New Hope Publishers Winter / Spring Supplement

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Called to Speak Practical Tips for Women’s Ministry Speakers and Teachers

Edna Ellison & Linda J. Gilden Called to Speak uniquely addresses the call of women’s ministry speakers to champion the kingdom of God. Based on years of experience by two women’s ministry speakers, Called to Speak is peppered with personal stories, encouraging Scripture, and inspiring questions. Combined with practical tips, this book is a valuable collection of essential principles that can grow you into the effective, life-changing orator God wants to empower you to be, whether you are engaged in a professional speaking career or teaching a women’s Bible study.

Spartanburg, SC

AVAILABLE: 12/5/2016 PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 • 978-1-62591-511-5 • $14.99 • N174109 • 192 Pages • Paperback and ebook • Case Quantity: 36 •6x9 BISAC 1: REL109010 RELIGION/ Christian Ministry/ Adult BISAC 2: REL108030 RELIGION/ Christian Church/ Leadership BEST SELLING POINTS • Authors represent more than 40 combined years of speaking experience.

• Coauthor Ellison has national and international credibility, has spoken in every state of the U. S., and has served as an international keynote speaker.

• Adjunct college professor Gilden is a frequent instructor at national writer conferences.

• Tone and voice is specific to women’s ministry speakers and teachers.

• Content contains personal stories, encouraging Scripture, and practical tips.

• Content complements previously published piece targeted to writers.

• Additional supplemental resources available via NewHopePublishers.com.

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Award-winning author of more than 30 books and countless magazine articles, Edna Ellison is a well-known keynote speaker who loves leading prayer retreats and mentoring aspiring writers and speakers across the United States and overseas. Edna is an honors graduate of Presbyterian College with a master’s degree from Converse College, an educational specialist degree from the University of South Carolina, and a doctorate from the University of Alabama. Having taught at three Baptist seminaries and two American universities, she now writes Bible study books from her Spartanburg, South Carolina, home. National president of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association and a certified CLASS speaker, her life has been featured

by Focus on the Family, where she has also been published.

Linda J. Gilden believes part of what God has called her to do is encourage other writers and speakers in their journeys. This prolific author, editor, personality trainer, and writing coach desires to see future writers and current authors develop optimum skills so they can serve the kingdom of God with excellence. In addition to serving as an adjunct professor, Linda is extremely active in the writing industry on both a local and national level, including serving as a frequent instructor at leading conferences such as Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference. She works out of her South Carolina home where she enjoys floating in a pool while reading a good book and being surrounded by splashing grandchildren.

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(im)POSSIBLE Discover the Joy of a Prayer, Care, Share Life

Lon Allison (im)POSSIBLE: Discover the Joy of a Prayer, Care, Share Life will inspire and persuade you to engage in a life of personal witness for Jesus Christ. Offering years of personal experience, author and teacher Lon Allison’s “prayer, care, share” method of evangelism clarifies and simplifies the witnessing life.

Embrace new attitudes and you will begin the journey of a lifetime.

Once you begin to pray regularly for unbelievers and your life of witness, your compassion rises.

Once your compassion rises, you gain power over the fear factor that paralyzes many from sharing their faith with others. Now’s the time to dare—what are you waiting for?

You were made for this!

AVAILABLE: 1/25/2017 PUB DATE: 2/23/2017 • 978-1-62591-512-2 • $14.99 • N174110 • 288 Pages • Paperback and ebook • Case Quantity: 36 •6x9 BISAC 1: REL012000 RELIGION/ Christian Life/ General BISAC 2: REL030000 RELIGION/ Christian Ministry/ Evangelism BEST SELLING POINTS • Author served as executive director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton Bible College for 15 years.

• Author is affiliated with Mission America’s LOVE2020 national initiative, which utilizes the prayer, care, share language of the book.

• Author has established networks with church and para-agency leaders.

• Tone of the content is inspiring and encouraging.

• Content is easy and practical.

• Content is based on 45 years of personal experience and relayed experiences.

• Discussion guide and other resources available via NewHopePublishers.com.

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While in his twenties, Lon Allison first learned to share his faith through Young Life and Campus Life and has since shared Jesus Christ as a way of life for more than 45 years. More, he has motivated and trained tens of thousands of people to do the same. Although he has served as a church plant pastor on the west coast, lead global evangelism efforts, and served as executive director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, he enjoys staying active and being back in the local church where he currently serves as the pastor of teaching and outreach at Wheaton Bible Church in West Chicago. He and his wife Marie call West Chicago home.

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Sacred Love A Journey of Singleness, Belonging, and Finding True Love

Claudia Cantrell with Kim P. Davis Outwardly, Claudia Cantrell was a successful, independent career woman. Inwardly, she longed for more—security, a sense of belonging, and love. She wanted a happily ever after.

Sacred Love is the heartfelt love story of a broken woman who found extraordinary victory over loneliness, insecurity, rejection, and bad decisions. Overwhelmed by her circumstances, Claudia came to a crisis of belief—she must totally surrender the pain of her past to God or forever live defeated. In choosing surrender, she ultimately began to live life abundantly— through Jesus Christ. A candid and hopeful memoir, Sacred Love will compel you to begin walking on your own path toward acceptance and restoration. God wants to lead you into your happily ever after— one where He, the Prince of Peace, is your true love.

AVAILABLE: 1/2/2017 PUB DATE: 2/6/2017 • 978-1-62591-514-6 • $12.99 • N174112 • 144 Pages • Paperback and ebook • Case Quantity: 36 •6x9 BISAC 1: BIO026000 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/ Personal Memoirs BISAC 2: REL012130 RELIGION/ Christian Life/ Women’s Issues BEST SELLING POINTS • Content focuses heavily on Christ as the Prince of Peace.

• Tone is humorous and honest while also raw and transparent.

• Addresses feelings singles face such as rejection, abandonment, self-worth, etc.

• Delves into feelings of self-worth as a result of mother-daughter relationship.

• Author married after 50 to a man met on a missions trip.

• Author was a successful and independent woman.

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Kennesaw, GA Claudia Cantrell was a successful, independent career woman who was also lonely, single, and heartbroken.

Now, she is a successful, independent career woman and one who lives life abundantly in Christ. Her extraordinary journey of victory is shared in her memoir Sacred Love.

Working on a medical missions trip, God surprised Claudia with another gift—a family.

After 54 years of singleness, Claudia married David and became stepmother to Katie. A physician assistant program graduate of Duke University, Claudia enjoys interior design, speaking to women’s groups, traveling, baking, and spoiling her Scottish terrier, Beauregard. She and her family now live happily ever after in Kennesaw, Georgia.

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Restoring Love A Contemporary Novel

Jennifer Slattery Mitch, a contractor and houseflipper, is restoring a beautiful old house in an idyllic Midwestern neighborhood. Angela, a woman filled with regrets and recently transplanted to his area, is anything but idyllic. She’s almost his worst nightmare, and she’s also working on restoring something—herself.

As he struggles to keep his business afloat and she works to overcome mistakes of her past, these two unlikely friends soon discover they have something unexpected in common—a young mom who is fighting to give her children a better life after her husband’s incarceration.

While both Mitch and Angela are drawn to help this young mother survive, they also find themselves drawn to each other. Will a lifetime of regrets hold them back or unite them and bring redemption along with true love?

AVAILABLE: 1/2/2017 PUB DATE: 2/6/2017 • 978-1-62591-513-9 • $15.99 • N174111 • 324 Pages • Paperback and ebook • Case Quantity: 36 • 5.5 x 8.5 BISAC 1: FIC042000 FICTION/ Christian/ General BISAC 2: FIC044000 FICTION/ Christian/ Romance BEST SELLING POINTS • Plotline focuses on characters’ spiritual development.

• Content emphasizes the struggles of impoverished, single moms.

• Content encourages readers to become missional-minded in their communities.

• Author has award-winning content development team and a strong network.

• Narrative addresses relevant challenges, including family tension, regrets about the past, and the struggles for restored relationships.

• Main characters will appeal to the primary fiction demographic.

• Content contains strong biblical perspective on family relationships.

• Discussion guide and other resources available via NewHopePublishers.com.

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Papillion, NE

Jennifer Slattery, author of Breaking Free, Beyond I Do, Intertwined, and When Dawn Breaks, is an inspiring contemporary novelist whose stories of hope, love, and grace resonate with real people. She also writes Christian Living articles for Crosswalk. com and devotions for her personal blog, JenniferSlatteryLivesOutLoud.com; Internet Cafe Devotions; and oversees the blog and social media accounts for Takin’ It To The Streets, a ministry serving Omaha Metro’s working poor and homeless. When not writing, she enjoys hanging out with her teenage daughter and real-life hero husband, as well as serving in her church.

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Door to Freedom A Contemporary Novel

Jana Kelley “It’s rough and it’s smooth. It’s dark and it’s light. It’s a masterpiece. It’s us.

Here in Sudan. We are scared of it and drawn to it. There is an open door, and there is much opposition.”

In the dusty, Islamic country of Sudan, Mia, who is raising her family in a Muslim country, has learned to boldly share her faith.

Rania, the daughter of a wealthy Sudanese Arab, seeks to find the reason for her sister’s sudden disappearance. Mia holds some of the answers, but both women quickly discover they must each walk through their own doors to freedom—the freedom that only comes when you trust God’s sovereignty more than man-made security.

AVAILABLE: 2/6/2017 PUB DATE: 3/6/2017 • 978-1-62591-516-0 • $15.99 • N174114 • 224 Pages • Paperback and ebook • Case Quantity: 36 • 5.5 x 8.5 BISAC 1: FIC042000 FICTION/ Christian/ General BISAC 2: FIC044000 FICTION/ Contemporary Women BEST SELLING POINTS • Content beautifully illustrates the biblical truth of 1 Corthinians 16:9.

• Characters are based on real-life people and events.

• Plot is the continuation of the debut novel Side by Side, but is a standalone novel.

• Author’s international background lends credibility to the story.

• Content is stirring and thoughtprovoking.

• A behind-the-scenes glance into life in an Islamic state and modern-day persecution.

• Inspiring fiction that moves readers to pray for Americans living internationally.

• Fiction that transforms a reader’s worldview.

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Part of New Hope® Publishers’ line of contemporary missional fiction, Door to Freedom, the sequel to Side

by Side, opens the reader’s eyes to modern-day persecution and the lives of Muslims in Sudan. Based on real-life events, Door to Freedom also reveals some of the struggles that Christians face when living under Islamic law. The reader will be inspired to pray for those who are persecuted for their faith as well as for the salvation of the persecutors.

Ennis, TX

Author of the captivating novel Side

by Side, Jana Kelley is a Texan who hardly ever lives in Texas. Raised in Southeast Asia, Jana developed a love for cross-cultural living early in life. Her love for writing came soon after. Jana returned to Texas to attend East Texas Baptist University. She and her husband married a month after she graduated, and by their second anniversary, they were living in a remote African town. After 13 years living in Africa and the Middle East, Jana, her husband, and their three boys moved to Southeast Asia where they currently live. You can learn more about Jana at janakelley.com.

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30 Days of Hope for Adoptive Parents Jennifer Phillips You finally surrendered. You opened your heart when you said, “Yes, God, I’ll adopt.” But now, you’ve discovered that opening your heart to the idea of adoption is the easiest part of the journey. Now comes the reality of the emotional ups and downs that only another adoptive parent can understand.

In 30 Days of Hope for Adoptive Parents, author Jennifer Phillips shares words of encouragement to help adoptive parents navigate the emotional waters of adoption.

Regardless of where you are in the process—just beginning or now living with the teenagers you adopted as infants—there are struggles unique to adoptive parenting. Weaving elements of her own journey through adoption, you will find hope as you begin to see God’s adoptive heart toward you.

AVAILABLE: 2/6/2017 PUB DATE: 3/6/2017 • 978-1-62591-515-3 • $9.99 • N174113 • 144 Pages • Paperback and ebook • Case Quantity: 36 • 5.5 x 8.5 BISAC 1: REL012020 RELIGION/ Christian Life/ Devotional BISAC 2: REL012030 RELIGION/ Christian Life/ Family BEST SELLING POINTS • Author’s first book was top-selling Amazon release in its genre.

• Content appeals to parents in all stages of the adoption process.

• Brief, personal adoption stories foster a sense of community.

• Content leads the reader to a deeper look at God’s adoptive heart.

• Format and time commitment appeals to busy families.

• Part of the increasingly popular “Gifts of Hope” series.

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Brisbane, Australia Jennifer Phillips, author of the widely

praised book Bringing Lucy Home, is an adoptive parent to a loving little girl she and her husband affectionately named Lucy. Actively involved in discipling women, she is also a volunteer at her children’s school. A psychology graduate of Samford University (Birmingham, Alabama), she served as executive director for the local Sav-A-Life, a national network of crisis pregnancy centers. She and her family currently live in Brisbane, Australia, where her husband Brian serves with University Impact, a franchise of Campus Outreach. For more information, visit her blog at jenniferphillipsblog.com.

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Chasing Famous Living the Life You’ve Always Auditioned For

Lisa Lloyd Have you ever considered your life as an audition? Regardless of who or where we are, we are constantly— often unconsciously—auditioning for a part. Loving wife. Amazing employee. Crafting queen. Socialite.

All we really want is to be loved, affirmed, and accepted. What if we could learn to live the life we have always been auditioning for without all the stress?

AVAILABLE: 3/6/2017 PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 • 978-1-62591-517-7 • $14.99 • N174115 • 192 Pages • Paperback and ebook • Case Quantity: 36 •6x9 BISAC 1: REL012130 RELIGION/ Christian Life/ Women’s Issues BISAC 2: REL012120 RELIGION/ Christian Life/ Spiritual Growth BEST SELLING POINTS • Author is a professional actress.

• Author expertly incorporates acting terms and her professional experiences to provide a unique perspective.

• Content contains some humorous anecdotes making author relatable to all groups.

• Scriptural truths are practical for everyday life and application.

• Author is transparent and honest with personal struggles and victories.

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Chasing Famous is a redemptive book that teaches us how to take the focus off ourselves and shift it back on to the glory of God. Written by a professional actress who readily admits that she is the most self-centered person she knows, Chasing Famous provides practical and sometimes humorous examples of scriptural truth that will help you master the natural self-centered tendencies of life. Once you’ve mastered these issues—and you can—your story will turn the spotlight on God where, you’ll soon discover, what it means to truly live.

McKinney, TX

Lisa Lloyd is a speaker, emcee, actor, and writer. Since receiving her bachelor of fine arts in theater from Southern Methodist University, Lisa has been featured in many major performance mediums. Her television credits include What Would You Do?, Prison Break, The Young and the Restless, and The Bold and the Beautiful. You may see her on television commercials, highway billboards, or TV screens at the local airport. She has performed with many theaters, including the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Montana Shakespeare, the Dallas Theater Center, and Casa Mañana Theater. She is a highly sought-after speaker at women’s retreats, conferences, and events across the country. She and her husband Markus live in McKinney, Texas, and have two boys. For more information about Lisa, visit lisalloyd.org.

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He Did That?!

Jesus’ Amazing Acts for Women

Brenda Poinsett

AVAILABLE: 3/6/2017 PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 • 978-1-62591-518-4 • $14.99 • N174116 • 192 Pages • Paperback and ebook • Case Quantity: 36 •6x9 BISAC 1: REL012130 RELIGION/ Christian Life/ Women’s Issues BISAC 2: REL012070 RELIGION/ Christian Life/ Personal Growth BEST SELLING POINTS • Seasoned author with more than 15 books published.

• Companion book He Said What?! received the 2015 Silver Scroll Nonfiction Merit Award.

• F resh content is presented in a relevant, conversational tone.

•C ontent is relevant to all adult Christian women.

• Content is well researched and follows the award-winning He Said What?! format.

• Chapter-end applications help readers discover new, creative ways to strengthen their confidence in Jesus.

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When was the last time you stopped to meditate on God’s power? Or when did you last stand in awe of just how radical Jesus was when He walked the earth? When was the last time you knew deep in your spirit you were living and moving as a woman of confident faith? In He Did That?!, take a front-row seat and, through Brenda Poinsett’s artful writing, step back in time to observe Jesus in His most powerful roles. Engage in deep reflection on this radical man’s actions—what they meant then and what they mean now—and find your faith and integrity strengthened. As you meditate on the deep significance of His actions, you will gain a new understanding of who Jesus is, renew your hope that the supernatural is possible in your own life, strengthen your integrity as you hear Him call you to rock the boat, and cry refreshing tears as His love washes over you. Prepare to be amazed by Christ’s incredible actions meant for you. See Him anew and get ready to exclaim, “Oh, my! You’ll never believe what Jesus did for me!”

Union, MO

Brenda Poinsett works with women who want a new lease on life and with adults who want to learn and grow. At retreats, conferences, and special events, Brenda offers encouragement and hope along with valuable information. She works at perfecting her communication skills through memberships in the National Speakers Association, Toastmasters International, and Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. Along the way she came to see writing as another important avenue for sharing lifechanging knowledge. She’s the author of more than 19 books, including He Said What?!, Not My Will, The Friendship Factor, Wonder Women of the Bible, When Saints Sing the Blues, and Holiday Living.

Brenda and her husband, Bob, have three grown sons, a daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren.

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