Katelyn Beaty at Brazos Takes Two Looks at Power

Brazos Press editorial director Katelyn Beaty acquired world rights to We Need a Better Hope by Malcolm Foley, who was unagented. Foley is special adviser for equity and campus engagement at Baylor University and director of the Black Church Studies program at Truett Theological Seminary. He is also co-pastor of Mosaic Waco. His book, scheduled for spring 2028, urges Christians to resist material wealth, political power, and cultural influence in light of the future we have in Christ, per the publisher.

Beaty also picked up world rights for Man of God by Eric Skwarczynski, creator and host of the Preacher Boy podcast and its attendant social media platforms, from agent Trinity McFadden at the Bindery. Raised in a fundamentalist Baptist church, Skwarczynski documents the lessons young men learn that lead to them dominating others and seeing women as subservient, and offers a new path forward, according to the publisher. Release is set for spring 2028.

IVP Acquires Open Door, World Relief Titles

Al Hsu, associate editorial director at IVP, took world rights to the tentatively titled The Power of Community: How the Peace of Christ Restores and Repairs a Broken World by Michelle Ferrigno Warren. The summer 2027 release will coincide with the 30th anniversary of Open Door Ministries, a Denver-based nonprofit Warren founded with her husband. The book, which records ODM’s history, provides a narrative of what people can do to when they work together to fulfill God’s mission, per the publisher. Warren, who is president and CEO of consulting group Virago Strategies and adjunct faculty at Denver Seminary, was not represented by an agent.

In a similar vein, Hsu contracted with World Relief for the tentatively titled Borderless Church: The Great Commission, the Great Commandment, and the Great Displacement. The book’s three authors—Myal Greene, Liliana Reza, and Daniel Yang—are on staff at World Relief in leadership capacities. The fall 2027 release will “help readers reframe immigration and border issues in the larger context of global mass displacement,” according to the publisher. The project was unagented.

Broadleaf Title Rethinks Masculinity

Lisa Kloskin, editorial director of Broadleaf Books, took world rights to Man Land by psychotherapist Andrew J. Bauman. Bauman draws on years of clinical work and established therapeutic techniques to offer a psychologically grounded and spiritually integrated roadmap to a masculinity that is mature, healthy, courageous, and full of integrity, said the publisher. Keely Boeving of WordServe Literary brokered the deal. The book is scheduled for fall 2027.

Paraclete Signs Third in Look and Learn Series

Lillian Miao, director of Paraclete Press, acquired world rights to the next title in the Look and Learn series, written and illustrated by Casey Pawelek. The board book, Look and Learn: Mass Is for Moving, helps the youngest readers discover and name the many ways a person engages with worship during a Catholic Church gathering. The author represented herself. Publication is set for September 2027.

Abuse Survivor’s Story Goes to Lake Drive Books

Stephanie Eagleson, editor for Lake Drive Books, has taken world rights to the tentatively titled Scandalous Grace by the unagented Emily Elizabeth Anderson, a survivor, advocate, and abuse recovery coach at Thriving Forward, a community she founded for survivors of trauma. In the book, she describes her journey of healing and finding freedom after spiritual and physical abuse by a family member and by a religious leader. Release is planned for June 2027.

Image Lands Meditations by Monts

Matthew Burdette, senior editor at Image, an imprint of PRHChristian, acquired world rights from Keely Boeving at WordServe Literary to Just Because You Exist: Twelve Gospel Encounters to Discover Intimacy with Christ by Catholic writer and Substack columnist Eliza Monts. Through meditations based on Jesus’s encounters with those in need of healing in the Gospels, the book, per the publisher, helps readers see themselves in each scene and believe that they are loved by Jesus. The book is scheduled for spring 2027.