The Pocket Testament League || Lifestyle Product Photo
The Pocket Testament League was founded in 1893 by a teenage girl named Helen Cadbury, as a means of winning her classmates to Christ. In 1904, Helen married American evangelist Charles McCallon Alexander, who officially organized the League with Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman in Philadelphia, in March 1908.[1] Alexander had been associated with the prominent evangelist Dwight L. Moody and his experience in worldwide evangelism gave huge impetus to the League. In 1914, The Pocket Testament League opened an office in London, England, and began sharing Gospels as part of its First World War outreach. In October, a campaign gave out 400,000 New Testaments to soldiers on Salisbury Plain. During the Great Depression, members of the League shared Gospels through the Civilian Conservation Corps in the South and throughout New England. The Corps was a government-organized effort to put jobless men to work on public projects. Billy Graham was a great encouragement to the League, commenting that "I am completely sold on the work of The Pocket Testament League, and continue to pray for those associated with it."[citation needed] After the Second World War, the league started its missionary work in foreign countries. With the support of General George Marshall and Chiang Kai-shek, bibles were distributed among Chinese soldiers fighting in the Chinese Civil War. The League has over 450,000 members, and a staff of 5 full-time people that work from virtual offices. The League has members from all 50 states and 140 countries. Today The League still prints small, pocket-sized Gospels of John in languages, such as English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Russian, German, Spanish and Portuguese. The League partners with local Bible Societies for accurate Bible translations, and ships from several locations around the world. The League offers a wide range of cover designs featuring original artwork, hobby-related imagery, sports, military, patriotic and more. This was a lifestyle/product photography style shoot.