Colson, whose books include The Faith and Loving God (both Zondervan) as well as How Now Shall We Live? and Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture (both Tyndale House Publishers), will be honored during the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's (ECPA) Executive Leadership Summit and Annual Member Meeting in Nashville, May 3.

ECPA President and CEO Mark Kuyper said the association was pleased to honor Colson's "continuing legacy to impact lives and culture for Christ through the nearly 100 books he has authored and contributed to." "He is considered to be one of the most prolific and relevant Christian authors of our time," he said.

Nine of Colson's books have won ECPA Gold Medallion Book Awards--now known as the Christian Book Awards. In 1993, his The Body (Thomas Nelson) won the ECPA Christian Book of the Year.

A former presidential aide to Richard Nixon and founder of the international ministry Prison Fellowship, Colson was honored earlier this year by the National Religious Broadcasters with a Hall of Fame Award.

In 2008, President Bush honored him with the second highest civilian award from the U.S. government, the Presidential Citizen Medal for his humanitarian work with Prison Fellowship. In 1993, Colson was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.

Click here for more information on ECPA's Executive Leadership Summit and Annual Member Meeting, which will feature the announcement of the association's 2010 Christian Book Awards.

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