EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION IS AN INTERNATIONAL NOT-FOR- PROFIT TRADE ORGANIZATION SERVING ITS INDUSTRY BY PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLISHERS OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN LITERATURE TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCE AND OPINIONS THROUGH DISCUSSION, STUDY AND PUBLICATIONS; TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF PUBLICATION; TO DEVELOP AND ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS OF SERVICE AND CONDUCT OF PUBLISHERS; TO PROMOTE THE COMMON BUSINESS INTEREST OF PUBLISHERS THROUGH PERIODIC MEETINGS AND SEMINARS; TO EXCHANGE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL IDEAS AND INFORMATION; TO PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE THROUGH TRAINING, RESEARCH, SHARING OF STRATEGY AND INITIATING PROGRAMS FOR THE SOLVING OF COMMON PROBLEMS OF PUBLISHERS THROUGH THE POOLING OF IDEAS; TO EXALT THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL SO THAT THE PEOPLE MAY COME TO KNOW HIM AS SAVIOR AND LORD AND MAKE HIS WORD KNOWN; TO PROMOTE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING THE STUDY, LEARNING AND READING OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN