Zondervan and Newsboys (Sparrow/EMI CMG) announced a partnership this week that will make the New Testament of Today's New International Version of the Bible (TNIV) available on the band's Web site as a PDF (Adobe portable document form). And in April, the band's song and a TNIV endorsement from lead singer Peter Furler will be included on the TNIV MP3 New Testament CD, which will be available in retail stores.

The TNIV is a new Bible translation published by Zondervan that will release in both Old and New Testaments on Feb. 4. The TNIV, which was translated by the same committee that translated the New International Version (NIV), will be published in a format designed to reach 18- to 34-year-olds.

A TNIV endorsement from Newsboys' lead singer Peter Furler is included as an insert in the band's latest CD, Devotion, as well as in the back of The Purple Book, which is a Bible study produced by Newsboys and Every Nation.

A full story about the TNIV will appear in the Jan. 24 issue of Christian Retailing.