Loren Pawlitz has been named director of e-commerce and communications for Concordia Publishing House (CPH). In this newly created position, Pawlitz will lead a diverse team charged with the creation of videos, websites, digital marketing and social media with the goal to connect customers with the products and services that best meet their mission needs.  Additionally, Pawlitz will oversee the communications vision for the company.

Pawlitz has worked at CPH since 2010, working in sales, marketing and e-commerce.

K-LOVE announced the nominees for this year’s second annual K-LOVE Fan Awards at a March 4 press event at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. K-LOVE—the leading Christian music radio network with a weekly listenership of more than 13 million people—will once again bring the only fan-voted award show in Christian music history to Music City.

Voting will be open May 1-31. The K-LOVE Fan Awards and Ultimate Fan Experience will begin Friday, May 30 and will wrap with a star-studded award show at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry on Sunday, June 1. Artists slated to perform at the show include TobyMac, Steven Curtis Chapman, Third Day, Casting Crowns, Newsboys and MercyMe.

Elizabeth Pittman has been named manager of public relations for Concordia Publishing House. In this capacity, she will be responsible for managing communications efforts, corporate public relations and author relations.

In addition to her public relations responsibilities, Pittman will continue to manage Concordia Gospel Outreach, a mission effort of Concordia Publishing House that works to share Bible-based books and resources with other mission efforts around the world. She has held his role since joining Concordia Publishing House in 2011.

The Parable Group has unveiled a new partner store website—ParableConnect—in response to retailer feedback and after months of development. The site serves as the information, data and resource hub for Parable’s entire group of retail partner stores nationwide.

ParableConnect features dynamic marketing, merchandising/inventory and operational content designed to provide actionable metrics to retailers as they operate their businesses and serve their local communities.

Influence Resources, an imprint of My Healthy Church, has announced the creation of its new music division, Influence Music.

The launch of Influence Music comes on the heels of We Believe, a joint release produced by Influence Resources and Integrity Music, which debuted at No. 1 on SoundScan’s Praise and Worship chart in August 2013. The live worship album showcased original music from leading ministries and set the tone for the kind of work Influence Music will champion as a label.

The Christian Authors Network (CAN) recently added three new officers to its operating board. Dave Fessenden, Christine Lindsay and Elizabeth Ludwig will serve as member at large; vice president and director of public relations, respectively.

“We are all excited about what this new board can accomplish in the months ahead,” CAN President Angela Breidenbach said.

CBA President Curtis Riskey stands up for the rights of Hobby Lobby and other Christian-owned businesses in a guest column written for The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

In the column, Riskey calls on the Supreme Court to reject the “false argument” that the government has espoused in the Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby healthcare case, that “commercial businesses and their owners—simply because they make profits—cannot exercise religion under the Constitution or federal law.”