CBA (Christian trade association)
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Formation | 1950 (1950) |
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Purpose | Collaboration between Christian retailers, suppliers, authors, artists, ministries, and media |
Headquarters | Colorado Springs, CO |
President |
Curtis Riskey |
Website | cbaonline.org |
Formerly called |
Christian Booksellers Association |
CBA (formerly known as the Christian Booksellers Association),[1] subtitled "The Association for Christian Retail Since 1950", is a trade association that was established in 1950.[2] The association was first organized by 219 Christian bookstores and, by 2011, had grown to include 1700 stores.[3] The number of member stores expanded considerably in the 1990s with the rise of online shopping.[4] Bill Anderson is president of the association[5] and Curtis Riskey is executive director.[6] By 2014, CBA had discontinued its winter trade fair in response to the closing of many of the association's member stores.[7] CBA has guidelines for books sold by its member stores to prohibit offensive content including profanity, alcohol consumption, and references to luck.[8] When a significant minority of customers at CBA's member stores take offense to a book, CBA pressures all member stores to stop selling books by that book's publisher.[9] CBA purchases films from Pure Flix Entertainment.[10]
References
^ Phan, Katherine T. (March 13, 2011). "New NIV Bible to Debut Amid Ongoing Concern". The Christian Post. Retrieved September 5, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Kunerth, Jeff (July 17, 2012). "Christian Retailers Use Fair-Trade Items to Balance Values with Capitalism". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ Choate-Nielsen, Amy (November 26, 2011). "Religious Books: Coming in from the Fringe". Deseret News. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ Gibson, David (August 2013). "Catholic Gift Stores See a (Papal) Bull Market". U.S. Catholic. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ Marrapodi, Eric (April 28, 2009). "Best-Selling Author Shaped by Cannibals, Christianity". CNN. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ Byle, Ann (May 9, 2011). "Christian Retail Show a Skip for Some, a Must for Others". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ McBride, Cliff (February 23, 2014). "Tampa Christian Supply Vows to Stay". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ Barger, T.K. (April 12, 2015). "Waterville Author Realizes Writing Dream, Gets Novel Published". The Blade. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ Trimmer, Michael (April 7, 2014). "How Can We Fix Christian Fiction?". Christian Today. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ Laurio, Ben (February 23, 2015). "Pure Flix Appoints New Chief Operating Officer". Charisma. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
External links
- Official website
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