NavPress is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Herron as Bookstore Development Manager.

“The addition of Steve as our Bookstore Development Manager solidifies a significant position for our future growth within NavPress,” explained NavPress Sales Director Eric Helus. “Steve brings knowledge and skill from more than ten years of buying, selling, and merchandising, as well as account and product development. His role is one of great importance as we continue to see tremendous growth in our connection of The Navigators ministry as a whole and how that has influenced and aligned with our bookstore partners in their mission in delivering biblically based content to their current and future customers.”

Herron has a BBA in marketing from the University of North Alabama. His previous experience includes American Wholesale Book Company, Inspirational Publishers Group, WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group, and Anderson Merchandisers.

"I’m so honored to be a part of NavPress and support The Navigators’ mission worldwide. God has allowed me to experience so many unique opportunities to serve Him, and I want to pour all of the gifts He has given me into serving our retailers and church bookstores across the country,” said Herron.

NavPress has entered into an agreement with Kerygma Publishing/Allen David Books to distribute books and teaching resources by pastor and evangelist Greg Laurie beginning in October 2011.

In addition to distributing bestsellers such as Hope for Hurting Hearts, What Every Christian Needs to Know, and Married. Happily., NavPress will publish new Bible studies by Laurie beginning in 2012.

“Jesus told us to go into all the world and make disciples. This is not a request but a command from our Lord,” Laurie said. “My life is committed to doing everything I can to bring the gospel to our generation. As both an evangelist and a pastor, my interest is not only in seeing people come forward to follow Christ, but also to go forward in spiritual maturity. That is why I am so excited to be partnering with an organization that understands the importance of evangelism and discipleship: The Navigators.

“Since 1933, The Navigators have been actively involved in equipping Christians to study and memorize Scripture, as well as share their faith and make disciples. I am confident that, as we partner together, we will help even more people do that in the days ahead,” he added.

Laurie, who founded the evangelistic Harvest Crusade events in 1990, serves as senior pastor of one of the largest churches in the United States, Harvest Christian Fellowship, which has campuses in Riverside and Irvine, CA. During the past 22 years, Harvest Crusades have drawn some 4.3 million people to events in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

In addition to speaking and assisting other ministries, Laurie has authored more than 70 books including As I See It, Daily Hope for Hurting Hearts, Christian Dating, Essentials, Run to Win, Upside Down Living, The Greatest Stories Ever Told, and many more.

His autobiography, Lost Boy, was released in June 2008 and continues to be one of the bestselling Christian biographies of all time.

Laurie has written study notes for the bestselling The New Believer's Bible. He also wrote the notes for the recently released Start! Bible in the New King James Version, published by Thomas Nelson. Greg is presently working on a new Bible project called Refresh, which is a devotional Bible.

As host of the television program Knowing God with Greg Laurie and of the syndicated radio program A New Beginning, Laurie has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN. He also functions as a guest commentator at Worldnetdaily.com, and appears regularly on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN).  Laurie also serves on the board of directors for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

“We are thrilled to partner with Greg Laurie in this way,” said Mike Miller, president of NavPress. “Greg has impacted millions of people around the world with his speaking and his writing. It is a joy and an honor for NavPress to be a partner in reaching more people with Greg’s resources. We anticipate many more lives changed through his messages for years to come.”

For more information about Greg Laurie, visit his homepage at www.greglaurie.com or his ministry website, www.harvest.org. To find out more on Allen David books, visit www.allendavidbooks.com.