CLC International is an International Christian Literature mission committed to the distribution of the

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, Christian books and a variety of

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. CLC works in 43 countries and has more than 600 workers worldwide. It is represented by more than 120 bookshops, 18 distribution warehouses and 22 publishing houses.

History

CLC was founded in 1941 in

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by Ken Adams and his wife Bessie as “The Evangelical Publishing House”.George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, ''Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5'', Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 489 This publishing house worked actively even through the difficulties of the

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. Early on they aligned themselves with

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and its Secretary

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. In 1944 the first departments appeared out of England: in Australia and Canada; next non-English CLC bookshops were founded in the United States and

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in 1947. After that, the opening of new bookshops and Christian publishing houses took place almost every year. CLC International is established in 43 countries. It is represented by more than 120 bookshops, 18 distribution warehouses and 22 publishing houses.CLC
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clcinternational.org, UK, retrieved September 19, 2020

Organization

The headquarters of CLC International are situated in

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, United Kingdom. Gary Chamberlin was elected as the new International Director in 2021, succeeding Gerardo Scalante. The CLC work in each country is set up independently. While CLC departments are united by common vision, goals and International Constitution, they are independent in the realization of the declared goals.

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