Coming from a lunch event at the home of the country's vice president, Gilbert Bukenya, Franklin could see the "energy" in the crowd and heard that some people were being shot, according to his YouTube report. He and his entourage sought refuge at a local police station.

Franklin was riding in a car, but others with him were on a bus, which was pelted with stones. After entering the bus to check on his team, a police officer began shooting rioters from the bus.

On the YouTube video, the singer said: "I was so scared ... but I'm coming back to Africa. This won't be my last time ... God's grace."

The concert on Franklin's schedule was held the next day at Nakivubo Stadium in the Ugandan capital. Franklin went to Kenya next and is now in Japan.

Some of the Chinese representatives traveled for several days to participate in the two-day event. "I was amazed at (their) dedication," said CTAI trainer Jack Scott. Booksellers and publishers from the mainland were able to attend the event because of the $10,000 raised at the International Christian Retail Show in July.

Devotions and training were provided in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, with translators available on the exhibit floor to help U.S. and Chinese suppliers with their negotiations. "The Christian market in China has just started growing," said Andrew Zhou, manager of Suzhou Mustardseed Bookshop in Jiangsu, China, who said CTAI. training at the event was "very helpful."

The annual event draw Christian booksellers and publishers from more than a dozen countries. Abner G. Lacson, president of Church Strengthening Ministries in Manila, Philippines, said: "I made lots of contacts, meeting with publishers with exciting products that I can bring into my country."

Opening in around 2,200 theaters across the country, I Can Do Bad All By Myself took in slightly more than $24 million, according to boxofficemojo.com, ahead of another new release, 9, an animated science-fiction drama.

With Perry's popular Madea character from his other movies a minor figure, I Can Do Bad All By Myself stars singers Mary J. Blige and Gladys Knight, with Winans appearing as a pastor. He wrote the sermon that features in the movie-about a young woman overcoming personal challenges-and preached a version of it in real life at his Perfecting Church in Detroit.

Winans told the Detroit Free Press that "there is always an element of spirituality" in Perry's films. "He really is unashamed to include the church or the teaching of the church in his movies as a standard for morality."

A film.com review considered the film "more of the usual Perry formula, in which screwed-up people find their way back to the straight and narrow with the help of kind souls who gently urge them in the direction of the nearest church."

For a $59.99 annual fee, subscribers to the all-digital service will receive six bi-monthly digital issues, each focused on a different Word artist, including mp3s of the artist's CD, Bible studies based on the songs, an illustration video, a video greeting from the artist, music videos, interviews and an online chat with the artist. Additional resources include chord charts, instructional videos, artist posters, game ideas and articles from YouthWorker Journal.

Tim Marshall Sr., vice president of channel marketing for Word Label Group, said: "Youth Music Vault is the first all-digital resource of its kind, and we hope it will enable youth workers to minister more effectively to their students by using these fresh and ground-breaking resources."

The new service was unveiled Friday and Saturday evenings during special presentations to youth workers at Disney's Night of Joy at its Hollywood Studios theme park. The annual event, which began in 1983, features a variety of Christian music artists and groups. This year's lineup featured MercyMe, Chris Tomlin, Skillet, POD, Mandisa, Flyleaf and more.

A wide range of publishers added their releases to our listing, which includes such items as Lori Copeland's The Christmas Lamp (Zondervan), Handel's Messiah Rocks CD and DVD (Integrity Music) and the Joy Advent Candleholder (Abbey Press).

The printable listing is available by clicking here.

The Rodgers are veteran Christian family and marriage counselors with a practice in Charlotte, N.C.

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"I know there's some that's supernatural, but a lot of the things we do are the result of human effort that would have happened at a business meeting, a rally, a feel-good meeting we can create," Chan said. "There are so many different venues to where what we're doing in church really looks the same as what they're doing in the world."

Having taken aim at the term "radical Christian" in Crazy Love, Chan examines the misconception of "balance" in Forgotten God. When it comes to spiritual matters, he says, the idea is "a cop-out of us not wanting to give ourselves 100% to something."

Read more in the Sept. 21 issue of Christian Retailing magazine.