Archive for the ‘religious’ tag
Mardel Christian & Education, 2305 Augusta Road Suite A: Late June 2026 2 comments
The State calls Mardel a "faith-based bookstore and gift shop", and a little googling reveals the fact that it is sort of affiliated with Hobby Lobby, currently being owned by the same family. Beyond that, I know very little, and the article is not particularly informative, other than yielding the information that the store had been here since 2019.
You can read the article here.
(Hat tip to commenter James R)
Lifeway Christian Store, 1009 Bower Parkway: 5 comments
I did not know that Lifeway was the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, which obviously is not going anywhere. They are, however, unable to keep these stores open during the ongoing great-unretailing, and plan to close all 170 of them. The plan is to maintain an online presence, though how that will work out I don't know given that Amazon certainly lists religious books.
This storefront is in an odd little plaza that wants to be connected to the one behind it, but isn't, making access harder than it needs to be.
Somewhat ironically, this store moved here fairly recently, previously having been on the other side of Harbison Boulevard.
(Hat tip to commenter JamesR)