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 Koorong is a Christian bookstore chain operating across Australia. It is one of the two largest retailers of Christian books and media in Australia, along with Word book store chain.[1] Koorong is a family owned company that began over 30 years ago[2] in Marsfield, Sydney, in the garage of the Koorong Street home of Bruce and Olive Bootes,[3] a Reformed baptist pastor and his wife. In 1978, their son, Paul began the management of his family’s bookshop business.[4] Koorong opened their first Sydney store in Ryedale Road, West Ryde in 1978, moving to larger premises in West Parade, West Ryde in 1995.[5] In August 2005, Koorong took over the three Church Army bookstores at Newcastle, Tamworth and Gosford.[6] Koorong now operates 18 stores across Australia,[7] including Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Hobart and Launceston, with approximately 400 staff, Australia-wide[8] and a brochure mailing list of about 120,000.[9] Koorong was described in 1994 as theologically conservative in terms of the books it sold, which was consistent with its Reformed baptist roots.[10] Since that time, its product range has grown and widened[11] to the point that it sells books ranging from Banner of Truth titles by Iain Murray[12] and a variety of Matthias Media titles[13] to titles by well-known Pentecostal pastor Brian Houston,[14] faith-healing televangelist Benny Hinn[15] and Prosperity Doctrine advocate Kenneth Hagin,[16] as well as a number of dietary books.[17] It has been asserted that most of the titles found at Koorong (and Word) nowadays are by American authors.[18] [edit] External links[edit] Notes
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