Women of Faith, the nation's largest live event for Christian women, will host a new, in-depth Bible study event early next year.

To be held Feb. 21-22 at Lakewood Church in Houston, "Unwrap the Bible" will feature well-known Bible teachers and authors Beth Moore, Christine Caine, Priscilla Shirer, Sheila Walsh and Lisa Harper together on one platform for the first time. The two-day event—which is expected to draw thousands of women from across the country— will be devoted to studying and applying God's Word, while providing hope and help.

"This gathering is a dream come true for me," said Caine, author of Undaunted (Zondervan) and founder of A21, an organization seeking to abolish injustice. "This is a new day full of passion, purpose, unity, faith, hope and love. We have prayed, planned and prepared, and are expecting Jesus to do great things in our midst."

Brenda Harrison, co-owner of Lighthouse Christian Bookstore in Bedford, Ind., told Christian Retailing that she "loves the theme" of the event.

"The Bible is full of some incredible treasures for us to uncover, and this event

will be encouraging women to do just that," Harrison said. "It sounds awesome. I love the idea of encouraging people to get into God's Word."

Lorraine Valk, co-owner of Parable Christian Store of St. Joseph in St. Joseph, Mich., agreed.

"Anything that gets people engaged in studying their Bible is great," Valk said. "For Christian retailers, I think making a large display and alerting local churches to plug into this event through promoting study groups in their own churches would be phenomenal."

Since 2000, Women of Faith has been a division of Thomas Nelson. To learn more about the event, visit www.womenoffaith.com.

Vision Video is sponsoring Churches Making Movies' (CMM) inaugural Christian Film Festival this fall.

"The film festival represents a great showcase of church-produced films that are consistent with our calling to provide video resources that would allow families and churches to have an historic awareness of how God has worked among his people over the centuries," said Vision Video General Manager Bill Curtis.

To be held Oct. 11-13 primarily at the Holiday Inn in Clark, N.J., the festival will screen five world premieres from the country's best church-produced films, and offer networking and professional development for church-based filmmakers.

"We're excited to have Vision Video on board as one of our official sponsors," said LaVonne McIver James, the festival's director. "It is companies like this that help empower the church-based film movement and make the festival possible."

Vision Video is one of the largest distributors of Christian DVDs, with more than 2,000 titles.

"Churches that make movies are a part of a cultural movement of churches harnessing the power of films to impact culture," CMM officials said. "This culture-impacting movement is fueled by pastors, Christian organizations and media-producing ministries using faithful filmmaking to transform hearts and minds."

For additional information, visit www.churchesmakingmovies.com.

World magazine has recognized Bruce Strom, author of Gospel Justice (Moody Publishers), and his free legal clinic Administer Justice in Elgin, Ill., as the Midwest recipient of the publication's Hope Award for Effective Compassion.

"Moody Publishers is delighted to congratulate Bruce Strom and Administer Justice on this esteemed award, and to join in celebrating the tireless and fruitful contributions of Administer Justice to its community for the sake of the gospel," Moody officials said.

Nominated by World readers, Hope Award recipients are poverty-fighting, local ministries, which are explicitly Christian and dependent on donations, while offering personal and spiritual help.

World chose Strom and his ministry "because they are an example of what is being done to help the poor by providing free legal assistance."

"They're not a big operation that demands huge resources," the magazine said. "The work they do is very hard, yet simple enough that others could go and do likewise."

Administer Justice will receive $4,000 cash as a recipient of the award. In October, World readers can also vote online for Administer Justice to receive an additional $25,000 cash as the national winner of the Hope Award for Effective Compassion.

For more information, visit http://www.worldmag.com/compassion/2013.php.

John Eckhardt's "Prayers for Spiritual Battle" series (Charisma House) has topped more than 1 million units sold. The series shows readers how to gain victory over stubborn demons and strongholds.

"We are honored to publish books with such spiritual depth and mass appeal," said Tessie DeVore, executive vice president of Charisma House Book Group. "Apostle John Eckhardt's message is for such a time as this. We will continue to work to see more lives changed by his indispensable teaching on the power of prayer."

The first title in the six-book series, Prayers That Rout Demons, became a best-seller after its release in December 2007. Prayers That Break Curses was released in 2009, followed by Prayers That Bring Healing (2010), Prayers That Release Heaven on Earth (2010), Prayers That Activate Blessings (2011) and Prayers That Move Mountains (2012).

In August, Charisma Media founder and CEO Steve Strang presented Eckhardt with a commemorative plaque on the sales milestone achievement at the author's Crusaders Church in Chicago.

"The success of John Eckhardt's 'Prayers for Spiritual Battle' series is indicative of a felt need in the marketplace," Strang said. "The books have reignited people's passion for praying for others as well as a myriad of personal needs to overcome life circumstances."

Charisma House has also published additional titles by Eckhardt, including God's Covenant With You for Your Family; Women's Daily Declarations for Spiritual Warfare; Prayers That Release Heaven and Move Mountains; Daily Declarations for Spiritual Warfare; The Invisible King and His Kingdom; Prayers That Bring Healing and Activate Blessings; Ordinary People, Extraordinary Power; Prayers That Rout Demons and Break Curses; and God Still Speaks.

Joel C. Rosenberg holds two spots on the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Fiction best-sellers lists for the week ending Aug. 17, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The top 20 ECPA General best-sellers were: 1. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2013-2014, softcover (Standard Publishing); 2. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 3. KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2013-2014, large print softcover (Standard Publishing); 4. Reckless Faith, Kevin G. Harney (Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group); 5. NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2013-2014, softcover (Standard Publishing); 6. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 7. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 8. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 9. Desperate, Sarah Mae, Sally Clarkson (Thomas Nelson); 10. NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2013-2014, large print, softcover (Standard Publishing); 11. Replenish, Lance Witt (Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group); 12. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 13. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 14. Unglued, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 15. Gods at War, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 16. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 17. Happy, Happy, Happy, Phil Robertson (Howard Books); 18. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 19. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); and 20. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo, Lynn Vincent (Thomas Nelson).

The Top 10 Fiction titles were: 1. The Tattered Quilt, Wanda E. Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); 2. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 3. The Last Jihad, "Last Jihad" No. 1, Rosenberg (Tyndale); 4. The Outcast, Jolina Petersheim (Tyndale); 5. Rosemary Cottage, "Hope Beach" No. 2, Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson); 6. The Twelfth Imam, "The Twelfth Imam" No. 1, Rosenberg (Tyndale); 7. The Letters, "The Inn at Eagle Hill" No. 1, Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); 8. Trapped, "Private Justice" No. 2 (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 9. A Lineage of Grace, Francine Rivers (Tyndale); and 10. The Living Room, Robert Whitlow (Thomas Nelson).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NIV Church Bible, black, large print hardcover (Zondervan); 3. NIV Adventure Bible, hardcover (Zonderkidz); 4. NIrV Adventure Bible for Early Readers, hardcover, New International Reader's Version (Zonderkidz); and 5. King James Version Pew Bible, black, large print, hardcover (Zondervan).

E-book buyers are about to receive their cut of a $166 million settlement that publishers have agreed to pay in the wake of a wide-ranging antitrust case settlement. 

More than 20 million customer accounts of Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Google and Sony are eligible for refunds stemming from the settlement in the federal case brought against Apple and the so-called “Big Five” publishers: Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins Publishers.

HarperCollins Christian Publishing announced today the relocation of its Zondervan publishing offices to a new building less than five miles from its current headquarters. This transition echoes Zondervan’s previous commitment to remaining in Grand Rapids, Mich., where the company has been based since its 1931 founding.

The publisher signed a multi-year lease as the new building’s sole occupant, and will begin retrofitting plans for its new home immediately. Construction is expected to begin in the fall.