Twice honored as
“Christian Bookstore of the Year”!

Cedar Springs is dedicated to providing the best selection of Bibles, Christian books, music, videos and gift items in East Tennessee (and anywhere, for that matter).

The Early Years

In 1976, Curtis and Lois McGinnis decided that a Christian bookstore was needed in West Knoxville. In October of that year, they opened a small, 1600 square foot, Christian Bookstore in the Cedar Springs Shopping Center located at the intersection of Kingston Pike and Cedar Bluff Road. Evelyn Sutherland (Curtis’ sister) and Diane Parker (former music director at Grace Baptist Church) were the store’s first two employees. Curtis began his retail workday after completing a day of work as a machinist at Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Together, Curtis and Lois learned the ropes of the Christian industry and learned how to provide Christian products for a growing community. Their 15 year old daughter, Vicki jumped right into the store with her first job.

Recent History

Today, that small Christian store has grown to 10 times its original size. With over 16,000 square feet of Christian products, Cedar Springs West Knoxville is one of the largest Independent Christian Bookstores in the nation.
Cedar Springs currently serves the Knoxville/Oak Ridge Tennessee area with 3 locations; the main store in West Knoxville, and satellite stores in North Knoxville and Oak Ridge. <p>

As far as family; Curtis is still at the helm, Lois has since retired and serves the National Kidney Foundation of East Tennessee (has served as President), Vicki has been and still is the gift buyer for the stores and their son Link (that’s me) works in the stores with all things computer-related (or everything that has a plug – I’ve been told).

Cedar Springs enjoys a much extended family in the fact that there are around 100 employees who work very hard to make your experience at Cedar Springs the best it can possibly be. And, we believe they are among the best in the country!

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The Internet and secure shopping allows you to take advantage of Cedar Springs’ bredth of knowledge and inventory regardless of where you live. <p>

Cedar Springs opened its first online site in 1996 with secure shopping abilities. We now have four websites to serve different customer needs:

• csChristian.com- Online source for books, music, Bibles, and more!

• csChristianSupply.com- Our complete church supply catalog – online.

• CedarSpringsFurniture.com- Tables, chairs, staging, etc.

• CedarSpringsSkinny.com- More personal – The low-down on new Christian releases!

Check out the online overview complete with screen images of these sites.

We view the Internet as a fantastic tool to reach into areas where resources may not be conveniently available. Using these websites, we have served the needs of many from every corner of the United States and several locations abroad.<p>

Through CedarSpringsSkinny.com we send a twice monthly newsletter with special offers and info on new releases. If you are not already receiving The Skinny newsletter and would like to, just tell us where to send it – it’s FREE!

Thank You!

Whether through Brick and Mortar or through the boundaryless Internet, our goal remains the same: Providing Christians the resources they need to grow, and lead others to a saving knowledge and relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ. We hope that you enjoy this web site and the new avenue it provides us in our mission to serve you and God’s world more effectively as Christian retailers.

Thank you for visiting The Skinny. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for our site, we would love to hear from you. Feel free to Contact Us anytime!