Geni Hulsey, President of Church Bookstore Network, Interviewed by Lloyd Hildebrand

Geni Hulsey, President of Church Bookstore Network, opened and managed The Garden Bookstore at Houston’s First Baptist Church in 1993. In 2005, Dave Condiff, publisher of Christian Retailing, invited her to be a part of the start up of the Church Bookstore Magazine, and that same year Stephen Strang (Strang Communications) asked her to help start a group that would educate and support church bookstores—hence, The Church Bookstore Network. Geni taught Church Bookstore workshops at CBA and assisted in opening over 50 church bookstores across the country. Each year she assists Dave Condiff in organizing The Gathering—formerly known as The Gathering of Church Bookstores.