CBA (formerly known as the Christian Booksellers Association), subtitled "The Association for Christian Retail since 1950", is a

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that was established in 1950.

History

The association was first organized by 219 Christian bookstores and, by 2011, had grown to include 1700 stores. The number of member stores expanded considerably in the 1990s with the rise of

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. Bill Anderson is president of the association and Curtis Riskey is

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. By 2014, CBA had discontinued its winter trade fair in response to the closing of many of the association's member stores. CBA has guidelines for books sold by its member stores to prohibit offensive content including profanity, alcohol consumption, and references to luck. 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. CBA purchases films from

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* {{Authority control Bookselling trade associations Trade associations based in the United States Christian organizations established in the 20th century Christian organizations based in the United States 1950 establishments in the United States Christian organizations established in 1950 Christian mass media in the United States Christian literature