Kyle Idleman's Gods at War (Zondervan) debuted at No. 16 on the General best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending Feb. 23, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The book was released Feb. 19.

The rest of the Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Pursued, Jud Wilhite (FaithWords); 2. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing/Moody Publishers); 3. The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, Kevin and Alex Malarkey (Tyndale House Publishers); 4. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 5. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 6. Daily Wisdom for Women: 2013 Devotional Collection (Barbour Publishing); 7. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 8. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 9. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 10. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 11. Heaven Changes Everything, Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 12. Draw the Circle, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 13. Jesus Calling, Young, women's edition (Thomas Nelson); 14. Follow Me, David Platt (Tyndale); 15. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 17. Praying God's Word, Beth Moore (B&H Books); 18. The 5 Love Languages of Children, Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell (Northfield Publishing); 19. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); and 20. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Bees in the Butterfly Garden, "Gilded Legacy" No. 1, Maureen Lang (Tyndale); 3. Trauma Plan, "Grace Medical" No. 1, Candace Calvert (Tyndale); 4. Abducted, "Pacific Coast Justice" No. 2, Janice Cantore (Tyndale); 5. The Last Disciple, "The Last Disciple" No. 1, Hank Hanegraaff and Sigmund Brouwer (Tyndale); 6. Flame of Resistance, Tracy Groot (Tyndale); 7. The Fiddler, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 8. Safe In His Arms, "Under Texas Stars" No. 2, Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson); 9. The Icecutter's Daughter, "Land of Shining Water" No. 1, Tracie Peterson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. Cross Roads, William P. Young (FaithWords).

The top five Bibles were: 1. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. NLT God Sightings, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); 3. NIV Church Bible, navy, hardcover (Zondervan); 4. NLT Life Application Study Bible, TuTone, dark brown/pink leatherlike (Tyndale); and 5. NLT Chronological Life Application Study Bible, leatherlike brown/green/dark teal (Tyndale).

Moody Publishers topped Outreach Magazine's 10th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year Awards—honoring the best evangelism books and curriculum.

Announced in the magazine's March/April issue, the awards recognized 22 resources. Moody won in three categories, Compassion and Justice (tie): for The Global Orphan Crisis: Be the Solution—Change Your World by Diane Lynn Elliot; Biography: In the Land of Blue Burqas by Kate McCord; and Children (tie): Just a Minute: In the Heart of a Child, One Moment ... Can Last Forever by Wess Stafford with Dean Merrill. 

Jossey-Bass also won in three categories. It won with Church Transfusion by Neil Cole and Phil Helfer in the Leadership category. The publisher also won in the Missional Church category for The Permanent Revolution: Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church by Alan Hirsch and Tim Catchim and in Cross-Cultural for The Post-Black & Post-White Church: Becoming the Beloved Community in a Multi-ethnic World by Efrem Smith.

The Action Bible Devotional (David C Cook) and Mega Sports Camp: Beyond the Gold (Gospel Publishing) tied for the win in the Children category.

Several publishers won two categories. InterVarsity Press won in the Evangelism category for Telling the Gospel Through Story: Evangelism That Keeps Hearers Wanting More by Christine Dillon and in Global Outreach for The Future of the Global Church: History, Trends and Possibilities by Patrick Johnstone.

Zondervan won in the Leadership category for Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City by Timothy Keller (Zondervan) and in the Small Group Curricula section for Undaunted: Daring to Do What God Calls You to Do by Christine Caine. 

Sister company Thomas Nelson won two categories. The publisher won in the Apologetics category for A Shot of Faith to the Head: Be a Confident Believer in an Age of Cranky Atheists by Mitch Stokes. It also won with Empty Promises: The Truth About You, Your Desires, and the Lies You’re Believing by Pete Wilson in the Pass-Along Resources category.

Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group won in the Missional Living category for The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door by Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon and in the Youth category for The Jesus Survey: What Christian Teens Really Believe and Why by Mike Nappa.

Publishers and organizations that produced outreach-related resources submitted nearly 160 nominations. The magazine's editorial staff pared the nominees to 111 resources, which were placed into 16 categories. As in the past few years, Outreach did not award one overall Outreach Resource of the Year because of the variety of nominated resources and the subjects they covered.

Click here for a full list of Outreach Resources of the Year winners.

More than a thousand people took part in Barbour Publishing's Only God book launch party. Held Feb. 7 at NewPointe Community Church in Dover, Ohio, the event featured Dwight Mason, the church's lead pastor and author of Only God—Change Your Story, Change the World, released Feb. 1.

Besides a book signing and a Q&A session with Mason, Barbour encouraged attendees to share their "Only God Story" in conjunction with the publisher's social media campaign called "Share Your Story, Share a Bible." Barbour offered to donate a Bible to a nonprofit organization for each story or quote from the book that was shared on social media.

In Only God, Mason shares how God can use a local church to transform people, communities and the world in extraordinary ways.

Click here for more information about Only God and to read "Only God" stories.

A new website has been launched spotlighting the latest album and book by renowned worship leader and author Darlene Zschech.

Releasing March 19, Revealing Jesus: A Live Worship Experience (Provident Distribution) is Zschech's first album on RGM-NEW BREED Music. Revealing-Jesus.com, previews four of the new songs and videos from the CD/DVD. The site also offers select devotions from the companion devotional, Revealing Jesus (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group), and a free download of the Easter-themed song "Victor's Crown" on Zschech's new album.

In addition to 12 new songs on the album, bonus tracks include custom versions of "Shout to the Lord," "Hosanna," "Worthy Is the Lamb" and "Jesus at the Center."

Zschech has written several books published by Bethany House. Extravagant Worship (2004), The Kiss of Heaven (2005) and The Art of Mentoring (2012) have been translated into 19 languages combined.

Click here to read our cover story about Darlene Zschech in the March issue of Christian Retailing.

Consumer confidence rebounded in February, reversing three straight months of declines, according to the Conference Board.

The private research group said its index of consumer confidence rose to 69.6 last month from a 58.4 in January. Economists had expected 60.5, according to research firm FactSet. The February figure was the highest reading since November's 71.5 metric. A reading above 90 indicates the economy is on solid footing; above 100 signals strong growth.

"Consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions is more positive than last month," said Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators and surveys of the New York-based Conference Board. "Looking ahead, consumers are cautiously optimistic about the outlook for business and labor market conditions. Income expectations, which had turned rather negative [in January], have improved modestly."

Consumers' view of present-day conditions improved in February. Those claiming business conditions are "good" rose to 18.1% from 16.1% in January, while those stating business conditions are "bad" decreased to 27.8% from 28.4% in January. Consumers' assessment of the labor market was mixed. Those saying jobs are "plentiful" rose to 10.5% from 8.5% in January, while those claiming jobs are "hard to get" edged up to 37% from 36.6% in January.

In the short-term, consumers were more optimistic. Those anticipating business conditions to improve during the next six months climbed to 18.9% from 15.6% in January, while those foreseeing business conditions to worsen dropped to 16.5% from 20.4% in January.

Nominations have closed and voting starts tomorrow in the 2013 Christian Retailing’s Best awards. During the month of March, anyone connected with the Christian retailing industry—including authors, editors, literary agents and distributors—is invited to vote for what they think are the best products in the Christian retail market. Voting is not open to the general public.

Suppliers and authors have nominated 2012 products—books, Bibles, gifts, music, DVDs, children’s products and more—as well as Backlist titles in the 2013 awards sponsored by Christian Retailing magazine. Introduced in 2001, the awards have been increasingly acknowledged as an important way of recognizing some of the most significant new life-changing products in the Christian retail industry.

Tyndale House Publishers and Mars Hill Church have forged a partnership to create a new imprint.

Resurgence Publishing will include works by multiple authors, including New York Times best-selling author Mark Driscoll, founder of Resurgence Literature (Re:Lit) and Mars Hill, the church that operates the brand.

Since Re:Lit was launched in 2008, targeting a younger demographic, the brand has released nearly 30 titles by more than a dozen authors, selling more than 750,000 copies.

Backlist titles will remain with the original publishers, with new titles releasing under Resurgence.

"Tyndale provides a unique combination of theological integrity, practical knowledge, and industry experience," said Driscoll, whose books include Real Marriage (Thomas Nelson) and Vintage Church (Crossway). "We're very excited to see what God does with this new partnership. I pray that our work together results in many useful tools that help Christians everywhere grow in relationship with Jesus, live for Him and lead others to Him."

The new imprint's first title, Resurgence, written by Driscoll, will be released in the fall, coinciding with the second annual Resurgence Conference, R13, to be held Nov. 5-6. R13 will be simulcast from the church's new historic location in Seattle to four additional venues across the country.

In the book, Driscoll, a leading voice in the emergent church movement, issues a call to action for American believers, whose Christianity is no longer the prevailing worldview. Drawing on years of ministry experience in secular Seattle, Driscoll explains how the death of cultural Christianity represents a great opportunity for Jesus-centered Christianity to resurge.

"Resurgence and Mars Hill are known for engaging culture with biblical truth—no easy task these days," said Ron Beers, senior vice president of Tyndale. "They do this with excellence and in highly creative ways without compromising the biblical message. This is also Tyndale's sweet spot, and together I hope and pray that we will be used by the Holy Spirit to help spark a resurgence of genuine faith in our country and in other countries around the world."

Resurgence Publishing plans to release five to seven titles per year from various authors. Materials will include books, study guides and curriculum.

Click here for more information on Resurgence Publishing.