''Evangelica'' was a magazine started in Berrien Springs, Mi in 1980 following the controversial dismissal of

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theologian

Desmond Ford Desmond Ford (2 February 1929 – 11 March 2019) was an Australian theologian who studied evangelicalism. Within the Seventh-day Adventist Church he was a controversial figure. He was dismissed from ministry in the Adventist church in 1980, f ...

. The founders of the magazine were graduate students at Andrews University. It was published until 1987, and had an " Evangelical Adventist" perspective. The university and church administration proscribed the magazine and banned its distribution as well as threatening the status of the student publishers. It has .

History

''Evangelica'' was established in 1980Library catalog entry
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following Desmond Ford's dismissal from ministerial and teaching positions over his criticisms of the Adventist church's

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teaching. Ford soon formed his own

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ministry Good News Unlimited. The "dissident bimonthly" ''Evangelica'' based in Napa,

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was founded in reaction. ''Evangelica'' promoted the cause of evangelical Adventism. One author describes it as "wholly dedicated to the Fordian view on righteousness by faith, and the first issue gave a blow-by-blow description of the sacking of Ford." It was published alternately with ''Evangelica update'' (library number ).Library catalog entry for ''Evangelica update''
at Andrews University ''Evangelica update'' was apparently published from 1982 till 1998, and also in 1993. ''Evangelica'' ceased publication in 1987.

Editors

* Alan Crandall
by Kenneth R. Samples. ''

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'' 11:1 (Summer 1988), p. 9 Bart Willruth, Associate Editor Alexander Labrecque, Associate Editor

In popular culture

A horse named after the magazine competed in the

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finishing last of seventeen to complete the course.

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