Ministry (magazine)

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Ministry: International Journal for Pastors is an international monthly magazine for Christian ministers, with a circulation of approximately 78,000. It is published by the Ministerial Association (website), an official body of the worldwide Adventist church.^[1] It is aimed at pastors and ministers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and also those of other denominations.^[1] It has a monthly circulation of roughly 18,000 to Adventist church leaders, and a bi-monthly circulation of roughly 60,000 to clergy from other denominations on a complimentary basis. As of 2011 it is edited by Derek Morris.^[1] Its ISSN is 0026-5314.

History

Ministry was first published in 1928 and is now available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Indonesian languages. On April 6, 2009 a French edition of Ministry Magazine was launched.^{[2] [3]}

Editors

As of 2011, the editorial team consists of editor Derek Morris, associate editor Willie E. Hucks II, editorial specialist Sheryl Beck, and technology manager John Feezer.^[4]

• – Present: Derek Morris^[4]
• 1928–1950: Le Roy Froom^[5]

Awards

• Associated Church Press (ACP)^[6][7]
  • Award of Excellence Magazine Cover category for New Testament House Churches, 2008
  • Award of Excellence Magazine Cover category for Preaching Through a Storm, April 2009
  • Honorable Mention Interview category for “Prayer-saturated preaching” by Derek Morris, July 2009
  • Award of Excellence Theological: Biblical Interpretation category for Gerald A. Klingbeil, 2010
  • Award of Merit Reporting and Writing category for David E. Thomas, 2010
  • Honorable Mention Magazine Cover category, 2010
  • Award of Excellence Theological: Biblical Interpretation category for Kim Papaioannou, 2012

See also

• Adventist Review
• General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

External links

• Ministry official website
• Archives from the magazine website, and archives from AdventistArchives.org
• "“A Third Rate Lot”: A Brief History of the SDA Ministry" by Jeff Crocombe, April 1, 2008

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