Recognized with the group's third Juno Award during the event, held March 28 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Downhere was chosen over Article One, Life Support, Newworldson and Starfield.

Following The Power of One were: 2. Hello Love by Chris Tomlin (sixstepsrecords/EMI CMG Distribution); 3. Change by Creflo Dollar & Heart of God (Universal Music Christian Group/EMI CMG); 4. A New Hallelujah by Michael W. Smith (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity); 5. God of This City; 6. My Paper Heart by Francesca Battistelli (Fervent Records/Word Distribution); 7. Freedom by Mandisa (Sparrow Records/EMI CMG); 8. Speaking Louder Than Before by Jeremy Camp (BEC Recordings/EMI CMG); 9. Revelation by Third Day (Essential Records/Provident-Integrity); and 10. Over and Underneath by Tenth Avenue North (Reunion Records/Provident-Integrity).

Many stores carry between 800 to 1,000 varieties in stock, while in 2007, Christian stores' sales covered 7,000-plus SKUs, according to the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA).

"We feel like with the economic crisis, people are more apt to stay home and run for cover, but that's even more of a time to not disengage," said Gabriel Aviles, vice president of marketing, business and development for the Gospel Music Association (GMA). "We need each other, and we're an ecosystem that's always worked together well. Going home and shutting your door is not the best solution."

U.K.-based Entertainment Rights purchased U.S.-based Classic Media in 2007, which bought Big Idea after the company filed for bankruptcy in 2003.

"We are not shutting down; what we are doing is closing our present location and transitioning to a new business model," he told Christian Retailing. "We will continue to serve our church/institutional accounts and others by face-to-face direct sales, Web site, e-mail and phone orders. We are also investigating other innovative avenues of marketing Christian retail product."