I. C. Herendeen, a seller of Christian books in Swengel, Pennsylvania, was greatly influenced by A. W. Pink and was the first to publish Pinks book, The Sovereignty of God, in 1918. He was also influential in bringing two brothers from Pennsylvania to an understanding of the doctrines of grace. One of them, Ernie Reisinger was later to become a key leader in the founding of the first Reformed Baptist Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Herendeen wrote the introduction to the 1949 release of The Sovereignty of God.