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.

Contents 1 Periodicals by circulation 2 Scholarly journals 3 Sabbath School lessons 4 North America 4.1 Review and Herald Publishing Association 4.2 Pacific Press Publishing Association 5 South Pacific 6 Asia 7 Independent 7.1 To be classified 8 See also 9 References and external links 9.1 Resources

[edit] Periodicals by circulation

The list of Adventist periodicals by circulation may give some indication of notability, but this criteria 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.

• Adventist World – 1,200,000 (unpaid circulation)^[1]
• Liberty – over 200,000
• Health & Home (flagship publication of Philippine Publishing House) – 165,000^[2]
• El Centinela (Spanish version of Signs of the Times) – 100,000
• Pacific Union Recorder – 75,000 unpaid^[3]
• 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^[4]
• Record, magazine issued freely to Australian churchmembers – 26,000^[5]
• Korean Signs of the Times – 17,000 in 2004^[6]

[edit] Scholarly journals

• Journal of the Adventist Theological Society - ? paid; nearly 2000 unpaid^[7]
• Spectrum
• Andrews University Seminary Studies - 600
• Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

[edit] Sabbath School lessons

Many of these 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)

[edit] North America

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

• Pacific Union Recorder

[edit] 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.^[8] 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

[edit] Pacific Press Publishing Association

• El Centinela monthly magazine, Spanish language version of Signs
• Signs of the Times monthly magazine for North America

[edit] 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:^[9]

• 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.

[edit] Asia

• Catalyst, published from Mission College in Thailand

[edit] Independent

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

• Adventist Today
• Spectrum, published by the Association of Adventist Forums. In 2002, paid subscriptions numbered 3000^[10]
• Perspective Digest, the popular-level publication of the Adventist Theological Society
• Our Firm Foundation, published by Hope International
• Adventist Heritage
• Present Truth Magazine (formerly of Robert Brinsmead)
• Good News Unlimited
• Pilgrim's Rest, by Vance Ferrell
• Adventist Professional
• Adventist Currents
• Evangelica

[edit] To be classified

• Adventists Affirm, published from Michigan

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References and external links

[edit] Resources

• Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index (SDAPI), sponsored by the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Librarians[1] (ASDAL)
• Publishing Ministries of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, a list of church publishers worldwide.
• Review and Herald magazines
• The Future of Adventism: Where's The Church Headed? by Alden Thompson. See last section, "XI. Alternate Publications".
• 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