Part of a series on
Seventh-day Adventist Church
History Christianity Protestantism Millerism Great Disappointment 1888 General Conference
Theology 28 Fundamental Beliefs Pillars Three Angels' Messages Sabbath Eschatology Pre-Second Advent Judgment Premillennialism Conditional immortality Remnant
Organization General Conference Divisions East-Central Africa Division Euro-Asia Division Inter-American Division Inter-European Division North American Division Northern Asia-Pacific Division Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division South American Division South Pacific Division Southern Asia Division Southern Asia-Pacific Division Trans-European Division West-Central Africa Division
Periodicals Adventist Review Signs of the Times List of Ellen White writings
Service Adventist Development and Relief Agency Maranatha Volunteers International Pathfinders Adventurers Medical Cadet Corps Seventh-day Adventist education Secondary schools Colleges and universities Hospitals
Media ministries Hope Channel Loma Linda Broadcasting Network It Is Written Voice of Prophecy Three Angels Broadcasting Network Amazing Facts
People Ellen G. White James S. White Joseph Bates J. N. Andrews Uriah Smith J. H. Kellogg James Caleb Jackson W. C. White F. D. Nichol M. L. Andreasen Le Roy Froom Arthur L. White George Vandeman H. M. S. Richards Edward Heppenstall Herbert E. Douglass Morris Venden Samuele Bacchiocchi E. E. Cleveland Walter Veith Mark Finley
Adventism

Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, for Australia and New Zealand. "Signs" is an easy-to-read magazine for the general public focused on understanding current issues from a biblical point of view as well as promoting a holistic and healthy Adventist lifestyle.

Signs is related to the North American magazine of the same title, which is published by Pacific Press.

History

Signs of the Times began publication in Melbourne on 2 November 1885 under the name Bible Echo and Signs of the Times. It is believed to be one of Australia's longest-running periodicals, with only the Salvation Army's The War Cry edging it out by a few years.^[1]

Awards

Signs has won the following awards from the Australasian Religious Press Association (website)

• 2010 – Best Layout - Highly Commended
• 2010 – Best Review of Another Medium - bronze: "Making Much of Little" by Nick Mattiske, April 2009
• 2010 – Best Article, Applying Faith to Life - silver: "From the Ashes" by Adele Nash, April 2009
• 2009 – "Best layout" category: Signs magazine "Highly commended" for being "constantly well laid out with good use of typography and format"^[2]
• 2009 – Best humorous item^[2] – silver: "Another Shot at Saying 'Sorry'" by David Edgren, May 2008
• 2005 – Best illustration – winner: "When Liberty Drops Her Torch" by Shane Winfield, July 2004
• 2003 – Best Features – winner: "Attack on the world trade center one year on" by Hans Kunnen, August 2003
• 2003 – Best Magazine Layout – highly commended: Signs of the Times magazine
• 2003 – Most Originality – winner: "Letter From the Future", Robert Wolfgramm, June 2001

See also

• Signs of the Times (magazine)
• List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
• Signs Publishing Company
• Seventh-day Adventist Church

References

External links

• Signs of the Times website
  • "120 years of Signs of the Times!" by Alan Holman. Signs of the Times (Australia) January–February 2006

Archives (from General Conference Archives):

• Bible Echo and Signs of the Times, 1886–1903
• Australasian Signs of the Times, 1903– (incomplete, as of June 2007)