OPENING SESSION

1 pm, November 13

To kick off the PubU experience, we will gather together for some information, inspiration, and celebration!



INFORMATION



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ECPA president Jeff Crosby and the Brain Trust of industry leaders who developed this year’s program will equip you with what to expect in the days ahead.

INSPIRATION



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Then we will hear from Tim Dalyrymple, president and CEO of Christianity Today, on how to experience our vocational efforts as a calling, and to embrace unity in Christ over polarization, for the Kingdom work we do in Christian publishing.

One Kingdom: A Call for Christian Publishers

Dr. Timothy Dalrymple was raised in nondenominational evangelical churches in California. A national champion gymnast, he went to Stanford University where he suffered a broken neck his sophomore year. Then followed many years in academia, at Stanford, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where he made suffering a key theme of his research and teaching in modern western religious thought. Dalrymple helped to launch Patheos.com, an online marketplace of religious ideas, and pioneered many of the techniques that led Patheos to become the world’s largest platform for multi-religious conversation. In 2013, Dalrymple founded Polymath, a creative agency that serves businesses and nonprofits serving the world. In May 2019 he became President and CEO of Christianity Today, the flagship evangelical media ministry founded in 1956 by Billy Graham. Tim leads a dynamic team, working together to expand the CT reach through media and resources both in the United States and around the World. Tim is married to Joyce and they have three daughters.

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The winners of the Top Shelf Book Cover Award will be announced and presented, honoring the year’s best designs in Bibles, Children’s, Non-Fiction, and Fiction, featuring Christianity Today designers Sarah Gordon (Creative Director) and Sparkle Boea (Senior Designer) as our award presenters.


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Sarah Gordon

Sarah Gordon is an award-winning editorial designer and serves as Creative Director for Christianity Today. Before she found her true passion in the world of magazines, Sarah bounced between creative firms and local churches exploring branding, wayfinding, web design, and more.

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Sparkle Boea

With over 10 years in the design industry, Sparkle Boea graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a BA of Fine Arts in Graphic Design. After graduation, she worked as a corporate designer for 7 years before pivoting into freelance branding work, which organically grew into an entrepreneurial endeavor called Brand Genius Studio. Currently, she is collaborating with Christianity Today as a senior designer, on a mission to contribute to the larger work of the Church by bridging her love for design, brand development, and spreading the message of Christ.

We thank the following companies for their support of the industry and this event:

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