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B&H Publishing announces ‘Gospel for Life’ partnership with ERLC Print Email
Written by Dave Schroeder   
Monday, 30 March 2015 02:55 PM America/New_York

BHLogoB&H Publishing Group and The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention have announced their partnership plan to publish the Gospel for Life book series.

The Gospel for Life book series will feature issue-specific volumes from noted leaders that address hot-button ethical issues facing Christians in today’s culture. The goal of the series is to produce gospel-centered resources that equip Christians and local churches to engage ethical issues with convictional kindness. 

The announcement was made in conjunction with the start of the ERLC’s 2015 Leadership Summit on “The Gospel and Racial Reconciliation,” March 26-27 in Nashville, Tennessee.

ERLC President Russell Moore and ERLC Director of Policy Studies Andrew Walker will serve as editors for the series.

“Our goal with this series is to help connect the agenda of the gospel to the complex questions of the day in a way that is accessible to and helpful for Christians and churches,” Moore said. “I am thrilled to get to partner with this team of talented scholars and pastors to produce these volumes, and we pray the Lord would use them to equip the saints to face the tough questions of 21st-century life from a kingdom perspective.”

This series will follow the major launch of Dr. Moore’s book Onward: Engaging the Culture Without Losing the Gospel, releasing in August this year.

“The time has long past for churches to begin preparing to engage a rapidly changing culture,” said Devin Maddox, Christian Living and Leadership Publisher at B&H Publishing Group. “I couldn't be more excited for B&H to partner with the ERLC in a shared mission to serve churches in this way.”

The series will include the release of nine books. The first three books, tentatively scheduled to release in spring 2016, will focus on racial reconciliation, same-sex marriage and religious liberty.

Authors for the first round of books include:

  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.—President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • John Piper—Founder and Teacher, desiringgod.org
  • J.D. Greear—Pastor, The Summit Church
  • Russell Moore—President, ERLC
  • Trillia Newbell—Director of Community Outreach, ERLC
  • Eric Mason—Founder and Pastor, Epiphany Fellowship

The books will be written in an accessible manner for laypersons in the church and will include discussion questions at the end of each chapter to be used for small group discussion.