Momentum is gathering for the UK Christian retail trade Day of Prayer as more and more authors, booksellers and publishers commit themselves to spend time praying for one another this Friday, 4th September 2009. Several specific areas for prayer have been suggested by GLO Bookshop, Motherwell, on their facebook page: Pray that God will help the staff & … Continue reading
Posted in August 2009 …
Date Announced for Day of Prayer: Friday 4th September 2009
The following message was sent to all members of the Christian Authors, Booksellers and Publishers facebook group this morning: Friday 4th September – Day of Prayer for Christian Retail in the UK James 1 v 5 says ‘If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God.’ During the last 12 months of life in … Continue reading
Updates Underway Soon
Over the last month I’ve received a number of update requests for Directory entries. Due to holidays and other commitments it hasn’t been possible to make the changes requested yet but these should be underway shortly, hopefully within the next week or so: please accept my apologies for any inconvenience caused in the meantime. Plans … Continue reading
Day of Prayer for the UK Christian Book Trade?
If there’s a consensus emerging from the discussions here over Keith Danby’s comments about the viability of Christian retail in the UK, it’s this: we need to pray; and last week’s Trade Announcement from STL simply reinforces that. Continue reading
IBS-STL UK – Danby Speaks: there is no immediate crisis within the Charity
Keith Danby, Global CEO of IBS-STL/Biblica speaks out to quell rumours that IBS-STL UK may be “going into ‘liquidation’ or ‘administration’”, reassuring the trade that “there is no immediate crisis” and reaffirming his “commitment to support the UK Christian trade”. Continue reading
Damned by Danby: Harsh or Prophetic?
Responses to Damned by Danby: 2009 and the Death of Christian Retail UK — on the original post, privately and in the parallel discussion on facebook (where there are far more comments than here) — have been challenging and thought provoking: my thanks to all concerned and in particular to Michael Gibson who started the ball … Continue reading
Damned by Danby: 2009 and the Death of Christian Retail UK
Over the last few months Christian Marketplace has run a series of reports and interviews featuring Keith Danby, previously CEO of STL and now Global Chief Executive of IBS-STL/Biblica, a series that I’ve been reading with a growing sense of unease: Keith Danby takes control at IBS-STL UK (February 2009) New structure at IBS-STL UK (adapted … Continue reading
IBS-STL: sort-of rebranded at last
It’s been a slow train coming since we first heard it rumbling along the tracks back in March, but it looks as though the IBS-STL rebranding loco is at last rolling in towards the station with official announcements released to the press last month. A brief report appeared in the Church Times, 24 July, 2009, and a … Continue reading
