Adventist Today is a bimonthly Christian

Christian

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 magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

 representing a progressive Seventh-day Adventist

Progressive Adventism

Progressive Adventists are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who disagree with certain beliefs traditionally held by mainstream Adventism and officially by the church. They are often described as liberal Adventism by other Adventists, the term "progressive" is generally preferred as a...

 perspective. First published in 1993, it is currently (as of 2010) edited by J. David Newman, the former editor of Ministry

Ministry (magazine)

Ministry: International Journal for Pastors is an international monthly magazine for Christian ministers, with a circulation of approximately 100,000. It is published by the Ministerial Association , an official body of the worldwide Adventist church. It is aimed at pastors and ministers of the...

. It has offices in Sandy, Oregon

Sandy, Oregon

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 and at La Sierra University

La Sierra University

La Sierra University is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Adventist Accrediting Association...

.

History

The idea of the magazine was conceived in 1992 by Raymond Cottrell

Raymond Cottrell

Raymond Forrest Cottrell was a respected Adventist theologian, missionary, teacher, writer and editor. He was an associate editor of both the Adventist Review and the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary...

, Keith Colburn, Richard Hammill, Ervin Taylor and Jim Walters; all of Loma Linda

Loma Linda, California

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, California

California

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. They sought for "objective news and open discussion of issues in order to achieve the representative type of church governance that it claims".

The first issue was May/June, 1993. By the following year there were 2500 subscribers. In late 1998 the number of paid subscribers was also around 2500.

The creation of their website was announced in 1998. A camp was first held in that same year. Leadership changes occurred in 1999, in particular 3 women were elected to the board.

Past editors

• 1993–? Raymond Cottrell
  Raymond Cottrell
  Raymond Forrest Cottrell was a respected Adventist theologian, missionary, teacher, writer and editor. He was an associate editor of both the Adventist Review and the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary...
  
  , co-founding editor
• 1993–? James Walters, co-founding editor/publisher
• 1998–2007 John McLarty
• 2008– Andy Nash

• 2009— J. David Newman

The following people have also served in editorial roles:

• Duane Covrig
• Steve Daily
• Delwin Finch
• Cheri Lynn Gregory
• Gayle Saxby
• James Stirling
• Colleen Moore Tinker
• Susan Walters

Readership

According to a survey in 2000 by Adventist Today of its subscribers, 8% felt they related best to "Conservative" Adventists, 56% to "Middle of the Road", and 36% to "Liberal".

Alden Thompson

Alden Thompson

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 wrote

"AT is critically loyal, representing the Adventist left. It is similar to Spectrum in perspective, but quicker to publish the 'news' and often more careless. In the past it has too easily succumbed to the temptation to publish ad hominem

Ad hominem

An ad hominem , short for argumentum ad hominem, is an attempt to negate the truth of a claim by pointing out a negative characteristic or belief of the person supporting it...

 attacks."

See also

• Spectrum (magazine)
  Spectrum (magazine)
  Spectrum is the official publication of Adventist Forums, published four times a year. It was established "to encourage Seventh-day Adventist participation in the discussion of contemporary issues from a Christian viewpoint, to look without prejudice at all sides of a subject, to evaluate the...
  
  , another progressive Adventist publication
• List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
• Seventh-day Adventist Church
  Seventh-day Adventist Church
  The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...