Send the Light

Former British Christian book distributor Send The LightFounded1957FounderGeorge VerwerDissolvedEntered into Administration December 2009 and moved into Liquidation December 2010.TypeRegistered as a British charity and a private company, limited by guarantee with no share capitalLocationCarlisle, UKRegion servedUK and elsewhereMethodAdvancing the Christian Faith through the creation, distribution and retailing of Christian resourcesKey peopleMichael Fitch (Chairman)Keith Danby (CEO)David Ryan (Secretary)Revenue£35.8m (2009)Employees390 (2009) Send the Light (STL) was a British Christian book distributor which had absorbed other Christian publishers and bookshops, and eventually merged with the International Bible Society to become one of the largest non-profit book distributors in the world under the title of IBS-STL Global, now known as Biblica. Early history The name “Send the Light” first appeared in 1957 as a Christian literature evangelism ministry sending copies of the Gospel of John from Chicago to Mexico, under the direction of George Verwer, then a student at Moody Bible Institute. Verwer later moved to Bolton in the UK, where he established Operation Mobilisation (OM