Best-selling author Charles Colson has turned what many have called his most important book into an intergenerational conversation as part of a national campaign to define and defend the essentials of Christianity in an increasingly pluralistic world.

His The Faith DVD, to be released by Zondervan next month and based on his book of the same name, is to be the centerpiece of three "church experience" programs Zondervan is preparing for January, April and October next year when congregations across the country will simultaneously study the material over the course of four to six weeks.

The Faith aims to help Christians understand more clearly what they believe and why, and how to defend those foundational truths. Having partnered with Harold Fickett to write the book that released in February, Christian statesman Colson teamed up with emerging young leader Gabe Lyons to present key issues from the book in six informal dialogues.

The co-founder of the Catalyst youth leaders' event and the Fermi Project, Lyons is the co-author with David Kinnaman of unchristian (Baker Books/Baker Publishing Group), released in September 2007.

Collaborating with Lyons gave Colson an opportunity to connect with younger Christians who may not be aware of his work with Prison Fellowship or his earlier best-selling books such as Born Again and Loving God, said Mike Cook, Zondervan's marketing director for church engagement.

Read more in the Nov. 10 issue of Christian Retailing.

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