Lifeway

Lifeway will “discontinue lifewayworship.com, a website providing arrangements, charts, sheet music and other music resources for church worship.” - BPNews

“…Lifeway’s director of Bibles and reference, said the sales milestone is rare for new translations. Lifeway Christian Resources’ publishing arm, B&H Publishing, released the CSB in March 2017 as a significant revision of the Holman Christian Standard Bible” - BPNews

“Have a normal conversation. …a normal conversation about life, sports, family, who has the best French fries, whatever. Somewhere along the way, a problem with a child, a health concern with a family member, or an issue at work will pop up. Just offer this: Would it be OK if, when I pray, I include that in my prayers?” - Lifeway

“Living Proof Ministries head Beth Moore has announced she’s leaving the Southern Baptist denomination, saying she does not ‘identify with some of the things’ in its heritage which she claims ‘haven’t remained in the past.’” - C.Post

“In practical terms, [the agreement] means that Rainer, who had signed a book deal with a competing Christian publisher, would refrain from publishing until November 2021, when his noncompete clause with LifeWay expires.” - RNS

“After seeming to reverse course on a lawsuit against former president and CEO Thom Rainer, LifeWay Christian Resources says it will not officially withdraw its legal action against the SBC entity’s retired chief executive.” - BPNews

“Update: The Southern Baptist publisher will instead try to resolve its disagreement with Thom Ranier over whether he can now partner with Tyndale.” - C.Today

“Rainer claims he received ‘a written and amicable release from publishing’ with the Southern Baptist Convention entity in October 2019, he discussed his publishing activities with LifeWay’s attorney and he ‘assumed all was well’ until receiving notice of the lawsuit Monday (Sept. 28).” - BPNews

“Reacting to projections that LifeWay would finish the 2019-2020 fiscal year with a net loss of $21.7 million, LifeWay’s trustees in August approved a $210 million budget for 2020-2021 that included cuts of 17 percent year over year.” - BPNews

“The Southern Baptist publisher plans to restrict its budget by at least $25 million through reducing staff and salaries.” - CT