List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals

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This is a list of periodicals published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church or by its church members. They include both official and unofficial publications relating to Seventh-day Adventism. Magazines which are only available on the internet are not included.

Most periodicals are listed by location of the publisher. A brief list of the most circulated periodicals is also included.

Periodicals by circulation

The list of Adventist periodicals by circulation may give some indication of notability, but this criterion alone does not measure the impact of a magazine, and gift subscriptions and other freely distributed magazines might be expected to have an inflated circulation. As an example, one may assume that academic journals have more influence than their lower circulations suggest.

Items here are also listed by location below. Many older issues of these periodicals can be viewed online at the Adventist Archives

• Adventist World – 1,200,000 (unpaid circulation)^[15]
• Liberty – over 200,000
• Health & Home(Adventist magazine) (flagship publication of Philippine Publishing House) – 165,000^[16]
• El Centinela (Spanish version of Signs of the Times) – 100,000
• Pacific Union Recorder – 75,000 unpaid^[17]
• Ministry – 53,000 (including 37,000 gift subscriptions)
• Signs of the Times (Australian version) – 45,000
• Adventist Review – 30,000 paid subscribers
• Guide – 30,000
• College and University Dialogue – 30,000^[18]
• Record, magazine issued freely to Australian church members – 26,000^[19]
• Korean Signs of the Times – 17,000 in 2004^[20]

Scholarly journals

• Journal of the Adventist Theological Society - ? paid; nearly 2000 unpaid^[21]
• Spectrum, Adventist focus, independent.
• Andrews University Seminary Studies - 600
• Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary (?)
• Journal of Adventist Mission Studies (?)
• Asia Adventist Seminary Studies (?)

Sabbath School lessons

These publications are used during Sabbath School time at church. Many are published on various denominational presses worldwide.

• Sabbath School Lesson study guide, or colloquially "the quarterly" (Adult)
• Beginner (infants)
• Kindergarten (Kindergarten)
• Our Little Friend (Kindergarten)
• Primary (Primary age)
• Primary Treasure (Primary age)
• PowerPoints (Juniors and Earliteens)
• Guide, a weekly story magazine for Juniors and Earliteens (10-14 year olds).
• Real Time Faith (Earliteens)
• Insight (Youth)
• Cornerstone Connections or Collegiate Quarterly (Youth)

Official local area newsmagazines

The official newsmagazines include:

• The Inter-American Division Messenger 1924–1966 in DjVu format,

United States:

• Gleaner (North Pacific Union). Archives: 1906–1931 in DjVu format, August 2002— (as of 2008)
• Pacific Union Recorder (Pacific Union Conference) 1901–1975 in DjVu format, 2003—
• Visitor (Columbia Union Conference) 1901–1966 in DjVu format, 2004–2006, 2007–2008

Adventist publishing houses

North America

North America is administered as the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.

Review and Herald Publishing Association

The Review and Herald Publishing Association:

• Adventist Review, the official Seventh-day Adventist magazine, issued weekly and with nearly 30,000 paid subscribers.
• Adventist World, an international magazine with 1.2 million unpaid circulation.
• Ministry, for pastors, by the Ministerial Association of Seventh-day Adventists. Monthly circulation to Adventists about 16,000; and bimonthly sent to about 37,000 pastors of other denominations on a gift basis.^[22] ISSN 0026-5314
• Liberty, devoted to religious freedom
• Listen, drug education for teens
• Message, mission with an urban edge
• Shabbat Shalom, aimed at facilitating dialogue between Jews and Christians
• Vibrant Life, about the health message
• Winner, drug education for late primary school age
• Women of Spirit, for women

Pacific Press Publishing Association

The Pacific Press Publishing Association:

• El Centinela monthly magazine, Spanish language version of Signs
• Signs of the Times monthly magazine for North America (one year of archives)

South Pacific

Signs Publishing Company in Warburton, Victoria, Australia is the church publisher of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists. The three major magazines it publishes are:^[23]

• Signs of the Times, an easy-reading magazine in a format similar to Reader's Digest, the flagship publication of Signs Publishing Company for distribution in the South Pacific. It has a circulation of 45,000
• Record is a weekly news magazine aimed at churchmembers, issued freely to churches. Circulation of 26,000
• Edge is targeted at young adults, and published bimonthly by Signs Publishing.

Asia

• Catalyst, published from Mission College in Thailand
• Kerala Adventist Chronicle is the official magazine of southwest India union of SDA

South America

South America is administered as the South American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.

Asociación Casa Editora Sudamericana

The Asociación Casa Editora Sudamericana (South American Publishing House):

• Revista Adventista, the Spanish language version of the Adventist Review.
• Vida Feliz, a publication related to the health message.
• Mis amigos, a publication in magazine format for children.

Universidad Adventista de Chile

The Universidad Adventista de Chile, through its Faculty of Theology publishes:

• Advenimiento, a theological review published semesterly, as a mean to make known researches in the biblical-theological field, in the context of the seventh-day adventist faith.

Independent

These may be significantly left or right of the Adventist mainstream, or may just be published by an independent organization.

Historic Adventism

• Our Firm Foundation, published by Hope International
• Pilgrim's Rest, by Vance Ferrell
• Adventists Affirm, published from Michigan. Archives from Spring 2000 (as of August 2008)

More moderate

• Perspective Digest, the popular-level publication of the Adventist Theological Society

Progressive/liberal Adventism

• Adventist Today
• Spectrum, published by the Association of Adventist Forums. In 2002, paid subscriptions numbered 3000^[24]
• Adventist Heritage
• Present Truth Magazine (formerly of Robert Brinsmead)
• Good News Unlimited
• Adventist Professional
• Adventist Currents
• Evangelica

See also

• Seventh-day Adventist Church
• List of United States magazines
• Media ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
• History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

References

External links

• Adventist Archives
• Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI), sponsored by the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians (ASDAL)
  • List of Periodicals in the Index
• Publishing Ministries of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, a list of church publishers worldwide.
• Review and Herald magazines
• WorldCat search for Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
• Publishing Ministries, a list of church publishers.
• List of Adventist journals from ASDAL

Analysis and commentary:

• Four SDA News Reports Compared by Alicia Goree in Adventist Today 6:3