Cedar Springs Christian Store

In 1976, Curtis and Lois McGinnis decided that a Christian bookstore was needed in West Knoxville. In October of that year, they opened a tiny, 1600 square foot, Christian Bookstore in the Cedar Springs Shopping Center situated at the intersection of Kingston Pike and Cedar Bluff Road. Evelyn Sutherland (Curtis' sister) and Diane Parker (former music manager at Grace Baptist Church) were the store's 1st two employees. Curtis started his retail workday after completing a day of work as a machinist at Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.