| Christianbook, LLC | |
| Type: | Private company |
| Former Name: | Christian Book Distributors |
| Foundation: | 1978 |
| Location: | Peabody, Massachusetts |
| Key People: | Ray Hendrickson, President & CEO |
| Num Employees: | 500+ |
| Industry: | Christian retail |
| Products: | Books, Bibles, DVDs, CDs, mp3s, gifts, toys, games |
| Homepage: | www.christianbook.com |
Christianbook, LLC, formerly known as Christian Book Distributors (CBD), is a Christian catalog and internet retailer.
Christian Book Distributors was started in 1978 by Stephen Hendrickson, 19 years old and a sophomore at Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, out of his parents’ home in Lynn, Massachusetts. Stephen Hendrickson incorporated the business, first as a nonprofit, and subsequently as a for profit corporation on September 10, 1981.[1]
In 1984 the company built a 24000square feet facility in the Centennial Industrial Park in Peabody. By 1996 CBD had completely outgrown the site and built a new facility across the street, where it remains today. The facility is now 300000square feet. In 2012, CBD was described as employing a staff of just over 500 while "[continuing] to be a family affair", with its younger co-founder, his 80-year-old mother and his 23-year-old son "still involved with the company".[2]
CBD was selected by The Boston Globe as one of the Top 100 Places to Work in Massachusetts five years running from 2009 to 2013.[3]
In August 2004 Ray Hendrickson replaced Stephen Hendrickson as President/CEO.[4]
In 2008 CBD announced it had entered into a partnership agreement with Focus on the Family to take over the ministry's e-commerce site and product distribution. The partnership took effect early 2009.[5] In June 2019, Christian Book Distributors changed its name to Christianbook, Inc. due to confusion with CBD, a chemical from cannabis.[6]