List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
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This is a list of periodicals published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

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.
Title Location Publisher Language Frequency Circulation Archives
Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide United States: Nampa, Idaho Pacific Press
Pacific Press Publishing Association
The Pacific Press Publishing Association, or Pacific Press for short, is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America. It was founded in 1874 by James White in Oakland, California, and is now located in Nampa, Idaho. Its titles include theological works as well as...

English Quarterly 2003—
AventEcho Germany: Lüneburg Advent Publishing Lüneburg German 11 times per year 2004—
Adventist Review United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald
Review and Herald Publishing Association
The Review and Herald Publishing Association is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America and is the oldest institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The organization publishes books, magazines, study guides, CDs, videos and games for Adventist churches,...

English Monthly 30,000 paid 1849–1850 (Present Truth and Advent Review), 1850–1988, 1997—; Anniversary Issues
Adventist World
Adventist World
Adventist World is a monthly international magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church published by the Review and Herald Publishing Association...

United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald, Lane Press, Korean Publishing Company, Signs Publishing Company
Signs Publishing Company
Signs Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.-History:Three Adventist preachers, Stephen Haskell, John Corliss and Mendel Israel, a printer, Henry Scott, and an experienced door-to-door literature salesperson, William Arnold, travelled from...

English, Spanish, French Monthly 1,200,000 unpaid 2006—
Atlantic Union Gleaner United States: South Lancaster, Massachusetts Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists English Monthly 22,000 2007—
Canadian Adventist Messenger Canada: Oshawa, Ontario Canadian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists English Monthly 2007—
Catalyst Thailand: Saraburi Institute Press, Mission College English Occasional
College and University Dialogue Committee on Adventist Ministry to College and University Students (AMiCUS) English, Spanish, Portuguese, French Three times per year 30,000 1994—
el Centinela
El Centinela (Signs)
El Centinela is a Christian Seventh-day Adventist magazine published monthly in Spanish by the Pacific Press publishing house. El Centinela is one of the oldest Christian magazines in Spanish....

United States: Nampa, Idaho Pacific Press Spanish Monthly 100,000 2007—
Florida Focus United States: Winter Park, Florida Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is the organizational body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the state of Florida, United States...

English Quarterly 23,000 1997—
Gleaner United States: Ridgefield, Washington North Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists English Monthly 2002—
Guide
Guide (Adventist magazine)
Guide magazine is a Seventh-day Adventist weekly periodical published by Review and Herald. It is a Christian story magazine that uses true stories to illustrate Bible passages and is targeted to 10 to 14 year old youth....

United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Weekly 30,000 Individual story archives
Insight
Insight (Adventist magazine)
Insight is a weekly magazine aimed at Seventh-day Adventist young people, published by Review and Herald. It has been described as one of the "most important" Adventist magazines.- History :...

United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Weekly Cover story archives
La Femme d'Esprit United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald French Bi-monthly
La FLAMA United States: Alvarado, Texas Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
The Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is one of two organizational bodies of the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the eastern 2/3 of the state of Texas, United States...

Spanish Quarterly
Lake Union Herald United States: Berrien Springs, Michigan Lake Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists English Monthly 2003—
Liberty United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Bi-monthly 200,000 1930, 1997—
LIFE.info United Kingdom: Alma Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire British Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists English Bi-monthly Vol. 1 Issue 1—
Listen United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English 9 issues per year Article archives
Message United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Bi-monthly 75,000 Archives
Ministry
Ministry (magazine)
Ministry: International Journal for Pastors is an international monthly magazine for Christian ministers, with a circulation of approximately 100,000. It is published by the Ministerial Association , an official body of the worldwide Adventist church. It is aimed at pastors and ministers of the...

United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Indonesian, French Monthly 53,000 unpaid 1928—
Mujeres del Espíritu United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald Spanish Bi-monthly
My Best Friends Magazine
My Best Friends Magazine
My Best Friends Magazine is an educational bimonthly magazine originally created and published in Brazil by Casa Publicadora Brasileira titled as Nosso Amiguinho, which literally means "Our Little Friend"....

United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Bi-monthly
Our Little Friend United States: Nampa, Idaho Pacific Press English Weekly
Outlook United States: Lincoln, Nebraska Mid-America Conference Union of Seventh-day Adventist English Monthly 2005—
Pacific Union Recorder
Pacific Union Recorder
The Pacific Union Recorder is a monthly newsmagazine published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah in the United States, an area administrated by the Pacific Union Conference...

United States: Westlake Village, California Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists English Monthly 80,000 1901–1975, 2003—
PowerPoints Study Guide United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Quarterly
Primary Treasure United States: Nampa, Idaho Pacific Press English Weekly
Real-Time Faith Bible Study Guides United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Quarterly
Record
Record (magazine)
The Record is the fortnightly news magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific region of the church. It's office is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and connected with the Adventist Media Network...

Australia: Wahroonga South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists English Weekly 26,000 (1898–1966, 2002—)
Renewed & Ready United States: Nampa, Idaho Pacific Press English Monthly
Shabbat Shalom United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Three times per year
Sharing Scripture United States: Nampa, Idaho Pacific Press English Monthly
Signs of the Times United States: Nampa, Idaho Pacific Press English Monthly 1874–1979, 2007—
Signs of the Times (Australian version) Australia: Warburton, Victoria Signs Publishing Company English Monthly 45,000 1903–1925, 1926–1933, 2002—
Southern Tidings United States: Decatur, Georgia Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
The Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, often abbreviated to the Southern Union, is a sub-entity of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, which is part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church...

English Monthly More than 80,000 2000–2003, 2006—
Southwestern Union Record United States: Burleson, Texas Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
The Southwestern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists , is a sub-entity of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, which is part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church...

English Monthly 2004—
Edge Australia: Wahroonga South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists English Bi-Monthly 26,000 1997—
The FLAME United States: Alvarado, Texas Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists English Quarterly 2006—
Vibrant Life United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Bi-monthly
Visitor United States: Columbia, Maryland Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists English Monthly 44,500 1901–1966, 2004–2006, 2007–2008
Winner United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English 9 issues per year Article archives
Women of Spirit United States: Hagerstown, Maryland Review and Herald English Bi-monthly Article archive

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
    Adventist World
    Adventist World is a monthly international magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church published by the Review and Herald Publishing Association...

    – 1,200,000 (unpaid circulation)
  • Liberty – over 200,000
  • Health & Home (flagship publication of Philippine Publishing House) – 165,000
  • El Centinela
    El Centinela (Signs)
    El Centinela is a Christian Seventh-day Adventist magazine published monthly in Spanish by the Pacific Press publishing house. El Centinela is one of the oldest Christian magazines in Spanish....

    (Spanish version of Signs of the Times) – 100,000
  • Pacific Union Recorder
    Pacific Union Recorder
    The Pacific Union Recorder is a monthly newsmagazine published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah in the United States, an area administrated by the Pacific Union Conference...

    – 75,000 unpaid
  • Ministry
    Ministry (magazine)
    Ministry: International Journal for Pastors is an international monthly magazine for Christian ministers, with a circulation of approximately 100,000. It is published by the Ministerial Association , an official body of the worldwide Adventist church. It is aimed at pastors and ministers of the...

    – 53,000 (including 37,000 gift subscriptions)
  • Signs of the Times (Australian version)
    Signs of the Times (Australia)
    Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, for Australia and New Zealand...

     – 45,000
  • Adventist Review – 30,000 paid subscribers
  • Guide
    Guide (Adventist magazine)
    Guide magazine is a Seventh-day Adventist weekly periodical published by Review and Herald. It is a Christian story magazine that uses true stories to illustrate Bible passages and is targeted to 10 to 14 year old youth....

    – 30,000
  • College and University Dialogue – 30,000
  • Record
    Record (magazine)
    The Record is the fortnightly news magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific region of the church. It's office is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and connected with the Adventist Media Network...

    , magazine issued freely to Australian church members – 26,000
  • Korean Signs of the Times – 17,000 in 2004

Scholarly journals

  • Journal of the Adventist Theological Society
    Journal of the Adventist Theological Society
    The Journal of the Adventist Theological Society is a refereed scholarly Christian journal published by the Adventist Theological Society, a group of Seventh-day Adventists. It is issued twice a year from Collegedale, TN...

    - ? paid; nearly 2000 unpaid
  • Spectrum
    Spectrum (magazine)
    Spectrum is the official publication of Adventist Forums, published four times a year. It was established "to encourage Seventh-day Adventist participation in the discussion of contemporary issues from a Christian viewpoint, to look without prejudice at all sides of a subject, to evaluate the...

    , Adventist focus, independent.
  • Andrews University Seminary Studies
    Andrews University Seminary Studies
    Andrews University Seminary Studies is a refereed scholarly Christian journal published by the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. It is issued twice a year from Berrien Springs, MI. The journal was founded in 1963 and currently has a circulation of 600 copies...

    - 600
  • Journal of Adventist Mission Studies (?)
  • Asia Adventist Seminary Studies (?)

Sabbath School lessons

These publications are used during Sabbath School
Sabbath School
Sabbath School is a function of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Seventh Day Baptist and some other sabbatarian denominations.-Program Context:...

 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
    Guide (Adventist magazine)
    Guide magazine is a Seventh-day Adventist weekly periodical published by Review and Herald. It is a Christian story magazine that uses true stories to illustrate Bible passages and is targeted to 10 to 14 year old youth....

    , a weekly story magazine for Juniors and Earliteens (10-14 year olds).
  • Real Time Faith (Earliteens)
  • Insight
    Insight (Adventist magazine)
    Insight is a weekly magazine aimed at Seventh-day Adventist young people, published by Review and Herald. It has been described as one of the "most important" Adventist magazines.- History :...

    (Youth)
  • Cornerstone Connections or Collegiate Quarterly (Youth)

Official local area newsmagazines

The official newsmagazine
Newsmagazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published piece of paper, magazine or a radio or television program, usually weekly, featuring articles or segments on current events...

s include:


United States:

North America

North America is administered as the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda is officially organized as the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists...

.

Review and Herald Publishing Association

The Review and Herald Publishing Association
Review and Herald Publishing Association
The Review and Herald Publishing Association is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America and is the oldest institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The organization publishes books, magazines, study guides, CDs, videos and games for Adventist churches,...

:
  • Adventist Review, the official Seventh-day Adventist magazine, issued weekly and with nearly 30,000 paid subscribers.
  • Adventist World
    Adventist World
    Adventist World is a monthly international magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church published by the Review and Herald Publishing Association...

    , an international magazine with 1.2 million unpaid circulation.
  • Ministry
    Ministry (magazine)
    Ministry: International Journal for Pastors is an international monthly magazine for Christian ministers, with a circulation of approximately 100,000. It is published by the Ministerial Association , an official body of the worldwide Adventist church. It is aimed at pastors and ministers of the...

    , 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. 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
Pacific Press Publishing Association
The Pacific Press Publishing Association, or Pacific Press for short, is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America. It was founded in 1874 by James White in Oakland, California, and is now located in Nampa, Idaho. Its titles include theological works as well as...

:
  • El Centinela
    El Centinela (Signs)
    El Centinela is a Christian Seventh-day Adventist magazine published monthly in Spanish by the Pacific Press publishing house. El Centinela is one of the oldest Christian magazines in Spanish....

    monthly magazine, Spanish language
    Spanish language
    Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

     version of Signs
  • Signs of the Times monthly magazine for North America (one year of archives)

South Pacific

Signs Publishing Company
Signs Publishing Company
Signs Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.-History:Three Adventist preachers, Stephen Haskell, John Corliss and Mendel Israel, a printer, Henry Scott, and an experienced door-to-door literature salesperson, William Arnold, travelled from...

 in Warburton
Warburton, Victoria
Warburton is a town in Victoria, Australia, 72 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Warburton had a population of 2288....

, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia is the church publisher of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific, , is formally organised as the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists , also abbreviated as the South Pacific Division or simply "the Division". It is one of 13 world divisions of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in...

. The three major magazines it publishes are:
  • Signs of the Times
    Signs of the Times (Australia)
    Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, for Australia and New Zealand...

    , an easy-reading magazine in a format similar to Reader's Digest
    Reader's Digest
    Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...

    , the flagship publication of Signs Publishing Company for distribution in the South Pacific. It has a circulation of 45,000
  • Record
    Record (magazine)
    The Record is the fortnightly news magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific region of the church. It's office is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and connected with the Adventist Media Network...

    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

Independent

These may be significantly left
Progressive Adventism
Progressive Adventists are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who disagree with certain beliefs traditionally held by mainstream Adventism and officially by the church. They are often described as liberal Adventism by other Adventists, the term "progressive" is generally preferred as a...

 or right
Historic Adventism
Historic Adventism is an informal designation for conservative individuals and organizations affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church who seek to preserve certain traditional beliefs and practices of the church. As a general rule, Historic Adventists feel that the church leadership has...

 of the Adventist mainstream, or may just be published by an independent organization
Independent ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a number of supporting, parachurch, independent, self-supporting and other such organisations that work adjunct to the official church....

.

Historic Adventism

  • Our Firm Foundation, published by Hope International
  • Pilgrim's Rest, by Vance Ferrell
  • Adventists Affirm, published from Michigan
    Michigan
    Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

    . Archives from Spring 2000 (as of August 2008)

More moderate

  • Perspective Digest, the popular-level publication of the Adventist Theological Society
    Adventist Theological Society
    The Adventist Theological Society is an international nonprofit organization of Seventh-day Adventist scholars and lay-people. The society holds its annual meeting in connection with the Evangelical Theological Society. It describes its theology as "balanced and conservative Adventist theology"...


Progressive/liberal Adventism

  • Adventist Today
    Adventist Today
    Adventist Today is a bimonthly Christian magazine representing a progressive Seventh-day Adventist perspective. First published in 1993, it is currently edited by J. David Newman, the former editor of Ministry...

  • Spectrum
    Spectrum (magazine)
    Spectrum is the official publication of Adventist Forums, published four times a year. It was established "to encourage Seventh-day Adventist participation in the discussion of contemporary issues from a Christian viewpoint, to look without prejudice at all sides of a subject, to evaluate the...

    , published by the Association of Adventist Forums. In 2002, paid subscriptions numbered 3000
  • Adventist Heritage
  • Present Truth Magazine
    Present Truth Magazine
    Present Truth Magazine is an evangelical Christian magazine, started by Robert Brinsmead, a former Seventh-day Adventist.- History :The magazine was started by Robert Brinsmead in 1972. It was a free monthly publication....

    (formerly of Robert Brinsmead
    Robert Brinsmead
    Robert Daniel "Bob" Brinsmead is a formerly controversial figure within the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the 1960s and 1970s, known for his diverse theological journey....

    )
  • Good News Unlimited
  • Adventist Professional
  • Adventist Currents
    Adventist Currents
    Adventist Currents is a discontinued magazine which was published independently by progressively-minded Seventh-day Adventists from 1983 until 1988.- History :...

  • Evangelica
    Evangelica
    Evangelica was a magazine started in 1980 following the controversial dismissal of Seventh-day Adventist theologian Desmond Ford. It was published until 1987, and had an "Evangelical Adventist" perspective.It has .- History :...


Adventist Archives

"The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is the world administrative center for the denomination. Its Archives houses records covering the entire period of the church's history. Patrons are able to trace the development of the church through these records, which include legal instruments, minutes, reference files, reports, correspondence, publications, recordings, films, video and audio tapes, and photographs. The Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research is commissioned to preserve all materials produced by the General Conference.

"Holdings of the General Conference Archives presently total over 10,000 linear feet, and are stored primarily in a fireproof, climate-controlled vault. They are arranged according to general categories" one of which is 'Periodicals.'

...

"The General Conference Archives contains one of the largest and most complete collections of English-language Seventh-day Adventist periodicals to be found anywhere. There are over 750 titles, many of them beginning with the first issue."

Source: General Conference Archives

The General Conference Archives can be accessed HERE.

See also

  • Seventh-day Adventist Church
    Seventh-day Adventist Church
    The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

  • List of United States magazines
  • Media ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
    Media ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
    There are a number of media ministries associated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. These come in print, radio and television forms and reach countries all around the globe. The Adventist church has a long history of media-based communication, having grown out of the Millerite movement of the...

  • History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
    History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
    The Seventh-day Adventist Church had its roots in the Millerite movement of the 1830s and 1840s, during the period of the Second Great Awakening, and was officially founded in 1863. Prominent figures in the early church included Hiram Edson, James Springer White and his wife Ellen G. White, Joseph...


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