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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 1840s which heavily used the print media. Some of the media ministries are directly funded by the church, while others are self-supporting organizations that rely on donations.

All the main Adventist broadcast ministries have engaged in worldwide outreach via numerous crusades and rallies. Worldwide outreach is also conducted by Adventist World Radio mostly via shortwave radio transmissions, but also via AM, FM, satellite, Internet, including social media platforms, and direct-to-home satellite radio transmissions.[1] Broadcasting is currently done from 10 transmitter sites in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Publishing

Adventists operate numerous publishing houses around the world, with the two main ones in North America being Review and Herald and Pacific Press.[2]

Many Adventist magazines are published around the world.

Radio

VOAR- Voice of Adventist Radio - Was founded in the fall of 1929 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, by Pastor Harold Nathon Williams from Battle Creek Michigan. It originally began as 8BSL - The Bible Study League, broadcasting weather reports to mariners, sermons and music. VOAR call-letters were granted in 1938. Today it is Canada's largest Christian Radio Network, and the only Adventist owned over-the-air radio station in the country.

Voice of Prophecy[3] was founded in 1929 by H.M.S. Richards, Sr. on a single radio station in Los Angeles, but has since spread to stations throughout the nation and has recently begun television and video production. Richards' son, H.M.S. Richards, Jr., succeeded him in the late 1970s, and today is hosted by Pastor Shawn Boonstra.

Hope Radio Philippines is a radio division of Hope Channel Philippines and operates radio stations throughout Mindanao.

Radio 74 Internationale[4] is a radio network can be heard on 65 stations, as well as five low-powered translators, along with a mix of digital audio-only subchannels (usually #.74). Most of Radio 74's affiliates are owned by local Seventh-day Adventist Churches.

Strong Tower Radio[5] is a network of Christian radio stations in Michigan and Illinois. It was founded in 2009. Much of Strong Tower Radio's programming is from 3ABN Radio, and every summer, Strong Tower Radio broadcasting their Michigan Camp Meetings from Great Lakes Adventist Academy in Cedar Lake, Michigan LIVE to their radio listeners. Strong Tower Radio is heard on 7 radio stations in Michigan, 4 translators in Michigan, 1 Low-Power Television Station in Michigan, and 1 translator in Illinois, and to be heard from anywhere in the world via radio live stream on the Internet.

  • The Italian Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches (Uicca) through the Voce della Speranza (VDS) organization in Villa Aurora, Florence near Villa Vrindavana, has created the unique "Hope Media Italia" Adventist media center . A nice change in the way the denomination conceives communication, and to consider the forces at play. Composition HopeMedia Italia Web (UICCA), audio (RVS) and TV (HCI) editorial staff. Radio, television and online communications combined on the same site:[6]

Television

Hope Channel is the church's official TV channel. It started to operate in 2003 and can be watched via satellite, many pay-TV services, mobile device and the Internet on every inhabited continent.[7]

It Is Written was founded in 1956 by George Vandeman and was the first religious program to air in color, and the first to take advantage of satellite technology. Mark Finley succeeded Vandeman in 1992. He left the show in 2004 and was replaced by Shawn Boonstra. Pastor John Bradshaw became the fourth speaker/director of the international It Is Written ministry on Jan 1, 2011[8]

Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) began in 1984 and is based in West Frankfort, Illinois. It features Seventh-day Adventist produced programming of music, sermons, cooking, health, documentaries, and coverage of live events 3ABN can be watched via satellite, Internet, mobile devices, YouTube channel, Roku, MySDATV, Amazon Fire TV, and many pay-tv services on every inhabited continent.[9]

Adventist News Network

The Adventist News Network is the official news agency of the church. It was founded in 1994. It is part of the General Conference, and also has regional offices worldwide.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Historical dictionary of Seventh-Day Adventists By Gary Land, page 15
  2. ^ See also Spectrum issue 8:4 (August 1977) Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, which focuses on publishers
  3. ^ Voice of Prophecy
  4. ^ Radio 74 Internationale
  5. ^ Strong Tower Radio
  6. ^ "Alessandria – Battesimo". 5 September 2018.
  7. ^ Hope Channel
  8. ^ It Is Written
  9. ^ 3ABN
  10. ^ Adventist News Network
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