February 17, 2020 Edition

AAP President Maria Pallante to give address on censorship at upcoming ECPA Leadership Summit

AAP president Maria Pallante will address industry leadership at the upcoming ECPA Leadership Summit, held May 5-6 in Nashville, on “Navigating Your Content in a Censored World.”  In a program focused on how publishing continues to shape the future of evangelicalism, content and engagement – Pallante joins a strong line-up of presenters that include: NAE president Dr. Walter Kim; missiologist and professor Dr. Allen Yeh; scholar and writer Karen Swallow Prior; Director for Sacred Sector at the Center for Public Justice Chelsea Langston Bombino; and NPD’s Executive Director of Business Development Kristen McLean.

Executive teams in Christian publishing encouraged to register by March 20 to save the most.
Early-bird registration is now open.

ECPA welcomes new members

The ECPA board of directors recently approved and welcomed the following companies into ECPA membership:

H. BOYD PUBLISHING CORPORATION produces biblically sound and culturally relevant Christian education resources and church supplies for all Christians, with a special focus on the African-American community.

EMBOLDEN MEDIA GROUP is a boutique publishing consulting firm that provides publishers and authors quality content development and publishing services that help them reach growing, diverse, and global audiences.

iDISCIPLE PUBLISHING is a division of Giving Company, a leader in content, data, and technology to help others connect and grow in their relationship with God.

JPV PRESS believes in the importance of preserving story, publishing family-friendly books that are a good read.

SCANDINAVIA PUBLISHING specializes in the creation of illustrated children’s books, illustrated Bibles and inspirational books.

VOM BOOKS is the publishing arm of Voice of the Martyrs, founded in 1967 by Richard Wurmbrand, who was imprisoned for 14 years in Communist Romania for his faith in Christ.

For more information about ECPA and membership, visit ECPA.org.

Submission period for industry’s Christian Fiction Award to open March 1st

Nominations for The Christy Award® will be accepted March 1-31 in nine fiction categories: General; Contemporary Romance; Historical Romance; Historical; Mystery/ Suspense/Thriller; Visionary; First Novel; Young Adult; and Short Format. Submissions are open to works of fiction written from a Christian worldview, published traditionally or independently from March 2019 to March 2020. Submitting publishers do not need to be members of ECPA.

For more information, visit ChristyAwards.com.

Registration opens for Publishing in Color, June 1-3 in New Jersey

Publishing in Color has opened registration for their June event, held at Drew University Theological School in Madison, New Jersey on June 1-3. Publishing in Color conferences foster relationships between writers of color and representatives from the spiritual publishing industry. The conference will emphasize networking, relationship building, and learning “how to get published.” Featured keynote speakers are Patricia Raybon and Sophfronia Scott.

To participate as a publisher or attend as a writer, visit https://publishingincolor.com/publishing-in-color-new-jersey-2020/

Bible Gateway interviews Jennie Allen, author of “Get Out of Your Head”

What if the greatest spiritual battle of our generation is taking place in the space between our ears? Does how we think actually shape how we live? What are toxic thinking patterns and what does the Bible say about them? Bible Gateway interviewed Jennie Allen (@JennieAllen), author of Get Out of Your Head: The One Thought That Can Shift Our Chaotic Minds (WaterBrook, 2020).

Read this interview.

Bible Gateway interviews Craig Groeschel, author of “Dangerous Prayers”

Do you ever wonder, “Why doesn’t God answer my prayers?” Do you wish you could see the evidence that prayer changes lives? Are you tired of playing it safe with your faith? Does prayer really move the heart of God? What does it mean to pray boldly and powerfully? What are dangerous prayers? In this Q&A, Craig Groeschel (@craiggroeschel) talks about his book, Dangerous Prayers: Because Following Jesus Was Never Meant to Be Safe (Zondervan, 2020).

Read this interview.

Evangelist Matt Brown on Jesus Calling podcast: helping Christians love unconditionally

Founder of Think Eternity – a ministry dedicated to amplifying the gospel every day through various forms of modern media, Matt Brown is committed to helping Christians learn how to love unconditionally in the hope that that love will represent Christ to the world, thus causing people to be more open to hearing His message of Truth. Matt recently joined the Jesus Calling podcast to discuss his new book: Truth Plus Love: The Jesus Way to Influence coming from Zondervan in April 2020.

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