Pacific Press Publishing Association

02/04/2025

On January 11, 2025, Dr. Jack Blanco, former Dean of the School of Religion and Professor Emeritus at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee, died peacefully in his sleep.

Dr. Blanco's ministry had a profound and powerful impact on so many lives—students in his classes, members of the churches he pastored, camp meeting audiences, and the many people around the world who read his books, including The Clear Word.

Both Review and Herald Publishing and Pacific Press had the honor and privilege of working with Dr. Blanco on his writing projects. He always exemplified a Christian life of service—and a desire to share his faith through the printed page.

While Dr. Blanco sleeps awaiting the great resurrection day, his ministry continues through the printed page.

His works can be seen at: https://adventistbookcenter.com/authors/jack-j-blanco

09/11/2024

Dozens of Hispanic Ministries coordinators gathered for a quick group photo moments before the first rain 🌧️ of the season in southwest Idaho. They have gathered at Pacific Press this week for the annual El Centinela seminar.

08/22/2024

Did you miss the Pacific Press 150th Anniversary event? Don't be too sad—the entire program is now available on our YouTube channel. In the video caption, you can find links to chapters so you can skip around as desired, and you'll find a link to donate to the special translation project introduced during the offering call.

On August 17, 2024, Pacific Press celebrated 150 years of ministry. If you want to jump to a particular part of the program, you can use the links below.Visi...

08/17/2024

The live stream for the Pacific Press 150th anniversary event begins at 9 AM and programming will begin at 9:30 AM. 

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08/07/2024

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07/16/2024

Pacific Press and Adventist Book Center have launched a dedicated resource page to support the Pentecost 2025 initiative. Available at www.Pentecost2025Resources.com, this curated collection offers essential tools, training materials, and evangelistic guides to help members and churches maximize their Pentecost 2025 efforts.

In Acts 2, Pentecost marked the fulfillment of Jesus Christ’s promise to send the Holy Spirit to empower and guide His disciples. On that day, the church multiplied in number from 120 to 3,000 believers. This historic event serves as a powerful reminder today of the call to engage in mission and evangelism. Believers—members and leaders alike—play a pivotal role in mobilizing for evangelism.

North America’s Pentecost 2025 goal is to hold at least 3,000 proclamation initiatives to teach Christ-centered, biblical truths and to invite people to accept Jesus as their Savior. This year, 2024, is designated as a year of “Preparing for Pentecost.” (See Pentecost2025.com.) Those eager for the Lord’s promised return take to heart the words of Matthew 24:14: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” (NIV).

Pentecost 2025 is for all Seventh-day Adventist churches across the North American Division. Every member, pastor, teacher, young adult, student, and child is encouraged to participate. The resources available at www.Pentecost2025Resources.com are designed to inspire, equip, and empower believers to share the gospel effectively and to lead impactful proclamation initiatives throughout the division.

Visit the website to explore how these resources can enhance all Pentecost 2025 efforts.

For more information, visit www.Pentecost2025Resources.com.

06/27/2024

Check out this fun story about our brilliant 2023 intern, Abigail Cancel. https://www.andrews.edu/agenda/65306/

06/04/2024

Signs of the Times: 150 Years Today!

It was June 4, 1874, when the first issue of Signs of the Times was produced in Oakland, California. Here is a brief history as reported in Streams of Light:
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The new paper was an eight-page weekly about half the size of the newspaper of today, similar in format and style to the Review of that time. For the name, Elder White thought back thirty-four years to the early days of advent preaching, when, in 1840, Joshua V. Himes printed a paper in Boston and called it The Signs of the Times. Volume 1, number 1, of the new paper was issued on June 4, 1874. Responsibility for the publication was indicated on the first page: "Elder James White, Editor and Proprietor."

Publishing was not a new venture for James White. Twenty-five years earlier he had begun printing a little paper, Present Truth. For that enterprise, he had no backing but faith and hard work. His aggressive foresight had through the intervening years met problem after problem in the growing church organization. Soon after starting the Signs he was elected to his second term (not consecutive) as president of the General Conference. At the same time he was president of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association in Battle Creek and an editor of the Review and Herald.

The degree of faith and initiative exhibited in this Western enterprise may be gauged by reviewing the responsibilities shouldered by the tiny denomination, eleven years after its formal organization and twenty five years after the beginning of its first project, the little paper called Present Truth.

In 1874 the membership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church was 7,500, with 291 churches, 60 ordained ministers, and 67 licentiates. The ministers were not pastors, however; they were evangelists, who went from town to town and gave local congregations the benefit of their ministry only when their public meetings permitted. In that year the donations amounted to $37,181.56. The work was spread thinly over thirteen state Conferences, some of which listed memberships of less than 100.

Severe as the strain of aggressive evangelism must have been on the slender finances, the young denomination was supporting the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association in Battle Creek, which printed the Review and Herald, and the Western Health Reform Institute, founded there in 1866. In 1874 Battle Creek College was established, and the European Mission was opened, with Elder J. N. Andrews as the first missionary, a project which was soon calling for a printing house of its own. The church membership in California was less than five hundred. It was true that California was a rich state, where fortunes were won or lost at the drop of a stock quotation, but there is no evidence that any fortunes landed in the church membership. Money was raised the hard way, in small amounts, with James White leading out.

The Signs was a bold venture for Elder White, and he carried the load almost singlehanded at the beginning. He made it a major interest for seven years, until his death in 1881. His name appeared on the masthead throughout this time, except for a few issues.

The first three issues were printed by an Oakland printer, who used very small type for the first issue, larger type for the second and third numbers, as the editor pointed out in his editorial column. Then the printer sold the plant. James White bought type and rented space for setting up the forms for the fourth issue, which were delivered by wheelbarrow to an Oakland printer for the presswork. The younger White boy, Willie, now twenty years of age, did this and other jobs for $1 per day.

The next month, this statement appeared in the July 23, 1874 issue:

Through the SIGNS OF THE TIMES we wish to erect thousands of pulpits more especially in the Pacific Coast States and Territories, where we can appeal to the people weekly, when we shall be well established and in full force, upon the exhaustless themes of "repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ," necessary to a fitness to receive the dear Saviour at his second advent.

For the past 150 years, Signs of the Times has continued to share Christ’s love, not just on the west coast of the United States, but around the world.

01/24/2024

Did you know . . .

❖ An average 50” roll of paper is 47,827 feet long, which is over 9 miles!

In 2023, we used:

❖ 4,851,974 pounds of paper on the web presses
❖ 3,762,573 sheets of paper on the sheet-fed press
❖ 73,165.8 pounds of ink on all presses

07/18/2023

This morning, Pacific Press employees prayed to ask the Lord’s blessing on a new piece of equipment that bundles Sabbath school materials for mailing. The old one broke down too often. This new one will help speed up the process!

04/27/2023

Are you, or do you know, a Seventh-day Adventist marketing pro who's looking for a new gig? Pacific Press is looking for a new Director of Trade Sales/Special Projects to help us create new sales and marketing systems outside our traditional processes and products. This director will be part of a team and responsible for managing our affiliate program, subscription sales, direct-to-church sales, video production, special projects, and more. Get the details at the link below.

Not into marketing/sales? How about finance, IT, customer service, press crew, or shipping? Yep, we're looking for those, too!

https://www.pacificpress.com/home/careers/

03/27/2023

With the news of yet another tragic school shooting in the headlines (that makes America's 129th mass shooting and 13th school shooting of 2023), we've uploaded the Signs Special "When Life Is Unfair" for free online access.

Why do bad things happen to the innocent? Where is God when tragedy strikes? What is causing all of this pain and suffering? These difficult questions defy easy answers, but a careful reading of the Bible can bring peace and hope as we struggle with the injustices of life.

03/09/2023

“I am excited by the upcoming initiative of getting the books of The Desire of Ages and The Great Controversy in the hands of as many of our family, friends, and colleagues as possible,” says NAD president G. Alexander Bryant. “We are asking everyone across our division to read or read again this amazing book for our time."

READ MORE: https://www.nadadventist.org/news/north-american-division-joins-2023-2024-great-controversy-project-initiative

11/28/2022

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10/14/2022

Here's an excerpt from "The Adventist Dust Buster," which appears in the October 15, 2022, issue of Guide. It's the fascinating history of the Beckner Feather Duster Company in Ooltewah, Tennessee. We're doing our part to keep Adventist history alive! Do any of you own a Beckner Feather Duster?

"Ostrich feathers are . . . soft and flexible, which makes them perfect for cleaning fragile objects and hard-to-reach places. A Seventh-day Adventist missionary, Harry S. Beckner, noticed these qualities in 1903 while doing mission work in South Africa. This mission work included work at a broom factory. There, he discovered that ostrich feathers were great for cleaning the machines. . . .

Read the whole story in this week's Guide!