Zondervan is an international Christian media and publishing company, one of the four businesses founded by Dutch-Americans that have made Grand Rapids, Michigan into the USA's "Christian Publishing Capital," alongside Eerdmans, Baker Books, and Kregel. Zondervan is a founding member of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). The president and CEO of Zondervan is Doug Lockhart. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Grand Rapids is the name of several places in the United States of America: Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids, Minnesota Grand Rapids, Ohio Grand Rapids, Wisconsin is the former name of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Grand Rapids is also the name of a town in Canada: Grand Rapids, Manitoba. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grand Rapids is the name of several places in the United States of America: Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids, Minnesota Grand Rapids, Ohio Grand Rapids, Wisconsin is the former name of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Grand Rapids is also the name of a town in Canada: Grand Rapids, Manitoba. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      A Christian () is a person who... Main areas in which Dutch-Americans can be found. ... Grand Rapids is the name of several places in the United States of America: Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids, Minnesota Grand Rapids, Ohio Grand Rapids, Wisconsin is the former name of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Grand Rapids is also the name of a town in Canada: Grand Rapids, Manitoba. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Wm. ... Baker Book House is a Christian book publisher based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ... The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) is an international non-profit organization promoting excellence among Christian publishers. ...

History

Zondervan was founded in 1931 in the suburb of Grandville, Michigan by brothers P.J. (Pat) and Bernie Zondervan, who were the nephews of publisher William Eerdmans. The company began in the Zondervans' farmhouse, and originally dealt with selling remainders and reprinting public domain works. Within a couple of years it developed a list of its own, and began publishing Bible editions. The [[[Berkeley Version]] appeared in 1959, and the Amplified Bible in 1965. The New International Version NIV New Testament was published in partnership with the International Bible Society in 1973, and the complete NIV Bible appeared in 1978.^[1] Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Grandville is a city located in Kent County, Michigan, United States. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Amplified Bible (AMP) is an English translation of the Bible produced jointly by The Zondervan Corporation and The Lockman Foundation. ... The New International Version (NIV) is an English translation of the Christian Bible which is the most popular of the modern translations of the Bible made in the twentieth century. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The International Bible Society (IBS) translates, publishes and distributes the Bible with the intent of helping people around the world become Christians. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

Zondervan also publishes many other books by Christian authors and focusing on topics of interest to Christians, and in the 1970s it produced the best-selling US published book of the decade: The Late Great Planet Earth by controversial writer and evangelist Hal Lindsey. That book was one of several dispensationalist and anti-Communist works that the company brought out, and Pat Zondervan was one of several evangelical figures who received briefings from Henry Kissinger on instruction from Richard Nixon.^[2] Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      A Christian () is a person who... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Hal Lindsey, author of numerous fiction and non-fiction books, wrote The Late, Great Planet Earth as a contribution to the non-fiction pre-millennialist dispensationalist body of literature. ... Harold Lee Hal Lindsey (born 1929) is an American evangelist and Christian writer. ... Dispensationalism is a school of Bible interpretation that is associated with fundamentalist Christianity; the primary alternative within the evangelical community is covenant theology. ... Anti-communism is opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either a theoretical or practical level. ... Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German-born American diplomat, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ...

The publishing house is also known for inspirational titles: Joni by quadriplegic Joni Eareckson Tada is perhaps the best-known. Most recently, it has had great success with Baptist minister and author Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life and with Rob Bell, author of Velvet Elvis and presenter of NOOMA a series of short spiritual films. Quadriplegia is caused by damage to the spinal cord at a high level (e. ... Joni Eareckson Tada (born to John and Lindy Eareckson, Joni Eareckson October 15, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American Christian author, artist, and founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, an organization accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community. She wrote an autobiography entitled Joni, and appeared in a... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Rob Bell, Everything is Spiritual tour, Cleveland, Ohio; Photograph: Virgil Vaduva Robert Rob Bell (born August 23, 1970) is an author, Christian speaker, and the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ... A Velvet Elvis is a painting of Elvis Presley on velvet. ... NOOMA is a series of short films with Rob Bell, the teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan. ...

Bernard Zondervan died of cancer in 1966, and his wife remarried William Jensen, a Grand Rapids anesthesiologist. Pat Zondervan died in 1993. Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... Nickname: Location of Grand Rapids within Kent County, Michigan Coordinates: , Country United States State Michigan County Kent Founded 1826 Incorporation (city) 1850 Government  - Mayor (Part-time) George Heartwell Area  - City  45. ... An anesthesiologist (American English), or anaesthetist (British English) (also, anaesthesiologist), is a medical doctor trained to administer anesthesia and manage the medical care of patients before, during, and after surgery. ...

Recent developments

In 1988, Zondervan became a division of HarperCollins Publishers, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, joining the British Christian imprints of Fount and Marshall Pickering, which Zondervan oversaw for a while. Ownership by News Corporation has led to some controversy, and one executive attempted a buyout in 1992.^[3] Collins was a Scottish printing company founded by a schoolmaster, William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819. ... Keith Rupert Murdoch AC, KCSG (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian born United States citizen who is a global media executive and is the controlling shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation, based in New York. ... 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: NWS, LSE: NCRA) is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... Fount can mean many different things: FOUNT (publication) -- a publication for Lutheran women. ... HarperCollins is a publishing organization owned by News Corporation. ... 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: NWS, LSE: NCRA) is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

There have been a number of controversies surrounding Zondervan in recent years. The TNIV offended some Christian conservatives, and the take-over by HarperCollins meant that the firm now belonged to an organisation that also published books (such as Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible), and some Christians found this offensive. See^[4] for an example. Todays New International Version (TNIV) is a Protestant translation of the Holy Bible into the English language. ... This article concerns the self-labelled Fundamentalist Movement in Protestant Christianity. ... HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... Anton Szandor LaVey Anton Szandor LaVey, born Howard Stanton Levey[1][2] (11 April 1930 – 29 October 1997) was the founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan as well as a writer, occultist, musician, and actor. ... The Satanic Bible was written by Anton LaVey in 1969. ...

In 2005, Zondervan senior marketing director Greg Stielstra published Pyromarketing, which discusses book marketing. This reportedly caused a dispute with Rick Warren, who felt that it was inappropriate to associate the success of The Purpose Driven Life with marketing, rather than with spiritual explanations. See [3].^[5] Stielstra left Zondervan just prior to the publication of Pyromarketing. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Zondervan has also faced complaints about the use of Chinese printing facilities to produce Bibles.

Criticisms

Zondervan's position as a conservative evangelical publisher appears to have changed in recent years, as it sought to publish a wider selection of material. Criticism of some of its leading authors has come from fundamentalist organizations [4][5] . Dr. John F. MacArthur, who has had books published by Zondervan criticizes them for allowing anyone who calls himself a Christian to publish 'unbiblical doctrines'. [6][7]. However, the success of many popular authors within the evangelical Church such as Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Philip Yancey, Shane Claiborne and John Ortberg reflects the claim that Zondervan publish to 'meet the needs of people' [8]. John MacArthur John F. MacArthur, Jr. ...

Pradis

Zondervan's ventures into software sales have led to the emergence of another library format in the biblical reference world, Pradis. While their own early software library offerings were either STEP-Compatible or able to use add-on STEP-Compatible works, or both, stagnation in the future development of the STEP Library format led to the development of a library using the Pradis system. While not open format, the availability for outside licensing and publishing makes it similar to the STEP Library and The Libronix Digital Library System, especially for users of religious software who want integration of various reference works, using one application to access and cross-reference them all. Further, by limiting duplicate applications running or loaded, system registries are kept cleaner, more works can be open and cross-referenced simultaneously, hard disk space is conserved, and it is conserved all the more where advanced compression algorithms (like Pradis boasts) are employed to store multiple large reference works. Pradis is not backward compatible to Zondervan's previous software. STEP Library or STEP is a standard that was embraced by multiple software developers for Biblical software libraries, primarily throughout the mid to late 1990s. ... An open format is a published specification for storing digital data, usually maintained by a non-proprietary standards organization, and free of legal restrictions on use. ... The Libronix Digital Library System or Libronix DLS is the backwardly-compatible successor to the Logos Library System. ... Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Notes

External links

• The House of Zondervan by James E. Ruark
• Zondervan