November 24, 2025, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.
— Zondervan is honored to announce that five books from the Zondervan Academic and Zondervan Reflective publishing imprints have been recognized by The Gospel Coalition (TGC) as winners in the 2025 TGC Book Awards. These recognitions reflect the strength, theological depth, and pastoral relevance of our authors’ work.
Highlighted by TGC’s rigorous selection process, the winning titles from Zondervan Academic and Zondervan Reflective are:
- Ministry: Lest We Drift: Five Departure Dangers from the One True Gospel, by Jared C. Wilson (Zondervan Reflective)
- First-Time Author: The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism, by Brad Edwards (Zondervan Reflective)
- Biblical Studies: The Story of Jesus Continues, by Douglas Huffman (Zondervan Academic)
- Missions & the Global Church: From the Rising of the Sun: A Journey of Worship Around the World, by Tim Challies & Tim Keesee (Zondervan Reflective)
- Theological Studies (Award of Distinction): Christian Life, by Kelly Kapic (Zondervan Academic)
These awards come from a highly selective process in which TGC judges evaluate books for gospel-centered argumentation, faithfulness to Scripture, spiritual discernment, and potential to renew and unite the church…