Jeremy Camp received his eighth No. 1 single on the Billboard charts and his 38th No. 1 radio single across all radio formats with current single "Same Power." The single is Camp's second straight No. 1 from his latest album, I Will Follow (Capitol CMG), which itself debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian Chart.

Camp expressed how blessed he was by the continual support for his music.

The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) picked up a new television series, God for the Rest of Us, based on the Tyndale House Publishers book of the same name.

The series will star author and Pastor Vince Antonucci, and follow his church, Verve, which ministers to people who work on and live around the Vegas Strip.

Send The Light Distribution has hired Randy Maricle as its vice president of key customers and clients. Maricle’s experience in Christian retailing includes running a Christian bookstore and working for the Parable Group out of San Luis Obispo, California, as sales and marketing manager. Maricle served as vice president of marketing and operations at Pureflix and most recently was managing partner of Lightworx Entertainment, a distributor of Christian and family-friendly movies and DVDs.

Family Christian, a nonprofit ministry and the nation’s largest Christian retail chain, announced Wednesday that Curt Andrews will become the company’s new chief marketing officer, effective Nov. 30.

Andrews comes to Family Christian with more than 35 years of successful business and marketing leadership experience with a variety of well-known, global consumer and retail brands. Andrews’ career includes positions with Musicland, Paul Harris Stores, Blockbuster and EZCorp. Andrews’ background also includes agency leadership, where he consulted for numerous companies, including Red Mango, TGI Friday’s and Frito Lay.

Small-business owners are optimistic about holiday sales this year, according to the OPEN Holiday Growth Pulse. In fact, the majority say they will be the same (55 percent) or better (37 percent) than last year.

Retail small businesses are particularly bullish and place greater weight on the holiday season for their future growth. Fifty-four percent feel their potential for business growth in 2016 will be contingent on a successful holiday season.

Both religious presses and the book industry as a whole improved in July 2015 compared July 2014, according to the Association of American Publishers’ StatShot report. Religious presses posted 14.6 percent growth, while total sales increased by 2.8 percent. Religious presses and “all other” improved the most this month, though only one category—educational course materials—posted a decline relative to July 2014 (3.3 percent).

The growth marks a welcome change for the industry, in which overall year-to-date sales have lagged behind last year’s by 2 percent. Religious presses have done even worse, declining by 4.9 percent in year-to-date statistics.

John Burke’s Imagine Heaven (Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group) has debuted on the New York Times best-sellers list, taking the No. 9 spot for Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous. This ranking reflects sales for the week ending Oct. 31.

In the book, Burke explores the commonalities between more than 100 near-death experiences and how they align with glimpses of heaven in the Scriptures.