Amy Gingerich has been reappointed as executive director of MennoMedia. The agency also reported strong sales of the Voices Together hymnal and other books.

The MennoMedia board unanimously affirmed Gingerich for a second four-year term leading the publishing agency of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada.

Board chair Lee Schmucker said ­Gingerich “demonstrates creative, visionary and collaborative leadership guiding MennoMedia in delivering thoughtful Anabaptist resources.”

Accomplishments under Gingerich’s leadership include a “financial turnaround during the past four years, even with the challenges of the global pandemic,” a MennoMedia release stated.

Sales of Voices Together surpassed expectations. Published at the end of 2020, the new hymnal sold nearly 42,000 copies in its first year, three times the goal.

Sales of Herald Press books surpassed $1 million in fiscal year 2021, a feat not accomplished since 2012. MennoMedia publishes 18 to 21 new books a year under the Herald Press imprint.

The Shine curriculum launched a new Shine at Home curriculum for families amid changing patterns of attendance due to the pandemic. A new annual story Bible corresponding with the weekly Bible stories debuted in fall 2020 to draw children and families deeper into the biblical story.