references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message clc international motto to make evangelical literature available to all nations formation 1941 type ingo legal status mission purpose christian literature distribution headquarters sheffield united kingdom region served worldwide official language english international director neil wardrope main organ international council staff over 800 website http www.clcinternational.org clc international is an international christian literature mission committed to the distribution of the bible christian books and a variety of christian media . clc is short for christian literature crusade . clc works in 58 countries and has more than 800 workers worldwide . 1 it is represented by more than 180 bookshops 18 distribution warehouses and 18 publishing houses . contents 1 history 2 organization 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit clc was founded in 1941 in colchester england by ken and bessie adams as the evangelical publishing house . 2 3 this publishing house worked actively even through the second world war times . in 1944 appeared first departments out of england in australia and canada . next non english clc bookshops were founded in the united states and dominica in 1947 . after that opening of new bookshops and christian publishing houses took place almost every year . 4 nowadays clc international is established in 48 countries . it is represented by more than 170 bookshops 18 distribution warehouses and 18 publishing houses . organization edit the headquarters of clc international are situated in sheffield united kingdom . the clc work in each country is set up independently . clc departments are united by common vision goals and international constitution however they are independent in realization of declared goals . see also edit evangelism christian literature christian media references edit clc australia the vision is born clc international who we are clc uk about clc international clc international list of clc countries external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clc international & oldid 739225121 categories christian publishing companiesbible societieschristian organizations established in the 20th centurybook publishing companies of the united kingdomreligious organizations established in 1941publishing companies established in 1941hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from march 2010all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox organization with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages polski edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 13 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view