Signs Of The Times (Millerite Magazine)

''Signs of the Times'' is a monthly magazine originally published by Pacific Press, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house. ''Signs'' presents articles that are considered to be helpful in assisting readers to live in modern society. The magazine focuses on life's-style issues, health articles and Christian devotional and other religious articles. From its historical roots, the magazine emphasizes the second coming of Christ to this earth and living such lives so as to be able to meet Jesus at His second coming.

''Signs of the Times'' library reference number is . The editor of the American edition is Marvin Moore.

''Signs'' is also available as an Australian version also known as '' Signs of the Times'' published by Signs Publishing Company. The Australian editor is Lee Dunstan.

In South Africa the Southern Publishing Association published a South African edition until 1990. From 1990 - 2012, Dr Eric Webster served as manager/editor of ''Signs'', publishing the magazine on behalf of the Southern African Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (SAU). Webster retired at the end of 2012. Dr Gerald du Preez now serves as editor, with the management and publishing of ''Signs'', South African edition, directly under the Communication Department of the SAU. ''Signs'' is published on a bi-monthly basis in South Africa.

All three publications collaborate on articles, layout and editorial policy.

History

''Signs of the Times'' was first published on June 4, 1874 by James White as a weekly newspaper, making it one of the longest running, continuously published, religious subscription magazines. (A Millerite magazine of the same name had been published earlier). ''Signs'' was significant in the founding of Pacific Press.

Until April 1984 another magazine ''These Times'' was published for distribution east of the Mississippi River while Signs was distributed west of the Mississippi River. The current magazine is a merger of ''These Times'' with ''Signs'' as of that date.

In 2007, ''Signs'' changed format to a smaller size and more pages with the change being effected in South Africa in the latter part of 2013.

See also

* ''Signs of the Times'' (Australian magazine)
*List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
*Pacific Press Publishing Association
*Seventh-day Adventist Church
*Signs of the Times Publishing Association (Taiwan)
In February of 1840, while Miller was busy preaching in Boston, Himes published “The Signs of the Times”, the first newspaper designed to broadcast Miller’s views regarding the second advent.

External links

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English-language magazines
Magazines established in 1874
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Seventh-day Adventist magazines published in the United States