Our beginnings can be traced
back to the 1960's in the rear bedroom of a terraced house in Sheffield! From
there books were distributed worldwide for Gospel Tidings and Zoar
Publications.
Eventually premises were made freely available by the Particular Baptist
Church in Ossett, and so, on 2nd January 1983, the Christian Bookshop Ossett
was begun. 'Having therefore obtained help of God, we continue unto this day'
(Acts 26 v 22) ...this is our testimony.
The work has expanded over time
to fill the shelf space available, but the vision is unchanged. This
embraces the promotion of the reading of literature faithful to God's inerrant
word. We act as the northern agent for Gospel Standard Publications, and
UK distributor of Gospel Mission books. We
also hold a range of Reformed, Calvinistic Evangelical literature from all the
best publishers. We still publish from time to time under the imprint of
CBO Publications.
Our presence near the centre of
a small town in West Yorkshire is a witness in the local community. But
perhaps our real service is to the Churches, their bookstalls, Sunday Schools
and ministers, to enable them to fill their God-appointed mission.
However, in order to sustain this service we still rely heavily on mail order
customers.
A solid customer base has already been built up both at home and abroad, and we
hope this website will be beneficial for them, especially overseas.
Whether you visit us
virtually or physically we promise to offer you a prompt and friendly service
at all times. The shop managers are Lorna and Jeremy Roe, as seen below with
their 3 little helpers:-
