The Ministry of Christianity Today Announces Evangelical Press Association Awards
Contact: Cory Whitehead, Christianity Today, 630-260-6200 ext 4220
CAROL STREAM, Ill., May 8, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Evangelical Press Association presented its 2013 Awards of Excellence and Higher Goals Awards at its annual convention May 1-3, 2013 in Nashville. The global media ministry of Christianity Today was honored with a total of 42 awards.
Each year the Evangelical Press Association contest honors the best work done by EPA-member publications during the past calendar year. This year nine Christianity Today brands from across the nonprofit ministry won an award. Mark Galli, Christianity Today magazine editor reflects, "Awards like this are gratifying, and result from everyone doing their part, and of the good leadership of David Neff, last year as editor in chief. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes one to produce an award-winning magazine, with a good 'mayor' to boot!"
Some award highlights included:
Cause of the Year: Extreme Poverty
The Evangelical Press Association chooses a specific cause that members can focus on. Christianity Today received 1st place this year with the article Cost-Effective Compassion by Bruce Wydick, professor of economics at the University of San Francisco. The article highlights the ten most popular strategies for helping the poor and measures their impact.
Christianity Today's global coverage
Christianity Today is known as a leader in reporting about the church worldwide, and several awards were given that had a strong international dimension to them, including:
- Quebec: Canada's Prodigal Province, a report on what evangelicals are doing in their post-Christian culture, won 1st place for Freelance Article
- The Fight for Egypt's Future, a dispatch from Cairo about their Coptic Christians, won 2nd place in the Reporting category
- Miracles in Mozambique, a feature article on missionary Mama Heidi, received 2nd place in Photo Feature and 3rd place in Single Photo: Candid
- Teaching the Dragon,, a piece by Andrew Thompson on the growing universities in North Korea and northeast China, won 3rd place for Student Writer of the Year
Top digital awardsIn the overall website design category, awards were given to two Christianity Today websites relaunched in 2012.
LeadershipJournal.net took 1st place and
ChristianityToday.com took 2nd place.
For the second straight year, the
Managing Your Church blog received the Award of Excellence in the Church Ministry (Digital) category and
SmallGroups.com received the Award of Excellence in the Newsletter (Digital/Email) category.
For the first time, Kyria (now
TodaysChristianWoman.com) received the top award in the Devotional (Digital) category.
Below is the full listing of Christianity Today's 2013 EPA awards:
Awards of ExcellenceHonors overall excellence of a publication. Judges in this category evaluate a number of criteria, including writing quality, content choices and design.
Christian MinistryExcellence:
Leadership JournalMerit:
Church Law & Tax Report Christian Ministry (Digital)Excellence:
Managing Your ChurchMerit:
Building Church LeadersDevotional (Digital)Excellence:
Kyria/Today's Christian WomanGeneralExcellence:
Christianity TodayMerit:
Books & CultureGeneral (Digital)Merit:
Christianity Today OnlineNewsletterMerit:
Church Finance TodayNewsletter (Digital/Email)Excellence:
SmallGroups.comHigher Goals AwardsHonors individual aspects of a publication, such as reporting, column writing and design.
Article Series3rd Christianity Today:
Global Gospel ProjectCause of the Year: Extreme Poverty1st Christianity Today:
Cost-Effective CompassionCritical Review3rd Books & Culture:
Talking about REAL MarriageDevotional4th Kyria/Today’s Christian Woman:
When God Doesn't Answer Prayers5th Leadership Journal:
A Life to Die For…Editorial2nd Christianity Today Online:
Why Last Saturday's Political Conclave of Evangelical Leaders Was DangerousEvangelism1st Leadership Journal:
Acting Like Jesus4th Today’s Christian Woman:
God's Neighborhood PlanFreelance Article1st Christianity Today:
Quebec: Canada's Prodigal ProvinceGeneral article: Short3rd Christianity Today:
The Evangelical Jesus PrayerGeneral article: Medium1st Christianity Today:
From Powerlifter to Powerless2nd LeadershipJournal.net:
Going to Hell with Ted Haggard4th Kyria/Today's Christian Woman:
My Stiff-Necked Life5th Christianity Today Online:
The Media and the MassacreHumorous5th Today’s Christian Woman:
Three World-Changer Things You Can Do Before BreakfastInterview4th BuildingChurchLeaders.com:
Becoming a Just ChurchPoetry3rd Books & Culture:
My Favorite Bollywood FilmReporting2nd Christianity Today:
The Fight for Egypt's FutureStanding column3rd Christianity Today:
Past Imperfect (David Neff)Student writer of the year3rd Christianity Today:
Andrew Thompson, Teaching the DragonTitles:3rd
Christianity TodayCartoon4th Christianity Today: Laying on of hands is always a challenge at First Pirate Church
Original art: Digital/Mixed Media3rd Christianity Today:
Why Christus Victor Is Not EnoughPhoto feature2nd Christianity Today:
Miracles in MozambiquePhotography use4th
Christianity TodaySingle photo: Candid3rd Christianity Today:
Mama Heidi of MozambiqueSingle photo: Controlled4th Christianity Today:
Todd Wood, Young-Earth CreationistTypography and lettering3rd Leadership Journal:
Epic FailWebsite Design1st
LeadershipJournal.net2nd
ChristianityToday.comDepartment3rd Christianity Today Online:
Her.meneuticsA full list of EPA 2013 awards can be found at the association's website:
www.evangelicalpress.com/2013-awards-2Christianity Today is a nonprofit, global media ministry that serves the church through digital and print publications, as well as practical and accessible web resources that together reach more than 2.5 million people every month.