Hong Kong: ADVENTIST WORLD - Chinese Edition Goes Online

September 3, 2007 Shatin, Hong Kong

Adventist World, the international paper for members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has made available to the 400,000 world wide Chinese Adventist believers beginning with the September 2007 issue. The website can be found here http://chinese.adventistworld.org

The English edition www.adventistworld.org also goes online next month. This website will be available in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and other languages to be added in the coming months.

The site offers Internet access to articles and features from the global publication of the 15-million member Christian church.

“We’re delighted to have an instant connection available to readers around the globe,” Dr. William Knott, editor and executive publisher of Adventist World, said. “Already, Adventist World has proven itself as a source of news, information and inspiration to our Adventist Church family, and I believe this will be enhanced with global access to the magazine.”

Each month, Adventist World features 32 pages of articles covering news, Biblical issues, Adventist beliefs, health concerns and other items of interest to Seventh-day Adventist Christians. These will be available online, free of charge, as the print magazine is now. An estimated 1.5 million people receive the print edition monthly.

One advantage of the online edition is an ability to present content in a way that is easy to access and recommend to others. The Web site is designed to reflect the layout of the print magazine, but also offers the electronic flexibility unique to the Internet.

“We invested a great amount of time and effort to make the Adventist World Web site attractive and easy to use,” said Carlos Medley, Online Editor for the magazine. “It is my hope that a global audience will enjoy and appreciate this new resource, one which will grow in capabilities and offerings as time goes by.”

The magazine continues a 158 year tradition of Adventist Church communication to its constituents. Adventist World was announced in 2005 during the 58^th General Conference Session and launched a few weeks later.

"We are happy that Adventist World Chinese online edition is among the first few to be launched. I believe this magazine will enable Chinese around the world to know better about Adventist Church and its mission. I am also glad that this website is both in Traditional and Simplified Chinese, making it available to very wide audiences." Said Daniel Jiao, Communication Director, Chinese Union Mission from Hong Kong.