In September 1967 our family decided to open a small gift shop in downtown Wheaton, IL. The first name for our store was Wheaton Card & Gift. It was a modest store of about 1200 square feet, 60% of which was devoted to greeting cards and the rest to gifts. In that very first year one of the things in the gift lines we carried were icons and plaques with inspirational verses on them. We also carried the other array of traditional gift store items like vases, mugs, plates, candles, etc. After about the first year we noticed that people were buying the more spiritual items and the rest were going pretty much un-noticed.
We then added our first line of religious jewelry, Fernand Py, for which we now are the exclusive North American Distributor. As we kept adding more religious items to our line we noticed that we had a unique niche in the market place for religious articles. Approximately 5 years later we added books and other materials that we were now starting to get a call for. Shortly after that we changed our name to Wheaton Religious Gift.
As time went on we found that no one outside Wheaton knew about us so we started printing our own catalogue designed to meet the need of the churches we were servicing.
In 1982 we moved our store down the street to a gigantic 5,000 square foot facility. We started in earnest carrying church supplies and learning that phase of the business. Our name changed again to Wheaton Religious Gift & Church Supply. In 1990 we made our latest move into a 17,000 sq. ft. facility still on the same block in beautiful downtown Wheaton plus we have warehouse space in other facilities.
In 2003 we started www.ChurchSupplyWarehouse.com to provide our years of knowledge and service to the entire world via the world wide web. We have now been in business for over 40 years.
The business in now owned by the 2nd generation Joseph and Phil Jr.
Church Supply Warehouse is owned and operated by WRG Inc. an Illinois Corporation.
Company Details
- Employees
- 8
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 113 W Front St, Wheaton,illinois 60187,united States
- Industry
- Retail
- NAICS
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Retail TradeMotor Vehicle and Parts DealersSporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book StoresGeneral Merchandise StoresMiscellaneous Store RetailersNonstore RetailersProfessional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant WholesalersMiscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant WholesalersMiscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant WholesalersOther Motor Vehicle DealersAutomotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire StoresSporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument StoresDepartment StoresGeneral Merchandise Stores, including Warehouse Clubs and SupercentersOther Miscellaneous Store RetailersVending Machine OperatorsDirect Selling EstablishmentsRecreational Vehicle DealersMotorcycle, Boat, and Other Motor Vehicle DealersAutomotive Parts and Accessories StoresTire DealersSporting Goods StoresHobby, Toy, and Game StoresSewing, Needlework, and Piece Goods StoresPet and Pet Supplies StoresArt DealersManufactured (Mobile) Home DealersAll Other Miscellaneous Store RetailersFuel DealersOther Direct Selling EstablishmentsBoat DealersMotorcycle, ATV, and All Other Motor Vehicle DealersMusical Instrument and Supplies StoresWarehouse Clubs and SupercentersAll Other General Merchandise StoresTobacco StoresAll Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores)
- Keywords
- Church and Religious Goods, Clergy and Deacon supplies, Retail Religious Gifts, Communion supplies.
- HQ
- Wheaton, Illinois
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Church Supply Warehouse has
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Evagelidis - Ecclesiastical Accessories,
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Divine Church Supplies.
Church Supply Warehouse's categories are Retail
Church Supply Warehouse's founding year is 1967
