About Crownwell Press

Crownwell Press was founded on a straightforward conviction: the most important books in the Christian intellectual tradition deserve to be published with the same care and quality that the finest secular publishers bring to their catalogs.

For too long, the works that have shaped the church's theology, devotion, and self-understanding have been available primarily in cheap reprints with poor typography, no editorial apparatus, and bindings that fall apart after a single reading. Meanwhile, the great trade publishers produce beautiful books but have little interest in the theological and historical works that pastors, scholars, and serious lay readers depend on. The result is a gap: the books that matter most are often the worst-produced books on the shelf.

Crownwell Press exists to close that gap.

We began with a backlist of over three hundred titles drawn from the deep well of the public domain: the complete sermons of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the writings of John Calvin and Martin Luther, the sermons of John Wesley, the reference works of R. A. Torrey, and the adventure novels of Ballantyne and Henty, among others. Each of these works is being prepared in a new critical edition with modernized spelling, corrected punctuation, scholarly introductions where appropriate, and interior design that meets the standards of the finest university presses.

Our production philosophy is simple. Hardcover is the flagship format. Every volume is typeset with full justification, hyphenation, widow and orphan control, running heads, and margins calculated for sustained reading. Our paperbacks are perfect-bound with quality paper stock. Our ebooks meet EPUB3 standards with professional CSS and complete metadata. Our audiobooks are mastered to broadcast specifications and distributed globally.

We publish under three imprints. Crownwell Press is our trade nonfiction line, home to theology, church history, commentaries, biographies, and reference works. Crownwell Classics publishes carefully edited reprints of public domain fiction and nonfiction of lasting merit. Crownwell Audio produces spoken-word editions of select catalog titles.

Crownwell Press is based in Colorado and is led by Dr. Peter J. Carter. We are a Christian publishing house. Our editorial decisions are shaped by orthodox Christian conviction, and our catalog reflects the historic faith of the church. We are not a denominational press, but our theological sympathies lie within the Reformed tradition.

Heritage in print. That is our purpose, and our promise.

Crownwell Press is a Christian publishing company. Our work is grounded in the historic, orthodox Christian faith as expressed in the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the theological heritage of the Protestant Reformation.

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired, authoritative, and sufficient Word of God. We believe in the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ, His substitutionary atonement, His bodily resurrection, and His coming return. We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

Our catalog reflects these convictions. We publish works that serve the church, edify the faithful, and preserve the theological inheritance of the Christian tradition for future generations.