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LifeWay Christian Resources
Lifeway Christian Resources, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the Christian media publishing and distribution division of the Southern Baptist Convention and provider of church business services.
Until the end of its physical retail presence in 2019 it was best known for its brick and mortar LifeWay Christian Stores, one of the two major American retailers of Christian books and products (the other being Mardel Christian & Education). Lifeway produces curriculums and Bible studies used in Sunday schools and other church functions. Lifeway publishes the Christian Standard Bible (the successor to the Holman Christian Standard Bible), as well as Christian books and commentaries through B&H Publishing. Lifeway has a research division that studies Protestant trends and provides contract research services. In addition, it distributes many Christian resources created by outside parties. It distributes and sells many church products such as communion supplies and upholstery. Lifeway also provides church business services.
While Lifeway is a non-profit and part of the Southern Baptist Convention, it receives no church funding through the SBC's cooperative program Instead, Lifeway is self-funded through the sales of its products.
Lifeway operated World Changers until it was shut down in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. In April 2020, Lifeway's board voted to put the Ridgecrest Conference Center in Asheville, North Carolina, up for sale.
In 1891 James Marion Frost, a 43-year-old pastor, founded "The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention" after that year's annual SBC meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1925, the Board began operating retail bookstores under the name "Baptist Book Store". According to Jeffrey Gros, the Sunday School Board was "one of the principal sources of literacy across the South."
Around 1971, the Board began using the "LifeWay" imprint on some of its materials and as the name for retail stores in certain markets, reflecting an expansion of items sold which included items produced by others, some of whom were not Southern Baptist. From 1996 to 1998, the Board rebranded its stores under the LifeWay banner and officially changed its name.
In 2002, LifeWay acquired Serendipity House, a publisher of Bible studies for small groups.
In 2017, Lifeway moved out of the Draper Tower and the Sullivan Tower into new headquarters in the Capitol View area of Nashville. In 2021, it was announced the building would be sold in favor of a smaller office as staff continued the trend of remote working.
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LifeWay Christian Resources
Lifeway Christian Resources, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is the Christian media publishing and distribution division of the Southern Baptist Convention and provider of church business services.
Until the end of its physical retail presence in 2019 it was best known for its brick and mortar LifeWay Christian Stores, one of the two major American retailers of Christian books and products (the other being Mardel Christian & Education). Lifeway produces curriculums and Bible studies used in Sunday schools and other church functions. Lifeway publishes the Christian Standard Bible (the successor to the Holman Christian Standard Bible), as well as Christian books and commentaries through B&H Publishing. Lifeway has a research division that studies Protestant trends and provides contract research services. In addition, it distributes many Christian resources created by outside parties. It distributes and sells many church products such as communion supplies and upholstery. Lifeway also provides church business services.
While Lifeway is a non-profit and part of the Southern Baptist Convention, it receives no church funding through the SBC's cooperative program Instead, Lifeway is self-funded through the sales of its products.
Lifeway operated World Changers until it was shut down in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. In April 2020, Lifeway's board voted to put the Ridgecrest Conference Center in Asheville, North Carolina, up for sale.
In 1891 James Marion Frost, a 43-year-old pastor, founded "The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention" after that year's annual SBC meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1925, the Board began operating retail bookstores under the name "Baptist Book Store". According to Jeffrey Gros, the Sunday School Board was "one of the principal sources of literacy across the South."
Around 1971, the Board began using the "LifeWay" imprint on some of its materials and as the name for retail stores in certain markets, reflecting an expansion of items sold which included items produced by others, some of whom were not Southern Baptist. From 1996 to 1998, the Board rebranded its stores under the LifeWay banner and officially changed its name.
In 2002, LifeWay acquired Serendipity House, a publisher of Bible studies for small groups.
In 2017, Lifeway moved out of the Draper Tower and the Sullivan Tower into new headquarters in the Capitol View area of Nashville. In 2021, it was announced the building would be sold in favor of a smaller office as staff continued the trend of remote working.