Julie Klassen's The Tutor's Daughter (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group) debuted at No. 4 on the Fiction best-sellers from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), tracking sales for the week ending Jan. 5, according to Pubtrack Christian data. The novel was released Jan. 1.

The Top 20 General best-sellers were: 1. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 2. The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, John C. Maxwell (FaithWords); 3. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 4. Daily Wisdom for Women: 2013 Devotional Collection (Barbour Publishing); 5. Jesus Calling, Young, large print deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 6. Jesus Today, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 7. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 8. I Declare, Joel Osteen (FaithWords); 9. Jesus Calling, Young, deluxe (Thomas Nelson); 10. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 11. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); 12. Praying God's Word, Beth Moore (B&H Books); 13. Made to Crave, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan); 14. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 15. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (Zondervan); 16. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 17. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 18. Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer (FaithWords); 19. Every Body Matters, Gary Thomas (Zondervan); and 20. Unglued, Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers were: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Cross Roads, William P. Young (FaithWords); 3. The Bridge, Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books); 4. The Tutor's Daughter; 5. Full Disclosure, Dee Henderson (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 6. The Lesson, "Stoney Ridge Seasons" No. 3, Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell/Baker Publishing Group); 7. A Patchwork Christmas Collection, Judith Miller, Nancy Moser and Stephanie Grace Whitson (Barbour Publishing); 8. The Shack, Young (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group); 9. Vanished, "Private Justice" No. 1, Irene Hannon (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); and 10. The Bridesmaid, "Home to Hickory Hollow" No. 2, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group).

The top five Bibles were: 1. ESV Pew & Worship Bible, hardcover, blue, English Standard Version (Crossway); 2. The Story, NIV, deluxe, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 3. NLT God Sightings, softcover, New Living Translation (Tyndale); 4. NIV Recovery Devotional Bible, softcover (Zondervan); and 5. NIV One Year Bible, softcover, New International Version (Tyndale).

Giftware leader Roman Inc. is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013.

In 1963, Ron Jedlinski founded the company with little capital and few staff. In the next several decades, with the help of Diane Jedlinski, extended family and a growing work force, Roman became known for its award-winning collections, including the Fontanini Heirloom Nativity, Seraphim Classics and the Joseph's Studio Collection.

P. Graham Dunn, Ohio-based maker of wall décor, home furnishings and gifts, has opened a new showroom at AmericasMart Atlanta.

Located on floor 13 in building 2, P. Graham Dunn displays a significant offering of wall art and other products, as well as the laser personalization center it is known for, in the new showroom.

The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market opened for its eight-day run starting Jan. 9 with retailers from around the world taking in AmericasMart's three buildings' worth of gift product.

The market is showcasing permanent gift and home furnishings showrooms through Wednesday, Jan. 16, and temporaries Friday, Jan. 11, to Tuesday, Jan. 15.

Pastor and author Louie Giglio has withdrawn from participating in President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony later this month because of backlash from gay rights activists over his stance on homosexuality from a sermon in the mid-1990s.

Giglio, whose latest book, I Am Not, But I Know I Am: Welcome to the Story of God, was released last month by Multnomah Books, was selected by President Obama

to give the benediction at the inauguration ceremony for his second term on Jan. 21—the the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation—because of Giglio's campaign to end slavery worldwide.

In a statement Jan. 10, Giglio said he feels the benediction he was invited to deliver will be "dwarfed by those seeking to make their agenda the focal point of the inauguration."

"Clearly, speaking on this issue [homosexuality] has not been in the range of my priorities in the past 15 years," said Giglio, the pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta and leader of the Passion Conferences. "Instead, my aim has been to call people to ultimate significance as we make much of Jesus Christ.

"Neither I, nor our team, feel it best serves the core message and goals we are seeking to accomplish to be in a fight on an issue not of our choosing, thus I respectfully withdraw my acceptance of the president's invitation," he added. "Our nation is deeply divided and hurting, and more than ever need God's grace and mercy in our time of need."

There was similar protest against Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of The Purpose Driven Life (Zondervan), participating in Obama's 2009 presidential inauguration over his conservative stance on homosexuality and abortion.

A source on the inaugural committee said that it was Giglio's choice to remove himself from the inauguration and that his replacement has not yet been picked, The Huffington Post reported.

CNN reported that Giglio "was chosen because he's a "powerful voice for ending human trafficking and global sex slavery" along with his efforts in mobilizing young people to also become involved with these issues.

CBA and CLC Ministries International, a ministry with 180 bookstores in the U.S. and around the globe, have joined in a mission-retail partnership called the Legacy project—The Call Never Ends. The partnership aims to encourage retired and transitioning retailers to use their skills to help stores overseas.

Knowing that retailers who have retired or have closed their stores for any number of reasons often still have a passion for the retail ministry, CBA and CLC are inviting them to volunteer in Christian bookstore start-ups and turnarounds or at stores recovering from disaster or trauma in one of 58 countries CLC serves.

CBA and CLC will work together to identify and recruit missionaries. CLC will assess and train them, then deploy them for service.

Candace Tucker, manager and buyer at CLC Bookcenter in Center City Philadelphia, was on to hand at CBA's NEXT 2013 event—concluded today in Atlanta—to present the new venture, highlighting projects in countries including Liberia and Sierra Leone.

"Your calling truly does never end," Tucker said. "There is something after."

Retailers will serve as missionaries, but their housing and healthcare will be provided for during their time of service.

CBA President Curtis Riskey said it is "an opportunity for booksellers to continue in ministry abroad."

Pastor Mike Ashcraft, author of My One Word: Change Your Life With Just One Word (Zondervan), challenged general session attendees today at CBA's NEXT 2013 to resolve to focus on just one word this year, a word that reflects what they most hope God will do in them.

Instead of saying to God, "This is what I would do if I were you," Ashcraft urged attendees to ask, "God, what do I do next?"

He emphasized walking by faith—a way of life that pleases God.

"Faith by its very definition implies uncertainty," Ashcraft said.

And rather than projecting an image that everything is perfect, as Christians often do, he recalled the fact that faith is a process.

In trying to be perfect or right all of the time, he said: "What we have done is eliminate the process out of our faith."

Ashcraft has made a habit of journaling, which grew out of his attention problem, but he encourages every believer to keep a journal in order to have "a record of God's work" in their lives. Along with writing, he espouses reading, which "makes you slow down."

Ending his message, he emphasized that God's priority is clearly stated in Prov. 4:23: "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."

In other activity at the event today, workshops continued with two offerings, one on Making E-books Profitable led by Zach Wallington of Christian Supply, and the other on Customer Relationship Management with Bob Negen of Whiz!Bang Training and Ann Kardos, manager of Logos of Kent in Kent, Ohio.