Bookstores dedicated to Christian themes are easy to find, proving a blessing for millions of religious book lovers the world over. Conversely, the general bookstores may not offer students of Christianity a wide and exhaustive choice of books on the same subject. Bookstores dedicated to selling Christian books provide a wide variety of authoritative and research books great and small on different subjects and for all age groups. The buyers may be nuns, priests, pastors, teachers in institutions dedicated to the teaching of Christianity or even the layperson.

Christian bookstores offer rare and bulky reference books on the history of the church, biblical and pastoral studies, cults, the occult, spiritual knowledge, philosophy, prophecy, end times, theologies, classics, Christian living, commentaries, spiritual warfare, evangelism, songs and carols, biographies of saints, and much more. Christian bookstores also offer academic and professional books specializing on various aspects of religious careers such as preaching. The list is endless and all encompassing. They may also sell audio and video books.

Though Christian bookstores mainly offer books, many also sell posters, pictures and pictures post cards, gift cards, even statues. Additionally, they can provide clothing accessories, toys, rosaries, church supplies, and art and crafts articles related to Christianity. There are other random Christian gifts such as fancy dresses, beards for Santa Claus costumes, desktop backgrounds, wallpaper, Christian clip art and graphics, sermons, devotionals, magazines, evangelization materials, Christian tracts, software to play Bible-based games, business opportunities, and more.

Like other book stores, Christian bookstores can also be run online. Online bookstores can work more successfully than traditional bookstores, because they are specialty or niche stores and are therefore not available in all cities and towns.