P&R Publishing

P&R Publishing
Founded 1930
Founder Samuel G. Craig, J. Gresham Machen, and James Schrader
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Publication types Books and eBooks
Imprints P&R Publishing, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co.
Official website www.prpbooks.com

P&R Publishing is an evangelical, Reformed, Christian publishing company located in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. P&R publishes books that promote biblical concepts and Christian lifestyle according to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms.

History

In 1930, Samuel G. Craig, J. Gresham Machen, and James Schrader founded Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co. P&R’s initial publication was a 24-page monthly periodical called Christianity Today (“A Presbyterian Journal Devoted to Stating, Defending and Furthering the Gospel in the Modern World”).[1][2] The periodical, which featured articles on Christianity and theology, book reviews, sermons, news in the Presbyterian church, and letters to the editor, was published intermittently until 1949. Its name was later adopted, with P&R’s permission,[2] by the evangelical periodical Christianity Today, which Billy Graham founded in 1956.

The first two books that P&R published were Oswald T. Allis’s The Five Books of Moses (1943) and his Prophecy and the Church (1945). Allis, who taught in the Department of Semitic Philology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1910–29 and who served as editor of the Princeton Theological Review from 1918 to 1929, along with Machen, Robert Dick Wilson, and others, founded Westminster Theological Seminary in 1929. Allis’ books helped to set the standard and direction for P&R’s subsequent publications.

In 1957, Charles H. Craig, Samuel’s son, took over Presbyterian and Reformed’s operations, running it out of his home in Nutley, New Jersey, and using an off-site building for shipping. In 1978, the company moved to its current location in Phillipsburg. In 1982, Bryce H. Craig, Charles’ son and a graduate of Westminster Theological Seminary, became president. “Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co.” was abbreviated to “P&R Publishing” in 1992.

P&R’s approximately 700 titles range from academic works that advance biblical and theological scholarship to popular books designed to help lay readers grow in Christian thought and service.

Authors

P&R Publishing has published significant works by numerous theologians including Cornelius Van Til, Jay E. Adams, John Frame, and Vern Poythress.

Notable books

Partner theological organizations

Partner book ministries

References

  1. ↑ "Christianity Today". Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  2. 1 2 "Christianity Today [1930-1949]". Retrieved 2015-05-08.
  3. ↑ Albright, W. F. (December 1943). " ". Journal of Biblical Literature. 62 (4): 357. This is perhaps the most scholarly defense of the Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, in its present form, which has appeared in English for several decades.
  4. ↑ Young, Edward J. (1984). An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 148. Oswald T. Allis in his 1943 The Five Books of Moses wrote a powerful refutation of both the documentary and development hypothesis and entered a strong plea for acceptance of the Mosaic authorship of the first five books of the Old Testament.
  5. ↑ Arp, Robert (2013). 1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 786. The ideas in The Genesis Flood made it a best seller that retains its importance for fundamentalist Christians.
  6. ↑ "2003 Gold Medallion Book Award Winners". Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  7. ↑ "2005 Gold Medallion Book Award Winners". Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  8. ↑ "Books of the Year: In the Spotlight". Retrieved 2015-05-09.
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