Christian publisher Barbour plans on launching an e-commerce site to facilitate a growing number of devoted book buyers.

By Peter Beisser

With the backing of a growing number of Christian bookstores in the 1980s, Barbour—known as Barbour & Company before opting for its current name—had its first big hits: Oswald Chambers’ “My Utmost for His Highest,” and Barbour’s first original title, “The Bible Promise Book.” The two remain on Barbour’s best-selling backlist.