{{Short description|Christian publishing company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan}} {{Infobox publisher | image = 200px | parent = | founded = 1909 | founder = Louis Kregel | status = Active | distribution = self-distributed (US)<br>Alban Books (UK academic)<br>Lion Hudson (UK trade)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Marston Book Services| accessdate = 2017-12-04| url = http://www.marston.co.uk/marston-client-list/| archive-date = 2022-04-08| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220408020819/http://www.marston.co.uk/marston-client-list/| url-status = dead}}</ref> | topics = | genre = | country = United States | headquarters = Grand Rapids, Michigan | url = {{URL|www.kregel.com/}} | imprints = Kregel Academic<br> Kregel Ministry<br> Kregel Children's<br> Kregel Publications }}
'''Kregel Publications''' is an Evangelical Christian book publisher based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It has three subdivisions: ''Kregel Publications'', ''Kregel Parable Bookstore'', and ''Editorial Portavoz''.
==History== The company was founded in 1909 by Louis Kregel as "Kregel Books". The company initially sold Dutch-language Christian books, generally imported from the Netherlands.<ref name=Kregels>{{cite web|title=The Kregels [Louis, 1888–1839; Robert 1919-2011]|work=New Netherland Institute|url=http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/kregels/|access-date=5 November 2015}}</ref> Soon after his son, Robert Kregel (aged 20), took over the firm in 1949; the company changes its name to "Kregel Publications" and started publishing classic reprints.<ref name=Kregels/>
Kregel Publications is the oldest of four Dutch-founded Christian publishing houses in the United States, the other three being William B. Eerdmans Publishing (in 1911), Zondervan Publishing (in 1931), and Baker Book House (in 1939), all founded and based in the Grand Rapids area.<ref name=Kregels/>
==Subdivisions== ===Kregel Publications=== ''Kregel Publications'' is a publisher of Christian fiction, non-fiction, and children's books. In addition to its own titles, the division represents Lion Hudson of Great Britain in the North American market. As such, it exclusively distributes Monarch Books, Lion Fiction, Candle Books, and the religious market distributor for Lion Books and Lion Children's Books.<ref name=KrgPub>{{cite web|title=Kregel Publications – about us|work=Kregel Publications|url=http://www.kregel.com/about-us|access-date=5 November 2015}}</ref>
===Editorial Portavoz=== The ''Editorial Portavoz'' publishing business responded to the influx of Hispanic/Latin Americans into the United States. The company responded to their needs and opened this Spanish-language division for the publication of Spanish-language Christian books.<ref name=KrgPub/>
===Kregel Parable Bookstore=== ''Kregel Parable Bookstore'' continues the initial company's book retailing tradition, serving the Grand Rapids area.<ref name=Kregels/>
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==External links== * {{official|http://www.kregel.com}}
Category:1909 establishments in Michigan Category:Book publishing companies based in Michigan Category:Christian mass media companies Category:Christian publishing companies Category:Religion in Grand Rapids, Michigan Category:Companies based in Grand Rapids, Michigan Category:Protestantism in Michigan Category:Publishing companies established in 1949