The Review and Herald Publishing Association was the older of two
Seventh-day Adventist
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbat ...
publishing houses in North America. The organization published books, magazines, study guides, CDs, videos and games for Adventist churches, schools and individual subscribers. It also printed and distributed the ''
Adventist Review
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbat ...
'' magazine. In 2014 the Review and Herald Publishing Association decided to remain as a publisher, but without printing and distribution facilities. It maintains a board and administrators.
History
The roots of the Review and Herald Publishing Association go back to 1849 when
James White produced ''The Present Truth'' and, in 1850, ''The Advent Review''. From there the publication house grew and moved to
Battle Creek, Michigan
Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo River, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek River, Battle Creek rivers. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a tota ...
.
A major fire on December 30, 1902, destroyed the offices. The headquarters was then moved to
Takoma Park, Maryland
Takoma Park is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Washington, D.C., Washington, and part of the Washington metropolitan area. Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called "Azalea ...
. In the 1950s, the association developed ''
The Bible Story'' by
Arthur S. Maxwell. The set was notable for its size—including 411 stories from the Bible—and for having color illustrations on each page opening—an extravagant expense for a book publisher at that time.
In 1983, under the leadership of Elder
Bud Otis, the organization moved to a new, $14 million facility in
Hagerstown, Maryland
Hagerstown is a city in Washington County, Maryland, United States, and its county seat. The population was 43,527 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Hagerstown ranks as Maryland's List of municipalities in Maryland, sixth-most popu ...
, on a campus; at that time the publishing house had 350 employees and an annual payroll of $6.7 million.
established the Gospel Herald Publishing Company in
Nashville
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,
Tennessee
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, which was renamed to Southern Publishing Association in 1901. It merged with the Review and Herald in 1980.
In creative works
The 2014 documentary film ''War in Heaven, War on Earth: The Birth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church During the American Civil War'' by Chris Small and Loren Small discusses the formation of the Review and Herald Publishing Association.
The ''Liberty'' magazine is published since 1906, currently having a circulation of under 200,000.
[https://www.libertymagazine.org/about]
See also
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List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
References
External links
Review and Herald Publishing Association Official website
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Christian publishing companies
Card game publishing companies
Religious tract publishing companies
Seventh-day Adventist media
Book publishing companies based in Maryland
Magazine publishing companies of the United States
Hagerstown, Maryland
Mass media in Hagerstown metropolitan area
Privately held companies based in Connecticut
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
1849 establishments in Connecticut
Former Seventh-day Adventist institutions
Seventh-day Adventist organizations
Adventism in the United States