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The Review and Herald Publishing Association was the oldest of two
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.
A major fire on December 30, 1902, destroyed the offices. The headquarters was then moved to
Review and Herald Publishing Association Official website
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Seventh-day Adventist
The Seventh-day Adventist Church 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 Sabbath, and ...
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 General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists is the governing organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Its headquarters is located in Silver Spring, Maryland and oversees the church in directing its various divisions an ...
'' magazine. In 2014 the Review and Herald Publishing Association was absorbed by its sister publisher, 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, Id ...
but maintains its board and administrators. The Maryland publishing house closed and some of its personnel and assets relocated to PPPA, in Nampa, Idaho.
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.
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, and part of the Washington metropolitan area. Founded in 1883 and incorporated in 1890, Takoma Park, informally called "Azalea City", is a Tree C ...
. In the 1950s, the association developed '' The Bible Story'' by Arthur S. Maxwell
Arthur Stanley Maxwell (January 14, 1896 – November 13, 1970), otherwise known as Uncle Arthur, was an author, editor, and administrator of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Biography
Maxwell was born in London, England. During his teena ...
. 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 on a campus; at that time the publishing house had 350 employees and an annual payroll of $6.7 million.
Edson White
James Edson White (28 July 1849 – 3 June 1928), known as "Edson", was an author, publisher and the second son of two of the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church – James White and Ellen G. White.
In 1870 he married Emma McDearmon, bu ...
established the Gospel Herald Publishing Company in Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
, 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.See also
*List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
This is a list of periodicals published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church 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 ...
*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, Id ...
* The Clear Word
References
External links
Review and Herald Publishing Association Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Review And Herald Publishing Association 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 Washington County, 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