Books

Bestselling authors, Jeffrey A. Johnson Sr. (Dialogue With My Daughters -- Nonfiction) and Patricia Haley (Broken -- Fiction) lead the bestsellers list of Black Christian authors on the December 2011 edition of the Black Christian News/Black Christian Book Company National Bestsellers List. 

In a culture of "helicopter parenting," in which mothers are tempted to manage every moment of their children's lives to ensure future success, it's peculiar that no one seemed interested in Barack Obama's mother when his political career began to skyrocket. Maybe the anomaly of his absentee, Kenyan father was so enticing that no one gave much thought to the oddly named Stanley Ann Dunham. No one, that is, except Janny Scott.

In 2007, the Baptist World Alliance reported that there were about 53 million Baptists in the world, with about two-thirds of them located in the United States. When compared with Catholics, Anglicans, Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostals, and other Christian groups that in recent decades have become thoroughly international, this concentration of the Baptists in one country is striking. 

Yet comparison with the situation a century earlier shows that Baptists too have been experiencing the globalization that is now standard for other Christian movements. Early in the 20th century, only 3 percent of the world's Baptists lived outside of the United States, Canada, and Britain. Today that proportion is about 30 percent.

Although nearly two years have passed since NFL quarterback Michael Vick was released from prison, he's only now declaring himself free.

Writing about his personal story of redemption, the former Atlanta Falcons player is set to release his autobiography titled Michael Vick: Finally Free in July.

In his new release titled, A Praying Time: Why We Need to Pray Now More than Ever, Daniel Whyte III provides the solution to the many problems that our world is facing, such as: the destruction of the family, unemployment, the worldwide financial collapse, homosexual marriage, as well as numerous natural disasters and global unrest.

In A Praying Time, Daniel Whyte III rallies believers to the all-important work of prayer by first showing seven reasons why this is a praying time, and then showing the importance of Jesus Christ's principle that "men ought always to pray, and not to faint." This book will help readers to open their eyes, clear their vision, and prepare them to take part in the important intercessory work that God expects of all believers. Readers will be challenged to pray for the world, their communities, their churches, and their families like never before.

Wife of National Football Champion defies the odds, and taps into the Power of God to author a series of books entitled Inside the Locker Room. This series of books gives a detail account of her life as a devoted woman of God, and wife of a professional football player.

Normal isn't working, says Pastor Craig Groeschel.

The LifeChurch.tv pastor wants Christians to stop blending in with the rest of the world and start standing out as God intended. It's time to live differently. It's time to get weird, he says.

Bestselling authors, Priscilla Shirer (Life Interrupted--Nonfiction) and Vanessa Miller (A Promise of Forever Love--Fiction) lead the bestsellers list of Black Christian authors on the April 2011 edition of the Black Christian News/Black Christian Book Company National Bestsellers List. BCNN1.com has also released the tenth edition of the BCNN1/Amazon.com Kindle E-book Bestsellers List. This list ranks African-American Christian e-books based upon their sales rankings in the Amazon Kindle e-book store. Also, BCNN1 is releasing the fourth edition of a new bestsellers list, The BCNN1/Barnes & Noble Nook E-book Bestsellers List. This list ranks African-American Christian e-books based upon their sales rankings in the B&N Nook e-book store.

Southern California pastor, evangelist and media contributor, Greg Laurie, is now on the "Road to the Resurrection."

Harvest Ministries, the eight-time award winning producers of the film, "Lost Boy: The Next Chapter," is releasing this new book from Laurie, who is the author of over 40 books.

In "The Road to the Resurrection," which comes out on April 1, 2011, Laurie, who has a worldwide ministry, has written a book designed to broaden the reader's understanding of the sacrifice of Christ, deepen the Easter experience, draw the reader closer to the risen Jesus, and prompt them to worship.