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1864
At age 14, David C. Cook prays, "O God, make all you can of my life." He moves with his parents from a rural farm outside Wheaton, Illinois to Chicago, where he becomes typesetter. With his Sundays free, he becomes a teacher in the Wards Rolling Mills Sunday school.
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1901
The company builds a new plant on the Fox River in Elgin, Illinois. State-of-the art printing equipment is installed.
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1964
A new Sunday school curriculum is introduced: Bible-in-Life, based on a comprehensive Bible-study plan called "unified themes."
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1973
The first complete collection of Bible-in-Life picture strips rolls off the presses. Later published as The Picture Bible, this collection has sold millions of copies and has been translated into hundreds of languages.
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1992
Beacon Distributors of Paris, Ontario joins the David C Cook family and is renamed David C Cook Distribution Canada.
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1993
Kingsway Trust Group Limited, Nova Distribution and Christian Art in the United Kingdom join Cook Communications Ministries. Kingsway formed in 1977 when Coverdale House and Victory Press merged. Victory Press was originally the Elim Publishing house, founded in 1929.
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1995
Cook Communications Ministries moves to a new facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, allowing us to house more of the ministries in one central location and to prepare for service for another 100 years.
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2005
Cris Doornbos is named president of David C Cook.
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2008
Crazy Love by Francis Chan is released. This book would go on to sell over 1 million copies and be named to the New York Times Bestsellers list.
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2009
The first ever study Bible is released from David C Cook, The Transformation Study Bible by Dr. Warren Wiersbe. This Bible combines the "BE" Series with Dr. Wiersbe along with the text of the New Living Translation.
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2010
David C Cook introduces two new curriculum lines, Tru and Rio.
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2010
David C Cook's bestselling Picture Bible is updated with new art from Sergio Cariello and is released under the name The Action Bible.
