridge-Logos--died in May 2007, Morrell inherited the company.

"It was her heart's desire to see Bridge-Logos become a non-profit ministry, and so she turned the company over to the Lord by establishing Bridge-Logos Foundation earlier this year," Bridge-Logos Publisher Lloyd Hildebrand said. "This act of generosity has been blessed by the Lord, and it ensures that Bridge-Logos will continue in its present form for years to come."

As a nonprofit, the foundation distributes Christian literature to needy parts of the world, and provides prisoners with free books and Bibles, company officials said. 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.