Minister and First Time Author Wins Book Award

LOS ANGELES - March 18, 2014 - PRLog -- Green Leaf Press, Inc.’s recently published book One Hundred Years of Ministry by Graham Baird has won an award at the 2014 Great Southwest Book Festival.

Graham Baird’s One Hundred Years of Ministry is the author’s first book and he has received an Honorable Mention in the Non-Fiction category.  Graham has written the “Go To” manual for pastors, seminary students and church leaders as they face the everyday demands of modern church life. Based on Graham’s four generational successful family of ministers, the book is practical, inspiring and intertwines funny, colorful stories and memorable insights.

“It is of particular significance that the Great Southwest Book Festival has conferred the award in the broad category of non-fiction, acknowledging the author’s insights and most helpful lessons on how one can handle the unexpected, how to leverage the opportunities and how to contend with disappointments and failures”, notes Foster Shannon, publisher of Green Leaf Press.  Graham’s book is not only relevant for church business, it provides insights for anyone managing any type of business.”

The winners of the Great Southwest Book Festival will be honored March 23 in Los Angeles at the Roosevelt Hotel. For a list of winners, see the Festival’s website at www.greatsouthwestbookfestival.com.

One Hundred Years of Ministry by Graham Baird

Retail Price: $15.00

Available:  www.GoGreenLeaf.com

About the Author

Rev. Graham Baird is the senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, CO. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary with a Master’s of Divinity. Graham is currently enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is a nationally sought-after speaker and won the National Oratory Championship in 1990