Family Christian Stores is a store that sells Christian-themed books, films and gifts. Most items feature a spiritual leaning, including a wide variety of gift items, such as calendars and flower pots.
'There are at least 100 markets with 50,000 people without a Christian bookstore within an hour’s... [+] drive.'
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When LifeWay Christian Resources announced it was closing all 170 bookstores late last month, following the 2017 closing of all Family Christian’s 240 stores, you’d be forgiven if you assumed it was the end of days for Christian bookselling. Each at the time of their closing was the nation’s largest Christian bookstore chain.
The reports of a retail apocalypse for Christian bookstores, a phrase borrowed straight from the Bible, is more “fake news,” but the kind that could become a self-fulfilling prophecy, believes Greg Squires, the owner of The Parable Group, a> ,” Squires believes.
“Christian booksellers love people and love books. They love their ministry and the impact they can have when a person walks in looking for a book or message that will help them spiritually. It’s a meaningful interaction that is happening every day among independent Christian booksellers,” he concludes.
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