Your message, made to last
Real editorial work, an original design for every title, and full ownership of your rights and files.
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About JISAL Publishing
Building Messages, Ministries, and Leaders That Last.
JISAL Publishing is an independent publishing house and ministry resource center.We help you shape your message, strengthen your ministry, and reach the people God has called you to serve.
What you can expect
One House, Four Ways to Move Forward
Every message needs more than a single service. We bring publishing, strategy, visibility, and leadership together under one roof.
Strategy for faithful growth
Counsel shaped by three decades of pastoral leadership, helping churches move from oasis to outpost.
Visibility with integrity
Consistent, clear content that carries your message to the people who need to hear it.
Leaders equipped to endure
Coaching and training that grow leaders, teams, and the communities they serve.
The people behind the house
Founders, Authors, and Practitioners
JISAL is led by authors who write, teach, and lead in the fields they publish in.
Dr. Christopher J. Respass
Founder & Author
Lead Pastor of Antioch Christian Fellowship with three decades as a pastor and mentor. He brings a preacher’s ear for clarity and a lawyer’s discipline for structure.
Lady Charmaine Respass
Co-Founder & Author
Executive Director of Antioch Christian Fellowship and founder of Naomi’s Circle. She leads operations and author care, and writes on marriage and women in leadership.
How we began
JISAL began with a practical problem. Two authors with decades of pastoral and professional experience had manuscripts ready and no publishing partner who would treat them as more than a transaction.
So we built the house we were looking for: a small, deliberate publisher that does the editorial work properly, designs every book specifically, and distributes through the same retailers the major houses use.
Everything we do now is an attempt to keep getting that right for the next author.
Our standards
Three commitments behind every book we make.
Preservation of Individual Voices
Every edit serves the message, never the house style. Authors approve the final word at every stage.
Transparent & Honest Process
Clear timelines, honest counsel, and no surprises from manuscript to launch.
Built to Last Quality
Professional design and production that stand alongside any major publisher.
What we stand for
Five Positions We Hold in Every Project
Commitments we act on with every author and every manuscript.
The author’s voice is the point of the book.
We sharpen structure, argument, and pacing while the voice stays unmistakably yours.
An author should own their work outright.
Rights, files, and cover artwork belong to the author on completion.
Honest expectations beat comfortable promises.
No sales guarantees. Only quality in the work we control: editing, design, production, distribution.
Craft is the baseline, not the upgrade.
Real editorial attention, an original cover, and tested files on every title.
A book should still serve readers in ten years.
We publish a small number of titles, each made to hold up long after launch week.
Radical clarity
What JISAL Is, and What We Are Not
We believe clarity is a form of care. Here is what you can expect from JISAL, and what we will never do.
What we are not
- A publisher that treats your manuscript as content for a fee
- A template service that makes every book look the same
- A house that promises bestseller status or specific sales numbers
- A high volume list where your manuscript waits in a queue
- A partner that keeps your files or artwork after the work is done
What we always are
- A selective house that takes on books we can stand behind
- An original cover and interior designed for your book alone
- Honest counsel shaped by biblical wisdom and professional care
- Direct access to the people actually doing the work
- Full handover of rights, files, and artwork on completion
Work with us
Tell us about the book you are carrying.
Send a short note about your manuscript and your readers. We read every message ourselves.
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