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'Christianity Today' tops EPA Awards Print Email
Wednesday, 10 May 2006 08:00 PM America/New_York

Christianity Today International (CTI) took home the most awards from the annual Evangelical Press Association (EPA) convention, which concluded in Orlando, Fla., last night.

The Carol Stream, Ill.-based publisher received Awards of Excellence in the Christian Ministries, General and Youth Categories for Leadership, Christianity Today and Campus Life magazines, respectively.

In addition, CTI collected Higher Goals awards for Cause of the Year: Sanctity of Human Life (Christianity Today); Critical Review (Books & Culture); First-Person Article (Christianity Today); Interview (Leadership); Personality Article (“The Fraud Buster”); Reporting (Christianity Today); Single Theme (Christian History & Biography); and Cartoon ((Campus Life).

Other Awards of Excellence were presented for Denominational (byFaith, Presbyterian Church in America); Devotional (InTouch, InTouch Ministries); Missionary (World Vision, World Vision); Newsletter (Plugged In, Focus on the Family); Newspaper (The Charlotte World, World Newspaper Publishing); Online (pluggedinonline, Focus on the Family); Organizational (Stillpoint, Gordon College); Most Improved Publication (Seek, Brethren in Christ Church).

Other Higher Goals winners included Discipleship Journal (NavPress) for General Article (Short) and Typography, Christian Research Journal for Cover, Enrichment for Biblical Exposition and Original Art and New Man for Two-Page Design.

The May 7-10 conference, which included training sessions and panel discussions on topics from production to politics, was attended by 250 editors, writers and designers. EPA's 250-plus member periodicals have a combined readership of more than 20 million.

Plenary session speakers and artists included Bishop Harry Jackson (High Impact African-American Churches, with George Barna, Regal Books), Adrian Plass (Jesus-Safe, Tender, Extreme, Zondervan), Carolyn Custis James (Lost Women of the Bible, Zondervan), Andrew Peterson (The Far Country, Fervent Records), Matthew West (History, Universal South) and Josh Bates (Perfect Day, Beach Street/Reunion).